Optical Delusion?

I don't generally get interested in doubling on Memorial cents since they are of the flyspeck type.
But this one is a doozy.
And I see some lesser doubling to the left of the next column.

I don't know who the expert on LM cents is (David Lange?) but someone will come up with a name for you.
Definitely get a pro's opinion.

I'm thinking these are die scratches. Look above the left cornice? You can see them above that area. Thanks for the extra images.

Side point: You might try taking a wire coat hanger and bend the horizontal part outward to make it a square instead of a triangle. Then tape a layer of plastic grocery bag on to the square frame. Then place the frame in between the light direction before it hits the coin. This will help diffuse the glare. The 2nd extra image is what you want the images to look like. That was the one that helped the most.

Thanks for the lighting tip!

OK, I gave it another shot. Still, very difficult to see the detail even at 60x using an iPhone. The human eye is a wonderful thing to try to imitate.

At the 1 the profile narrows as compared to at 2. I see three non-parallel lines. The trouble, as you note, is that there are other things going on with the surface of the coin, so it looks confusing in 2D but through the loop and holding the coin on an angle, the 3D profile is exaggerated when compared to the other surface texture. So, last attempt to beat the horse and then into the 'pickle jar'. Thanks for taking a look at these Coop. I figured you'd know best.

I enjoy doing the play on words...as you could probably tell so I appreciate the wit. You (and Coop) are probably right. When I compare the striations to the subject feature, some are in parallel. The odd thing is the taper which may be the result of the direction of the last normal column hitting at a slightly different angle. As noted, by the time you are on your 200th 1994, stuff gets blurry in the mind...if not the eye. CAMs become WAMs, and WAMs become CAMs if you know what I mean. But I'm glad to get the second opinions here to be sure I'm not tossing something I'm looking for back into the sea of cents.