# What is this thing? \[Strange grid ball\]

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 12, 2013, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-thing-strange-grid-ball/646989 "2013-01-12T20:37:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-thing-strange-grid-ball/646989/416 "2013-06-30T01:25:18Z")

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**Grid Ball Unmasked At Last!**

Funny this thread should pop up again today, just when we find this in a nearby thread:

> [@What the heck am I seeing here? \[optical illusion\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-am-i-seeing-here-optical-illusion/662210/1):
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> “25 of the most mind-blowing optical illusions ever posted on the Web”
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> [http://now.msn.com/funny-optical-illusions](http://now.msn.com/funny-optical-illusions)
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> All of these photos are fun to study and I can figure out what is weird and why it looks weird for all of them except one. What are we seeing in the second (of 25) picture which looks like a globe of grass?

**ZenBeam** was quick to notice this, at Post #4:

> [@What the heck am I seeing here? \[optical illusion\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-am-i-seeing-here-optical-illusion/662210/4):
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> Oh no, another [grid ball](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=678744)!

No, maybe this is _the Grid Ball!_ 😛

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