When you let two fingers touch in front of your eye and but focus on the background, why does it look like they are merging or ‘building a bridge between each other’ before they physically touch?

Question

When you let two fingers touch in front of your eye and but focus on the background, why does it look like they are merging or ‘building a bridge between each other’ before they physically touch?

In: Physics

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