A spherical section of a honeycomb of buckyballs, with the sphere flying through hyperbolic space!



A spherical section of a honeycomb of buckyballs, with the sphere flying through hyperbolic space! https://tinyurl.com/y8hdw6lm

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  1. Roice NelsonFebruary 5, 2018 at 10:35 PM

    If you stare at this for a bit, then look elsewhere, everything appears to be shrinking.

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  2. Akira BergmanFebruary 6, 2018 at 1:19 AM

    An animated stereogram version of this would be fun to watch too I think. I mean things like this;
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Vtyoqzt-P8

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