the eye test image mystery

[@jeffiot]

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[@StopDropDash]

I love you Jeff

[@brick.commenter]

jeffiot my beloved

[@Tacom4ster]

That makes you cooler

[@Particular-Player]

he's not a sponsor guy

[@CapnFlappyJaw42]

My name actually is Jeff and I really want that Jeff TV shirt but I feel like it would be kinda weird wearing a shirt with my name on it like that lol

[@patorjk]

I wouldn’t be surprised if the original photographer has no idea their photos were used for this image. I had a company in France license 2 of my images ($15 each), and later when I looked at the final product I had a hard time recognizing my images (it was the same kind of thing here where multiple images were combined to make a new image). I had even forgotten about it, and only checked up on it when they sent me a follow up email wanting to show off the final result (something most companies probably don’t do).

[@benjaminwilken4147]

I can vouch for this as personally as I’ve had some of my photos pop up in overseas websites. Sometimes someone will just grab a random photo off of google and throw it up on their own projects. However a big company using intellectual property to incorporate into a machine they’re selling is a different matter. I hope the original photographer(s) were at least paid for their work…

[@komy4050]

That’s so cool you’re a photographer!

[@ANunes06]

This was my thought near the end of the investigation portion. Nidek's emphasis on this being *their* copywritten material, unwillingness to state any details about who made it, and the specific wording that it was "created" by an employee... It being the late 1980s in Japan... Some poor schmuck had to get this done after hours and made the composite out of photos they found, but nobody ever paid for the rights to the original work. After some legal looking, Nidek realized that making it a composite was "transformative enough" for the laws in the US at that time and just moved on with their lives. Now, since you don't write down the details of potential illegal activity, the actual details of the story have faded into company myth and legend.

[@Richy8964]

I disagree As this is a Japanese company in the 90s, there is a very good chance this was indeed just a regular employee, likely on a private vacation who took many pictures around 4 corners point and when the office said they need something of this type he threw something together from the images he had There are many stories out of Japan especially during the 80s and 90s as it was uncommon to credit company employees at all during this time even in the west

[@a-dv7uy]

Part 2 kzbin.info/www/bejne/qIXHnolqdq9jkMU

[@TomSka]

Great video. I'd imagine the image isn't split at the horizon line but that the road is entirely separate to the grass. It could feasibly be a photo of the balloon on the horizon in a grassy area of Colorado with the road placed on top.

[@LocalStickmanAnimator]

Holy crap, TomSka.

[@sooolegal]

why does this comment only have 1 reply, a literal legend just commented

[@evananimals8224]

Nah why does this only have 65 likes bros a legend

[@AFreakingAxeCH]

TomSka comment jumpscare

[@VortexFlickens]

Seems u really like this guys videos

[@randomuser5443]

Bro i got my eyes checked today. GET OUT OF MY WALLS

[@fakeAratPrime]

*_He won't, James between the ages of 25 and 34 living in America._*

[@optimumplatinum2640]

💀 💀 💀 💀 ​@@fakeAratPrime

[@Spraypaintsz]

I remember seeing that image like probably each time I went to an eye doctor when I was younger!

[@jmvr]

I feel called out, I've been wanting to go for a couple months now but don't wanna make the call

[@w花b]

I'm in your walls

[@JoshucaVA]

"If you're over the age of 15" Hey guy, as someone who wears glasses 24/7 These images have not been replaced, there is no age required to have seen these as they are still being used today

[@Albaraa]

Yes, I did one about 2 weeks ago and I saw the house one. I’m not older than 15

[@mat-hu5ys]

I think he meant that you will likely have done an eye exam by 15

[@s0up_1223]

Yeah I did the eye test 3 days ago and they still used the hot air balloon image, it was weird though cause they just had me look at it for a few seconds instead of doing the “number 1 or number 2”

[@wydx120]

@@s0up_1223 The number 1 or number 2 thing is usually done for the letter charts instead, when trying to narrow down what lenses works best for your eyes. I believe Jeffiot just mashed the 2 tests together in the intro to make it cooler

[@lizzyluv96]

@@mat-hu5ys Do most people have eye exams by that age??

