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Is the loupe showing up for you? It didn't for me the first time I loaded the page, and I thought the same thing you did.

It should look like this: http://i.imgur.com/WUQ7n.jpg

They looked exactly the same to me as well the first time I looked. When I just clicked again a magnifying glass widget appeared over them that wasn't there the first time (even though I spent quite a while staring and scratching my head). It's obvious when that pops up.

Talk to your optometrist.