This image is actually perfectly still. Isolate or focus on any one part of it and you'll see that its apparent movement is just a very strange optical illusion.

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Freaky.

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UPDATE 2: Anonymous in the comments brings to my attention Akiyoshi Kitaoka, apparently the creator of the almond illusion. Didn't know who made it, man, I just found the file someplace.

Anyway, please, check out some of his other work. A lot of similiar optical illusions. Completely amazing.