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Friday Eye Candy Mystery: What Are You Looking At?

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Looks may be deceiving. Or not... | SEE BELOW FOR THE ANSWER — AND THE WINNER | When I first started ImaGeo, I did a few posts that included a spectacular but mysterious natural feature, and I invited readers to guess what they were looking at. (Here's an example, and another one too.) When I spotted the features in the image above, I thought it would be fun to try a visual mystery like that again. What do you think you're looking at? To keep you from going too far off track, I'll stipulate that these features are not microscopic or biological. I'll also say that your eye would not perceive the colors this way. Lastly, these features may, or may not, be found on Earth. Leave your guesses in the comments section. The first person to guess correctly gets the glory of having their name in lights at ImaGeo. ...

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