[@JazzVincent]

I wonder if Leon, this 80 yo man ever got an eye exam and saw his own balloon. I mean, *you know it's your balloon* Given how specific it is? Just a fun thought. cute old man laughing into the eye machine, much to his surprise to see his own balloon he once had. bringing back a backlog of fond memories. As the person checking his eyes nods happily in agreement as he says "that's my balloon!"

[@WhatDoesMyChannelNameMean]

I had a similar experience years ago when I bought my first iPod. I asked the employee to show me how they work. He reached into the display case, started it up, and turned the screen toward me. It had one song on it, it was an old song, and the name of the song was my first name. I said, "how did you do that???" and he looked at me like I was stupid and explained how he turned the thing on. I said, "no, how did you get my name on there????" He ignored me no matter how many times I expressed my surprise at the coincidence. I guess he was just too cool. 🙄😂

[@csiguszfoxoup]

that would be wholesome

[@anonded]

*70's

[@JazzVincent]

@@WhatDoesMyChannelNameMean awe, I can imagine the confusion and surprise!

[@JazzVincent]

@@csiguszfoxoup it so would 😭🥹

[@sanstheblaster2626]

hey! Trey the explainer just posted a video on this exact topic so I came back here. You guys should totally get in touch and have a chat, you are probably the only people on Earth to be this interested in this topic at the same time.

[@onlyone8331]

I saw that video before this one so i got pretty interested when i saw this shoe up

[@onlyone8331]

show*

[@GrandFerratus]

I made that “I can tell from some of the pixels” reference last week and the conversation came to a halt as I was asked to explain to internet-savvy friends in their 20s what I meant. I felt so old.

[@matheussanthiago9685]

it's a relic from kinder times

[@xxdesertstorm]

🤣🤣right and I started NASA come on now what a load of misleading spam, you only made yourself sound like a clown and make people fall for stupidity as those people can't use #COMMONSENSE

[@Aaaaaaarrrpirate]

ive seen it used for ai now, so it lives on

[@ArmundJay]

⁠@@xxdesertstormwho pissed in your fucking cereal, dude? you've just made yourself look like a clown.

[@rymikai]

@@Aaaaaaarrrpirateyeah i've seen a video explaining how ai actually differs with pixels (namely comes from the pseudo jpeg artefacts)

[@lindaaurelia]

This "failed-youtuber-nightmare" scene made me feel quite sad. I always keep being amazed and inspired by your creativity. For example, these clips of PNG Jeff at 23:10 - 24:30 are SO COOL! Your videos never feel like a waste of time. And still, as a creative myself, I relate so much. I guess we are always our own harshest critics.

[@FluffyPuppyKasey]

As a fellow creative who's struggling to get my channel and career off the ground, it feels like everything I make just fails. I put so much time and effort into stuff only for it to do really poorly (some stuff barely gets ten views), and stuff I put next to no effort into does extremely well, so I can 1000% relate

[@MidnightThunderYT]

​@@FluffyPuppyKaseySame...

[@StalinkTz]

@@FluffyPuppyKasey do better titles and thumbnails, that would be my recommendation. also just keep going, youtube is unpredictable sometimes, maybe you have 1 video explode next month

[@FluffyPuppyKasey]

@@StalinkTz Yeah honestly I suck at both lmao

[@silvertbird1]

So we're just going to ignore the car driving on the road? I need to know year, make, model, engine size/options, name of driver and any passenger(s), where traveling from and to, if a little pine tree air freshener dangling from rear view mirror, etc. You, sir, have a sequel calling. All joking aside, this was the most interesting thing encountered today...which may indicate I need more excitement in my life. Subscribed.

[@user99i]

I NEED to know

[@ArmundJay]

Jeff i am very sick atm and when the merch promo started i was fully convinced it was a fever-induced hallucination.. wonderful job 10/10

[@CasualHistorian]

Gotta say, this image gives me low grade PTSD. As a guy in his 30s who's been wearing glasses his whole life I wince when I see this image, awaiting the puff of air to be shot into my eyes. I remember they eventually stopped doing that, but I don't know when, or why it was done in the first place.

[@tobyhelps3602]

I believe it was done in order to help measure the pressure in your eyeballs, but that they stopped doing it because they can now use cameras to do it instead? I might be wrong though!

