Meet Orbo. He’s one of the most prolific and talented GIF artists on the Internet. His specialty is making GIFs that never end because they’re stuck in an infinite loop.

Counting from 1 to 48,140,288, this GIF needs a home for the next millenia. ... Yes, This GIF Takes 1,000 Years To Loop. Counting from 1 to 48,140,288, ...

The emergence of the animated GIF over the last few years has made short visual loops a regular part of our media diet, but the phenomenon is not an entirely new one. As Chris Baraniuk points out ...

How do you build a GIF that takes 1,000 years to loop? Use 48,140,288 frames that tick forward on a 10-minute interval. That's what artists Juha van Ingen and Janne Särkelä have done.

From there, GIFs from Loops can be shared within Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, Instagram, Pinterest, Tumblr, and other texting and email clients. Gfycat’s database of moving images is a growing one.