Eli5: Why do wheels look like they’re spinning the wrong way when going fast?

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Eli5: Why do wheels look like they’re spinning the wrong way when going fast?

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It’s the strobe effect. It rotates 350deg and the camera takes a picture, then it rotates another 350 degrees and the camera takes another picture. Add it up into a video and it looks like it’s going slowly, and basically a 50/50 shot for which direction it’s going.

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