Last week, Twitter user Madeline Ochoa posted a pretty simple mirror selfie wearing a striped shirt.
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Her photo soon began to go viral for a pretty weird reason. When people saw the original tweet on mobile, it looked like Ochoa's shirt was mostly gray.
But when they opened the photo on their phones, the shirt changed before their eyes to a more bold, black-and-white striped shirt.
And then, when they zoomed in, the stripes seemed to change direction.
Try it for yourself. It is seriously trippy.
Pretty soon, thousands of people began to freak out over the strange optical illusion.
Look at the picture and then click the picture until you go into the mode where you can see the picture only. The d… https://t.co/SUKEQv715C
They were really confused.
It's grey, and then when you press the pic it's all trippy. THEN WHEN U DOUBLE TAP AND ZOOM ITS PERFECTLY STRIPED. https://t.co/DrACfClJ3e
Was Ochoa magic or was the shirt?
SHE'S A FUCKING WIZARD https://t.co/JIG2VDPeTF
Or was this the devil at work?
@mmmadelinee
In case you're wondering, Ochoa told BuzzFeed News she got the shirt at Forever 21.
Some people said they wanted the ~magic~ shirt for themselves.
@mmmadelinee WHERE DID U GET THAT SHIRT I NEED IT
Other people had jokes.
@mmmadelinee LOOK WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU ZOOM IN
Some people pointed out that this optical illusion is actually quite common. Sometimes called the "Moire effect," people are actually told not to wear striped clothes on TV because of it.
As for Ochoa, she said all the attention on her photo is very annoying.
"I can't use Twitter without it freezing on me," she said.