New Year's Eve Before Image Optical Illusion

On New Year's Day last year after quite a wild party a friend found this image left on a car in the neighborhood.This is different then most optical illusions it is what I call a before-image optical illusion. You have invariably seen many after-image...

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Santa Claus Illusion?

Early Christmas day this jet reported striking a rather large bird. Upon landing it was discovered to be a large man dressed in red. The authorities are still puzzled how this man was struck by the jet at 10,000 feet. It has been speculated that he...

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Christmas Angel Illusion

Angel Of The SunsetCopyright 2005 HippieDudePart of his Christmas Art setUsed w/permissionHere is an optical illusion for the Christmas season.Do you see the angel trumpeting the arrival of Christ?Merry Christmas Everyone!For those that can't see it...

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Park Guell Architecture Illusion

This is an excellent photo. The architecture and the person blend to give the viewer a slightly brain bending feeling.What is happening in this photo?The below image is part of Park Guell in Barcelona. The Barcelona Tourist Guide says the following:Park...

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Checker Shadow Optical Illusion Revisited

It occurred to me today that the Checker Shadow Optical Illusion that I presented here could have been better presented if it fit my blogs color scheme so I decided to modify the original. I gave it a black background and changed the light source.The...

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Starry Night Optical Illusion

Barbara, AKA Pandarine over on Flickr took the below illusion photo.I love this photo. She did not add or remove anything from this image. This is a real photograph, although there is the possibility that she adjusted the color slightly for effect.What...

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Sandman's Daughter Optical Illusion

This photo was taken by Jair Ribbeiro, a Brazilian, living in Florence, Italy since 1998. Jair posed the question in his Flickr area:"Sand sculpture or real woman covered by sand?" Copyright 2004 Jair RibbeiroUsed w/permissionJair had this to say about...

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Fork Optical Illusions

Devil's ForkMarch 1965 cover of MAD Magazine by artist Norman Mingo. MAD introduced the figure as the MAD "Poiuyt." MAD magazine bought the figure from one who claimed that it was original, but MAD soon found out that the figure had been previously published.No...

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