It is. Someone posted this a few years ago. The image does randomly change to one spinning in the other direction: it's not real. I know because I watched it intently for like an hour or so (lolsessive) and it happened about 3 times.

edit: WELL THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT A YEAR AGO I GUESS I WAS WRONG

GODDAMMIT WHY DO I FAIL SO smurfING MUCH