What is this optical effect called?

cainxinth · December 4, 2007, 3:16am

When you’re looking at an image of a very fine striped pattern and you zoom in or out and it looks like they are crisscrossing.

beowulff · December 4, 2007, 3:24am

Moiré

cainxinth · December 4, 2007, 4:18am

Thats it! Thanks.

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