The Illusion Images: June 2005

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Thursday, June 30, 2005

Message of Love from the Dolphins

How old are you ?That question may determine what you see in the optical illusion picture below by Sandro Del-Prete. If you are very young you will see nine dolphins at play. If you are not very young you will see a couple in an erotic embrace.What is...

Wednesday, June 29, 2005

Leaning Tower of Pisa Optical Illusion

Approximately 200 years in the making and about 800 years since the first block was laid the Leaning Tower of Pisa has stood as a unique architectural land mark.Recently it has been discovered that in fact the Tower is not leaning it just looks that...

Tuesday, June 28, 2005

Springtime Word Optical Illusion

I've seen this illusion many times. Read the words in the triangle below out loud.Are you sure you read this passage correctly?I started to think it wasn't that great of an illusion. The trouble is since I've seen it before I couldn't imagine anyone...

Monday, June 27, 2005

Spirals or Circles Optical Illusion?

Spirals or concentric circles? Look at the figures below, What do you see? Are both of these images of spirals plummeting toward the center or does one of these images have only concentric circles?The truth here is that both images are of concentric...

Saturday, June 25, 2005

Summertime Optical Illusion Fun

I constantly get people coming to this site by searching for "scary optical illusion", I've seen many optical illusions but I wouldn't call any of them scary. Unless of course you are 4 years old. I mean if you were very young then this illusion might...

Wednesday, June 22, 2005

Pro-athlete Optical Illusion?

Below is what could be the first Pro-athlete optical illusion. Here we have two apparent members of teams in the National Basketball Association squaring off on the court in anticipation of a duel of titans. How was this picture produced? What lighting,...

Tuesday, June 21, 2005

Pavement Optical Illusions

Absolutely Amazing! Remember the below drawings are in chalk on the pavement. Check out some of the reactions these drawings are getting.Julian Beever has made pavement drawings for over ten years. He has worked in the U.K., Belgium, France, The Netherlands,...

Saturday, June 18, 2005

Spot the Fish Optical Illusion

I love this little animated image (found here). It illustrates how camouflage works in nature. When the little critters are moving they can be seen but often when they are still they blend into the background and seemingly disappear.Below is an image...

Thursday, June 16, 2005

Wooden Foot Bridge Illusion

If you get dizzy easy read the caution above and please be seated when viewing the below image.This is a great illusion. As you view this image it will seem as if you are at the center of a wooden foot bridge As you scroll down the page it will be as...

Tuesday, June 14, 2005

Kanizsa's Triangle and Marketing 101

This figure above was introduced by Gaetano Kanizsa, an Italian psychologist. Everyone sees a white triangle in front of the three black disks and inverted triangle. However, the white triangle actually does not exist. The contours of this triangle are...

Monday, June 13, 2005

Two Dimensional Gravity Optical Illusion

I've seen this illusion around the net and it seems to me that the red lines in this image must be effected by the gravitational pull of the circles. Normally 2 dimensional pictures don't have that strong a gravitational field but this image must use...

Thursday, June 9, 2005

Seville Optical Illusion

This photo was taken by Geoff Pettitt LRPS.I was curious what LRPS stood for it seems he has been awarded a Licentiateship by The Royal Photographic Society. This is awarded either for competence in practical photography, or in recognition of the passing...

Monday, June 6, 2005

Escher's Infinite Circle - II

Stacy of She Dreams in Digital has an excellent site full of interesting digital art creations. She offers many fine prints for sale and many great fractals suitable for wallpaper free of charge.The below is crossposted with permission of Stacy Reed...

Sunday, June 5, 2005

Deadly Beauty

I found this over on skecthdump. Brandon Reese is the artist that runs this site. He is quite talented and his art varies greatly. Stop on by and check it out.©brandon reese 2005 used w/permissionWhen I look at this image I recall the stories of old,...

Saturday, June 4, 2005

Scintillating Grid Optical Illusion

Below is the scintillating grid illusion, most people will see white dots turn black and then turning white again very fast.How many black dots can you count in the above grid?Why do I see black dots where none exist?The effect of the optical illusion...

Ferris Wheel Optical Illusion

I love this little animated Ferris wheel.Look at the red outside edge, is the wheel going around clockwise or counter clockwise?Are you sure?Now look at the purple center of the Ferris wheel.What is the truth of this illusion?By now you hopefully have...

Thursday, June 2, 2005

Magazine Cover Illusion

I found this over on the Tasty Blog. The question Jay posed was: "I wonder how many tries it took to get this shot.. Or maybe they used a bit of PhotoShop?"What do you think?Personally, I think it was done in one shot.I love these little illusions that...

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