[@lordfirebeard8569]

It measures the pressure of your eye by determining how much the air deformes your eyeball. Its for detecting glaucoma.

[@totalrevengeance3904]

@@tobyhelps3602 in the UK at least they still do it. i got one three months ago, balloon picture n everything

[@plasmoasis]

got my eyes checked last year and they still do it, at least in the US

[@SpacedogD]

Puff of air is done to measure eye pressure.

[@stephenmacartney]

Unexpected V Sauce flashback @3:45

[@BobTomato.]

Vsauce jumpscare

[@BierBart12]

10:49 I love the HIGHLY AGGRESSIVE nod towards people who think that it's "tiny eye"

[@TheGrayEsteban]

In this case, the "people" he's nodding towards is mostly himself, actually (he said "tiny eye" once in an older video and a few people gave him hell for it lol) 😅

[@LucasAndradeX]

I thought it was tiny eye until today

[@shyrain67]

hes nodding at himself for saying tiny eye throughout his most popular video haha, he certainly paid for it in the comments

[@_..-.._..-.._]

WHY WOULD TINEYE BE TINY EYE? The host of a retro computer channel I watch says “TINE-EYE” I think he’s trolling. Metal robot 🤖 looks up pictures TIN……EYE!

[@RainTheStrawberry]

1:47 as a teenage australian girl this is the least called-out i've ever been lol

[@ornolfurfr]

I have been wondering about this image for a long time, never would've guessed that Jeffiot of all people would find out! thanks for the video.

[@MattH039]

My eyes nearly popped out of my head when I realized that this video was from 2 weeks ago and I had missed it. This eye strain sent me to the eye doctor, where I had to use a refractometer and saw the balloon image, causing me to throw the machine to the ground and rush back home to finish watching the video. Jeff you are truly the unsung hero of KZbin. You're videos are so well done and you make the most esoteric and seemingly unimportant topics fascinating and intriguing. You're production value and style has evolved so well over the years. I will definitely be ordering some of your merch to show my support!

[@Yegor_Mechanic]

11:30 Huh, that's actually the first time I've ever seen someone mention Yandex's search engine on KZbin

[@Liggliluff]

I first heard it from Taran Van something who worked for Linus Tech Tips. It was in a video about locating higher quality images and he said it's good for reverse searching images.

[@SianaGearz]

Yeah i think we all know it via Taran van Hemert, a Canadian video editing wizard.

[@haable]

I think I first heard it in that one video about MC on the Apple TV

[@TeamThomasGaming]

0:16 i think we just live the same life

[@guitarstuffs2082]

Opticians aren't the people that do eye exams, you are thinking of optometrist. Love your videos tho

[@bytesabre]

it’s a regional thing. Some places do use optician for that

[@guitarstuffs2082]

@@bytesabre that's interesting I didn't even think about that.

[@whosabbythoo]

i just found out that theres a difference 😓

[@LaughingOrange]

Opticians might give eye exams, but they do generally leave it for optometrists, who are often less educated but more specialized, making them generally the better "eye doctor" for this job.

[@tparadox88]

Optometrist measures your prescription, opthalmologist assesses your eye health, optician makes your glasses. You can see how there's going to be a lot of overlap there.

[@verylostdoommarauder]

I always figured that the image was staged somewhere in Kansas or one of the other Great Plains states. Might just be because as a kid, I assumed that every stock image with a weirdly flat grassy landscape was taken there since I didn't understand image editing.

[@patchesdog4330]

just ask rainbolt lol

[@arzentvm]

arizona.. yes.. nice (slams spacebar)

[@jeffiot]

I actually reached out, hoping to get his help for a segment in this video. didnt hear back, though.

[@HotTakeAndy]

​@@jeffiotDang that have been an epic crossover!

[@AbsolutlyN0thin]

that was literally my first thought

[@jobplace5842]

My first guess It's Smith mesa road east of New Mexico

[@LoidHDGaming]

Dude, that @3kliksphilip music around 00:40 confused me soooooo much haahahah. Epic.

[@icestudio3981]

Exacly

[@nurtington]

made me think i was watching a kliksphilip video for a second

[@plomors]

ok but who’s in the car?

