Video: The feedback loop created when this guy points a camera at a monitor is mesmerizing

By Zach Epstein

Published Jan 20th, 2015 1:32PM EST

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Who would have thought that a simple video of a camera filming the monitor it’s connected to could be so endlessly fascinating? Photographer and YouTuber Jong Chool Do recently posted a video of just that — a camera, pointed at its monitor, moving. It sounds unbelievably boring, but it turned out to be absolutely mesmerizing.

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The full video is embedded below, and it starts getting really crazy just after the 2:00 mark. We dare you to look away.

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