Wikipedia:Today's featured picture (animation)/September 10, 2007
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An animated simulation of a phenakistoscope disc. The phenakistoscope is one of the first devices to create moving images and a precursor of the zoopraxiscope and, in turn, cinematography. Conceived as a simple disc to be held vertically in front of a mirror and spun around its axis, the subjects appear to be in motion when viewed through the slits of the disc.
Original disc by: Eadweard Muybridge Recently featured: German police officer - F6F Hellcat crashes on USS Enterprise - Flower chafers |