[@bitshtannicajohnson6957]

*Based upon the car has metallic mint-green paint & it's tire marks, that's a 1963 Pontiac Tempest*

[@Browniera_]

​@@bitshtannicajohnson6957WHO'S

[@aquilinelockheart7578]

okay but who's phone?

[@_..-.._..-.._]

New car, who dis?

[@_..-.._..-.._]

@@bitshtannicajohnson6957 The car that made these two, equal-length tire marks had positraction. You can't make those marks without positraction, which was not available on the '64 Buick Skylark!

[@Syncro-ck3]

Im so glad your channel poped up on my fyp, I honestly think that this youtube video made me more emotionally involved with the story and process more than any other I have watched. You have such a beautiful and elegant way of telling your story that I was caught, I was captivated, even with my horendesly bad attention span. I hope you keep creating and telling your storys because I felt the ups and downs, it was so convincing. Never in my life have I cared more about a hot air balloon, but I got an amazing experience out of it, learning about an image from the optomertrist, and now next time I go, I also have a story to tell.

[@raeoverhere923]

Not me yelling in my head that Monument Valley is in Arizona and that Jeff already has the answer lmao

[@yournamehere4790]

Pretty sure anyone who has driven that stretch of highway has taken that exact picture.

[@_.LucyBlu._]

This part is in Utah not Arizona

[@raeoverhere923]

@@_.LucyBlu._ Yes, Forrest Gump Point (and therefore that part of Monument Valley) is in Utah, but when the Japanese company wrote that the photo was from Arizona, it confirmed that the photo he thought looked similar was, indeed, from Monument Valley.

[@_..-.._..-.._]

@@raeoverhere923 That makes no sense. It’s “in Arizona” so therefore it’s “in Utah?” As an Idahoan, I don’t like how states in the area steal like that, Jackson Hole SHOULD be in Idaho 😂 Monument Valley SHOULD be in Arizona.

[@santinosalamanca4378]

not me thinking of motorstorm as soon as I heard that

[@Afreelunch85]

I lived many years in Colorado, but all my eye exams featured the farmhouse at the end of the white-fenced path. I’ve been wondering about that place for 20 years now!

[@eighty2018]

Manchester Farm, Lexington Kentucky. Your welcome

[@Supermunch2000]

Wait... You also have nightmares narrated by Nick Nocturne?!?!?!?!

[@DrL00se]

I'm sorry. Also? Do people have narrated dreams?

[@ChicaneryBear]

You don't?

[@TheRyujinLP]

Man, what kinda of plan do I need to sign up for to get *that* perk?!

[@GmNdWtchr96]

Nick Nocturne has got to have, like the second or third most soothing voice of any male internet personality. (That I'm aware of.)

[@CiCodiCadno]

​@@GmNdWtchr96 who are your other picks for most soothing voice?

[@DyxoXinoro]

As someone with nearsightedness, this video was surreal to watch. However, for a very different reasom than it would be for most people. Despite having first gotten eye appointments in the 2000's, I had no clue that some of those machines had pictures in them. Mine were always pure white with a single dot in the center. Its crazy to think I've only ever encountered outdated models, by the sounds of it. Nevermind the adventure surrounding your investigation. What a wild ride.

[@marchingham]

The minotaur video was great. Views don't equal success (although I get that you need to make that cheddar 💰). Do the videos YOU want to do, or else what's even really the point? 😊 This video was also great btw 😅

[@volkswagenb9406]

Agreed

[@actuallyapathy]

if it makes a difference, i often save videos i think are especially interesting for a time where i feel i can dedicate appropriate attention to them to get the most out of them. i did that with the minotaur video, and i wouldn't be too surprised if other people did as well.

[@ButtsiesVinegrette]

My thoughts exactly. It’s such a great video. It made my mom laugh and she absolutely hates when I make her watch KZbin videos, so that’s very impressive

[@Romashka_Sov]

Why do I find out about videos from a random youtube comment and not from the youtube itself?

[@marchingham]

@@Romashka_Sov algorithm failure!! We'll just keep making comments and do KZbin job for them lol.

