Perpetually Ascending Staircase
How can the man go up all the time and come back to the same place over and over?
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RED X: The red squares are the same color in the upper part and in the lower part of the "X"
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The diagonal lines are parallel.
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There are no gray spots at the corners of the squares.
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The rows of black and white squares are all parallel.
Animated GIF version demonstrates this
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Impossible Triangle
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Parallel Lines at Sunrise
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The center circles are both the same size.
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The Vertical lines are both the same length.
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Castle
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Three-Pronged Fork
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Ambiguous Cube (Does the front face go downward or upward?)
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There are only white circles at the intersections.
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All the bumps are identical.
The one in the lower right corner is upside-down.
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Wavy Squares? No!
The background of concentric circles makes the squares appear distorted.
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Rotating Wheels
The circles appear to rotate when you move your head closer and further away from the screen while looking at the dot in the center.
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Warped Square?
There are no curved lines in this figure.
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Frog or Horse (Watch the image rotate.)
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One or Two Faces (Is a candle melting over from the top of the head over the middle)?
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Indian Head or Eskimo?
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Rabbit or Duck (No, not a question from the Tasmanian Devil :) ?
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Saxophone Player or Woman's Face?
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Skull or Woman at a Vanity?
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Young Woman or Old Woman (Is the young woman's jaw line really the older woman's nose)?
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Deer
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Drawing Hands
Just for Fun: Escher-Sketch
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Elephant Legs
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Dragon in a Face
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Horse and Rider in Canyon
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Face in the Meadow
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Old Man (and more...)
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Bridge of the Ship
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Skull or Party?
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Plaza
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Waterfall?
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Moving Circles
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Dancer
Which way is she spinning? Clockwise = right brain dominant. Counterclockwise = left brain dominant.
Need help seeing it spin the other way?
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Black & White - Color
Stare are the dot in the middle for 20 seconds or more.
WITHOUT moving your eyes from the dot, move your mouse over the image.
Continue to stare at the dot. The image will seem to be in color (but it is really a black & white image).
Looks can be deceiving.
From http://www.stareclips.com/ .
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After Image Flag
Stare at the flag for awhle and then look at some white space.
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Animals Face
Do you see animals or a face?
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Cat Couple
Is it a cat or a couple?
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Faces Among Divers
Do you see faces among the divers?
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Faces Among Peaks
Do you see faces among the peaks?
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Faces Among Slopes
Do you see faces among the slopes?
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Beach Rose
Do you see a dolphin in this rose?
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Dali Disappears
Do you see Dali or a woman?
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Swans & Elephants
Do you see swans or elephants? What are the swans reflecting?
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Hand Ballerina
Do you see a hand and ballerina? What makes the ballerina's skirt?
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Passion Rose
This rose shows a flower, but also lovers.
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M.C. Escher's Relativity
One of the classics...
Just for fun ;)
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Escher - Up and Down
I'm so confused I don't know which way is up!
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FaceScape
Do you see a face in the landscape?
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Fisher's Family
Do you see the grandpa, grandma and the youngster?
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Swan-Squirrel by Fisher
Do you see a swan or a squirrel?
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Ten Eagles by Gardner
Can you count 10 eagles?
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Eleven Deer by Gardner
Can you count 11 deer?
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Fourteen Horses by Gardner
Can you count 14 horses?
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Fifteen Wolves by Gardner
Can you count 15 wolves?
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Ladies of the Lake by Gonsalves
Not Arthurian, but amazing nonetheless!
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Tree House in Autumn by Gonsalves
Is the house on the ground or atop a tree?
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T. Elder Hearn's The Illusionist
Do you see a face or people?
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Hidden Animals
Do you see the hidden face and animals?
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Couple Dreams of Baby
Do you see the baby about whom this couple dreams?
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Hidden Woman and Child Praying
Do you see the woman and child praying. While prayer is something we need to think about, this is not an actual rock as suggested by an Internet hoax .
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Pool by MacDonald
How would you swim here?
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Mona Lisa - True & False
These pictures look the same until you flip them. Click the pictures and see (unless you wan to flip your screen)!
Please enable JavaScript to see the effect.
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Mysterious Inkblot?
Can you tell what this familiar thing is? Hint: Reverse the colors.
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Lost Tiger by Rust
Can you find the lost tiger?
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Ten Africans by Rust
Can you find the tenth "African"?
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Hidden Lion by Rust
Can you find the hidden lion? (Is Aslan on the move?)
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Hidden Love by Rust
This looks lovely, but can you find love in this picture?
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Rusty Dreams
Do you see the rusty dream in the barn (or is a rust bucket)?
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Mask by Sarcone
The mask always seems to face outward or even change direction.
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Staircase
Upstairs and downstairs…um, I can't find my ladie's chamber!
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Purple Mountain Majesty by VanStraalen
What do you see in this majestic mountain?
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Seven Dolphins by Warren
Can you count 7 dolphins?
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Seven Horses by Warren
Can you count 7 horses?
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Checkmate!
I'm not sure how many moves it took the game to reach this point!
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Society - Wotherspoon
From what is hidden, what does the painter perhaps think of high society?
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Treefaces
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Morphing Walking Cow
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Another Face in the Meadow
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Face in the Arch
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Face in the Air
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Face in Battle
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Picture is not moving
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Orange Circles the Same Size
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Where's the baby?
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Black or White Shoes
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Leaning Towers
The one on the right only looks like it is leaning more, but it isn't.
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Not a Lake
It's a fallen tree. Tilt your head to the right and see.
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Top and Bottom the Same Color?
Indeed they are the same color. Put your index finger over the dividing line and see!
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30-second stare
Stare at the picture for 30 seconds and then look at a white screen or white piece of paper.
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Birds and tree or face?
Do you see birds and a tree? Or do you see a face?
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Reverse Chair?
It all makes sense when he sits down.
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People Column
Do you see people? Or do you see columns?
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Kokichi Sugihara's 3-D Sculptures
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Not Really Moving
The above image is not really moving. There is no animation involved. Rather, it is a clever optical illusion.
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Penrose Mobius Strip Castle
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This will confuse your enemies at the gate.Source: https://www.facebook.com/groups/186662688657981/permalink/504668800190700/
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"Who do you say I am?"
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Links
Amazing Optical Illusion
Cat Bird
Chair Illusion
Creepy Almonds
Eye Tricks
Fun Visual Tricks & Optical Illusions
Fun with Stripes
House Illusion
Let's Play Catch
My Senses Have Failed Me (funny .gif)
Planet Perplex
Optical Illusions
Optical Illusions by Latisse
Optical Illusions by Michael Bach
Shades of Gray on a Checkerboard by Edward H. Adelson
The Ultimate Guide to Optical Illusions
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So never make a decision based on your observations ...
Think of what you saw and what you heard ... Analyze the fact and make the decision.
(Look beyond appearances to the Truth beyond.)