National Geographic Inspired Link Hover Effect

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link deconstruction hover animation pure css
Image: National Geographic Inspired Link Hover Effect GIF

If you love the link hover effect seen on the National Geographic website, this snippet by shelaine will help you recreate that same link hover effect on your webpage in pure CSS. If you like this check out other deconstruction snippets.

If you are having trouble with the pen, try the archived copy on GitHub

Link Hover Snippet

See the Pen Nat Geo Highlight Effect by shelaine (@shelaine) on CodePen.default

Posted by:Saijo George

Digital Marketer with a strong focus on technical SEO and design. One of the top 100 makers on Producthunt, co-organizer of the SEO Meetup in Melbourne, an instructor at General Assembly. Worked with brands like Envato, AEON. Currently the SEO Strategy Director at Supple.