[@GotWub]

That balloon owner going to get his eyes checked in the 90's was probably like...wait a damn second

[@itsvondell]

4:48 the phrase "huge pinch of salt here" made me imagine what I would do with my fingers to try and pinch a huge pinch of salt instead of a regular pinch

[@spuriousgeorge7233]

You just dip your entire hand into the salt and pull out a fistful, of course, unless you want to make some sort of basket with your fingers

[@ArloMathis]

You can use more fingers, for one.

[@unechat]

i got new prescription glasses last week. this is also my first time watching a video of yours! this was an amazing watch, i'll always love this genre of deep dives here on youtube

[@awefawn7793]

i was excited for this video just looking at the thumbnail. videos like these are a breath of fresh air. one million thank yous for the quality content

[@freezedriedicecream]

Don't you mean breath of hot air?

[@justanotheryoutubechannel]

I haven’t watched the video yet, but I’m gonna guess that the ballon photo is a composite shot. The road looks like that road you can see in Road to Nowhere by the Talking Heads, I think it’s in Monument Valley, just with the desert replaced with grass. The sky is impossibly blue, so almost certainly edited, and the grass is unusually green, so it is likely edited too. The balloon could also easily be photoshopped in, which it likely is given the other edits, how it doesn’t seem to naturally sit in the shot, and the unlikeliness of a balloon sitting perfectly above the road.

[@Nikkiflausch]

Don’t let yourself get sucked into being a singular focus channel, Jeff. 💜 The views stats just after going viral can be punishing and demotivating. It may be healthy to compare the following videos‘ views to the views you got before going viral. If it‘s an improvement, you’re making progress, the massive subscriber boost just gave a deceptive impression of the momentum.

[@Bdcrock]

Who asked plus we do not care plus L plus ratio

[@smolmoru]

​@@Bdcrock "I'm 12 and this is edgy"

[@Bdcrock]

@@smolmoru lol

[@irasponsibly]

And 44,000 people isn't nothing! That's a decently big stadium full.

[@TheStarBlack]

Yes, it's a huge step forward and your numbers will keep growing Jeff. One day all your videos will have millions of views.

[@CoziestCozy]

I am unconvinced we have the full picture. The road itself is undoubtedly the road to forest gump point, but the grassy land on either side is far more indicative of the united states great plains, and I cant help but notice the large void on either side of the road between the road and the land.

[@TheMadsC]

15:55 I absolutely love the lid that's too big for the pot. I've done that myself many a times. Also really good video so far. The camera work and editing is crazy good, as always. But also seems to even be improving. Excited to see how this investigation ends.

[@Acry-Artwork]

The moment I saw Forrest Gump, I KNEW exactly what part of the movie was going to be important

[@ozzi9816]

19:22 From what I could hear of that news report, the reporter says it's an "illustration of a balloon attached to a photograph of a road" So it's possible that the only photo is the road itself, and perhaps the balloon is a painting from the illustrator's imagination, or based off whatever photo reference they had on hand. You guys have plentiful resources, next time you delve into something that involves foreign languages you should maybe consider asking a translator or someone who can speak that language for help to save yourselves a lot of trouble. Translation of the text: - The road is a composite of Monument Valley (Arizona state) in North America with an illustration of a balloon on top - There was a prototype that used an airplane instead - Began seeing usage in 1990, is now used in over 100 countries worldwide

[@_..-.._..-.._]

Salty much?

[@_..-.._..-.._]

Also, I’m sure he looked into that but didn’t take your feelings into account and cut that part out 🙄

[@Albert._]

Still amazed and in love with the storytelling that jeff injects into what another creator would turn into a KZbin short if they were to discover the same information. Every video is worth the time spent watching it, every single time

[@thegreenhoodieguy]

I love this image, thank you for making this!

[@stardust6210]

Man I can't emphasize enough how I love your videos. The writing, the editing, the composition are so great I don't have many words to express my feelings. It just feels so human and humane. I'm so glad that I stumbled upon your channel one day and stayed

[@CrochetLover85]

24:05 wow. Having paused to read the actual exchange, knowing how jeffiot learned of the balloon's origins, I was surprised by the wildly dramatic spin!

[@sophiezhang2485]

8:57 balloon spotted in website banner

[@darknarax]

This is why i subscribed, videos that might come from very mundane questions i couldnt resolve in My younger years.

[@HotTakeAndy]

When all we could do was ask our parents and hope they were right. 😅

[@DinoDragon6]

In depth investigations about the most random niche stuff is my favorite youtube genre

[@retroforager]

Me: "surely it'll just be some random picture from some place in USA." Me afterwards: "IT'S WHAT!?"

[@DeepSpaceNetwork]

Incredible work and video making. Top quality right here. Clearly months of work

[@DaveyMiller5815]

i literlerly just came back from the optometrist (they still had this)

[@Skelly3D0]

Man i love your videos, you bring such a lovely wholesome vibe to this kind of video. It feels like you're not doing it for clicks or majorly dramatising it all, you're genuinely interested in these topics and finding the creators of such iconic imagery. Been following your stuff since the start of Ten Tapes, thanks Jeff! 💖

[@BeBenNova]

Yooo that Tiny Eye website looks sick! Great video btw

[@_..-.._..-.._]

*_ITS TIN……..EYE._* *_T..I..N..E..Y..E._*

[@mewcrun6764]

I have no idea why KZbin recommended me this channel, but I’ve been watching your videos for the past few days and I’ve never subscribed to a newly-discovered channel so quickly. I’ve never seen anyone apply such storytelling skill that I’d watch them just talk about researching random topics for hours, and I’ve never encountered a video-essayist who’s had interesting enough visuals that I’ve wanted to watch their videos, rather than just putting them on as background noise. I’m genuinely surprised to find out that this channel has under 200K subs, I don’t think I’ve seen anyone who’s already this skilled in the medium under 500K. Hopefully my engagement can get this out to more people, this channel is awesome!

[@NoraNoita]

Ohhhh, I have to focus on the thing... Nobody ever told me that.

[@TPD]

aw what a brilliant video, yet again. such a likeable guy, keep these coming man. i can tell from some of the pixels.

[@CakeGoober]

Raise your hand if you're an autistic man between 25 and 34 with a creative hobby and a healthy interest in categorizing/archiving mundane information

[@HotTakeAndy]

✋

[@ilikeshiba]

I like shiba

[@JoBot__]

I'm a teen enby with dozens of creative hobbies, but the rest checks out for me.

[@josephschaefer9163]

An ocean spray cranberry can has 17 ribs

[@WhatDoesMyChannelNameMean]

What a disgusting abelist stereotype-spreading comment! That needs to be removed!

[@mrsquid_]

it trips me up that the whole road has a half-dotted line. that means you could cross left but not cross right. if you want to overtake, you're stuck on the opposing lane until you either crash or break traffic law

[@gil1934]

11:30 YANDEX MENTIONED 🗣 (i love the way you say it with your accent)

[@DARKredDOLLAR]

Was also surprised. Not many people know let alone use yandex, but it's image search is pretty amazing. The amount of times I used images from there in my thesises... Images from yandex are more relevant, less repetitive and also have a certain quality to them compared to Google.

[@Dirt_Man]

I really loved this video and I think KZbin starting to recommend me my perfect taste for videos

[@twocansamm]

23:26 While that's very admirable and the right thing to do, and it's good that you take that step and be careful- you did give out the exact balloon information. So I'm not sure it really matters. That's basically like giving out someone's plate number right?

[@knurlgnar24]

The guy has a one of a kind balloon as part of a business that he publicly flies around and advertises. Yeah, I think he's OK telling us that info. That's similar to telling us who owns the George Barris Batmobile.

[@MrQuackthethird]

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[@ComotoseOnAnime]

It's a degree of seperation. Someone who is going to harrass a person over a video isn't going to just stop because they don't know the name/model/what have you. Any point of data revealed, whether that be Leon's name, the model of the balloon or that a site listing just about every make and model of balloon that exists is going to give the motivated a direction to look. If someone is intent on doing something knowing any one of those is more than enough, however that's still an extra step or two that might discourage the lazy or unmotivated.

[@yoshepop]

Im at an eye appointment right now and just saw that balloon image 💀

[@blackcatsandbooks86]

1:44 oop i’m canadian, a woman, and 22 so none of the above AND i got my eyes checked recently :)

[@shiningskies47]

i KNEW it was from arizona, i literally said to myself it looked like AZ with grass. Azurizonians represent

[@smileyp4535]

Coooooool what about the house/barn tho?

[@HotTakeAndy]

Ohhhh yeahhhh!

[@henrymars6626]

Same I've literally never seen the air balloon one in my life but the house one has been criticizing my poor eye health since 4th grade

[@TheRyujinLP]

Clearly they just no clipped into the Backrooms for that one.

[@amoureux6502]

The one with the grassy road and white fence is Manchester Farm in Lexington, KY with some photo manipulations, not sure about the other.

[@Gojo_on_pills]

Man you just got a new subscriber the storytelling style of your videos paired with the cinematography and content I'm interested in about it's an experience to watch your videos tbh I loved it man keep creating.

[@typicallucas]

fun fact: in the US the "optician" is the person who sells you frames after you see the "optometrist"

[@rionhunter]

dude the transition at 4:44 blew my mind. Incredible work with the rotoscoping - and with the rest of the video over all. It's so well produced! I recently got a job as an optical dispenser (i.e. I handle the sale of the glasses) and have been seeing a lot more of this balloon more recently, so this video was incredibly well timed

[@a-little-sunshine]

I've never seen this image before but it's a new Jeffiot video so obviously I'm watching all of it!

[@HotTakeAndy]

Go get an eye exam and report back! 😅

[@janderfischer]

I have gotten at least 2 probably 3 eye exams in my life and i have never seen any of these images, it was always just some black circles in different sizes and i have to say on what side they are open... I dont think there were any actual photos involved, ever, at all. Probably a regional thing.

[@Destroyer2-k7k]

seeing these images instantly makes my eyes dry out just cuz of past experiences of trying to avoid blinking at the eye tests

[@gocry6088]

Pretty sure we've now all looked at this image for a longer amount of time in this video than during every eye exam combined

[@biggestp0ser]

just found your channel. the cinematography and scoring in this is so beautiful. wonderful job

[@Ramagra]

I literally just had an optometrist appointment earlier today and then got recommended this video.

[@HotTakeAndy]

They are 👀 you

[@GippyHappy]

I find it fascinating that there are people meticulously cataloguing various hot air balloons for no reason except that they enjoy it and that just so happened to be helpful in this one instance.

[@Thysannia]

You truly do put out some of the most wonderfully engaging, artistically brilliant and thoroughly fascinating videos on the platform. I absolutely cannot wait to see what you choose to do next!

[@ivanav.3136]

finally! the answer, albeit half disclosed, of an age old question. I've only ever saw 2 image variants of the refractory machine: the barn house and this hot air balloon. i never knew there were abstract variants like the red swirl. good vid! i liked the midpoint forest gump reconnecting the dots, i appreciate that despite the report video and comic having the answers, you still included the movie for entertainment's sake.

[@sh0gun1223]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z3Waemqcor-XhaM It's hilarious that Senn scooped Jeffiot again. It's like some odd rivalry of the most obscure history imaginable.

[@EpicNoobx]

just say 10:20 instead of putting the link like that

[@jainysail2941]

Least quirky swedish person:

[@wiseSYW]

rainbolt would have found the location within 30 seconds

[@alextheasparagus6675]

me during the whole video: get the geoguessr guy!

[@_..-.._..-.._]

That would’ve made a compelling 30 second video 🙄

[@_..-.._..-.._]

Or ask any American over the age of 20

[@Krownss]

0:30 if that the 3kliks music?

[@TVDaJa]

I was about to point that out. It definitely is. Slightly distorted and echo-y but it definitely is

[@Krownss]

@@TVDaJa IT is playing in my head, makes we wanna Go watch some Kliks lool

[@elleirGab]

came here to see this : the caboosing song strikes again

[@Krownss]

@@elleirGab Kliks Made a while video about ppl hating IT lmao

[@Krownss]

@@elleirGab personnaly i Love it

[@duplicake4054]

12:30 2024 is the year of f4mi and mattkc cameos omfg

[@1personithink]

r/balloning sounds unreal

[@gec8297]

Real quick as somebody who wears glasses in the intro, I actually took them off, and it helped me see

[@vancesumrall1829]

am i trippin or are there clearly mountains in the distance?? like very far away but still definitely there

[@PeachysMom]

Definitely mountains.

[@lazyinari3410]

I saw the road with the barn. Also, love how you're chanel does topics that you find interesting rather than having one set theme

[@elisacolombo3021]

Jeff, watch out for that impostor syndrome, you've been a real youtuber for years now, you even kidnapped the guy, now you got MERCH? does it get more youtuber than that? Amazing cinematographic piece, as always, you rock!!!

[@Der_Ikarus]

I really love how you present your research in your videos! Your storytelling and editing is great!

[@ElliotsLegoCreations]

Dude i didn't even know there was a car driving the road on that image.

[@EricFreischlad]

I hope they wrote you a stronger prescription then👍

[@ElliotsLegoCreations]

@@EricFreischlad just never saw it. I do need new glasses since my eyes are pretty bad for seeing anything.

[@LadyBernkastel92]

My favorite thing in Jeffiot videos is when, just for a bit, it turns into a really good short film

[@creepermangaming7912]

my eyes are really shitty so i never saw the car on the road, or maybe the image used in canada is slightly altered.

[@CiCodiCadno]

What a delightful watch! I hope you don't feel too stressed about chasing numbers. Your work is brilliant, and the people you didn't "retain" most likely weren't the sort of people to commit anyway. Virality is virality _because_ it comes swiftly, explodes, and doesn't immediately return. The audience you do retain stay because they care. Your patrons, your thousands of new subscribers and viewers, are here because of you and your collaborators' hard work and skill in entertainment. Also, I think about your fingerboard montage at least once a week, so do with that what you will

[@Oshawatt]

THERE WAS A CAR THERE THE WHOLE TIME

[@boneitch]

Wait? Stop. Future me: have I been gaslit? Edit for past me:,WHAT THE HELL WHERE DID THAT CAR COME FROM 😭😭

[@Oshawatt]

@@boneitch sheit homie maybe we did need those glasses after all

[@Gdub33]

I'm from Colorado, so thank you for sharing a quick geography lesson with the rest of the world. I can bet 90% that the photograph of the hot air balloon was taken at the annual hot air balloon festival in New Mexico. People bring their hot hair balloons from around the country to that festival every year and it is closer to the shot in monument valley. All the extremely elegant and beautiful balloons are always displayed there. Also, thank you for admitting to dramatizing the location as I was kind of baffled that you pretty much already knew the exact location from the search and from your correspondence with the Japanese company. Was about to comment how lame it was that you didn't share any of that info with ur partner when he asked you lol. But now that I know it was for dramatic effect I like it and I also like the whole Forrest Gump section of the video. Thanks for being upfront and honest and also being funny!

[@insu_na]

Caboosing by Kliksphilip / StevenTheDreamer soundbite spotted, but no credits?

[@SpaceDorito]

I love this video style! I wanna learn how you make these vintage style editing and the nice blue lighting

[@fab555trainspottingandmore]

The balloon is everywhere. My entire childhood i had to go to eye doctors because i need glasses and lenses and saw this picture every time

[@ssamuria]

I love your videos so much, They're some of the only videos that I know are long and also visually intertaining the whole way through.

[@johnathandoe6034]

Alex Bale mode No but the moment you showed that picture I actually jumped up and yelled forrest gump, and I can't believe I was actually correct!!

[@punk3375]

Woah, this is seriously one of the last places I'd expect to see Arizona come up. Some European youtuber looking into a picture from a Japanese company. Crazy. But yeah, Monument Valley is sick, definitely worth a visit.

[@Patrick-me4jk]

Colorado mention!!!! ⛰️⛰️⛰️⛰️⛰️🦅🦅🦅🦅RRRRAAAAHHHHHH!!!

[@TheRealBatabii]

I haven't seen the hot air balloon or the farmhouse in the 20 years I've had this optometrist. Instead, mine is the "house or barn at the end of the road" seen at 4:17

[@Ransomwave]

0:31 is that... 3KLIKSPHILIP??!!