Levitating Helicopter Illusion

There are many videos going around showing helicopters flying apparently without the aid of their rotors. Here is the best example of this type of illusion to date.


Why does it look as if the helicopter is levitating without power? Is it possible that the helicopter is on a wire being lifted by a second copter just out of sight? I think that this is a Top-Secret test of a helicopter fitted with an anti-gravity prototype device, caught on tape by conspiracy theorists. Remember, just because your paranoid doesn't mean they aren't out to get you.

The answer to this question is simple enough. The frame rate of the camera and the copter are in sync thus creating the illusion of a copter being able to fly without it's rotors turning. The fact is the rotors are turning like always it just doesn't show with this camera setup. Or is that just what they want you to believe?

Here is a military test of the anti-gravity device caught on tape. This one uses the Mi24 helicopter seen here in this image.


This military Mi-24 HIND was the first helicopter to enter service with the Russian Air Force as an assault transport and gunship.



So what is the true reason these helicopters can fly without their rotors turning?

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Swimming Pool Illusion

This is similar to the pool illusion, once again this is one of the most exciting painting. Another impossible object illusion, not the absolute best but a good one for a quick ponder.

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Merry Christmas Illusion

Hope that everyone is enjoying the Merry Christmas Day. Wish everyone a very Merry Christmas. The guy is just making the statue holding his hand to create an illusion in this Merry Christmas Day.

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Face or a Tree illusion

Is it a Tree or a face of a person? It is Definitely a Tree. what do you thinks it is man made or Nature made? The tree has had its branches shaped so that it resembles a face. It makes an interesting picture and makes you wonder what this tree would look like with leaves on it. and i m confused about the face i probably think it is a face of David Duchovny but i m not sure, if any body know then let me know

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Hidden Elephant Illusion

Can you spot the hidden Animal in this illusion, yeah there is an Elephant some where in the image try to find out it.

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Flying Face Design Illusion

Thought this was a pretty neat face illusion. What do you see? Just a face flying towards you or something more, let me know how many faces are there and what you found in it?

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Triple Sunrise Illusion

Here is another illusion found on the Astronomy Picture of the Day. I stumbled upon it via Tricks and Illusions.

Triple Sunrise
Credit & Copyright: Jim Hoida

Explanation: Today, the Sun rises due east at the Equinox, a geocentric astronomical event that occurs twice a year. To celebrate, consider this view of the rising Sun and a lovely set of ice halos recorded on a cold winter morning near Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA, planet Earth. Produced by sunlight shining through common atmospheric ice crystals with hexagonal cross-sections, such halos can actually be seen more often than rainbows. The remarkable sunrise picture captures a beautiful assortment of the types most frequently seen, including a sun pillar (center) just above the rising Sun surrounded by a 22 degree halo arc. Completing a triple sunrise illusion, sundogs appear at the far left and far right edges of the 22 degree arc. An upper tangent arc is also just visible at the very top of the view.

Erik Axdahl
(c)2005
Erik has a blog called The Chronicles of Spaceman Axdahl and he had this to say about this photo he shot.

"I was poking through my hard drive and found this delicious morsel that I took last Winter outside of New Ulm, MN with my four year-old Canon Powershot A20 digicam.

What you see is a parhelion, better known as sun dogs.

Sun dogs are produced when the clouds between the Sun and the observer contain ice crystals rather than droplets. They always occur at twenty-two degrees on either side of the sun.

Being a nerd, when I first saw this I panicked and honked madly at the car I was following to pull over so I could take this shot. My day was then officially made."

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Circle Size Illusion

The Circle is in the left center is looking small but actually it all the circle is the same

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Hidden Faces On The Mountain Illusion

A really straight forward one, how many faces can you see on the mountain? Don't forget to comment me after counting the faces in the mountain

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Cross and circle Illusion

OK, this time you need to cover your right eye and stare at the black circle. The move closer to the screen and see the cross disapear. Move back again and the cross will reappear...



Now imagine the cross is a motorbike and think about them next time you go out in the car!

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Straight Red Strips?

Here is an optical illusion created by Herman J. Verwaal from his deformation series

Herman points out the red strips appear to be deformed where they cross the fluorescent lights. I agree the red strips seem to narrow as they cross the lights. Even more fascinating to me is that the red strips seem darker where they cross the lights. Yes the red strips only seem darker.

The fact is that the red strips have a red green blue measurement of R:246, G:4, B:0. No matter where in the strip you measure the color is constant. I find this fascinating because the red in each strip, where it crosses the light, appears to darken.


Herman J. Verwaal
copyright 2012
used w/permission

The bottom line is that the red strips above are perfectly straight and the shade of red does not change at any point in this image.

Herman has an excellent collection of Pop Art, Paintings, and Optical illusions. He has given me permission to feature his pieces here. This is just one of many. His illusion art ranges from color perception to distorted illusions.

Thank You for sharing these excellent illusions Herman.

*** Herman J. Verwaal's Trick Art, Pop Art, and Fine Art are available for purchase.

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Candy Face Optical Illusion

this is similar to the transparent illusion, What seems to be in mouth, is actually not. It was just an wall paper at Mobile and the pictures taken from camera or any other mobile.

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Sexy Bed Sheet Illusion

This is similar to the Funny Bed Sheet Illusion, this is the type of Bed sheet where a couple or a guy enjoys sleeping alone, if anyone looks at it first time in hurry may get confused but in fact the girl in the bed sheet is just a themes and nothing else. If you got confused by yourself then don't forget to comment me

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Smiling Moon : Planets Align in a Frown

Monday night (December 1, 2012) there was a bright cosmic frown in the sky. The planets Jupiter and Venus briefly aligned forming two eyes and a moon forming a smiling mouth.

Jupiter is much larger than Venus, it appeared dimmer, because the latter planet is so much closer to Earth.Plus, Jupiter is much farther away from the sun than Venus, so the light bouncing off it is much less intense than the light bouncing off Venus, which hasn't had to travel so far.

It is called a planetary conjunction, the two planets -the brightest in the night sky -appeared extremely close. They won't be this close together and well-placed for viewing again until May 2013.

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Up the Down Staircase

Here is a real life example of "Schröder's staircase" illusion. This optical illusion is one of the more famous, classic reversible figures. Can you see the stairs right side up and upside down?

Up the Down Staircase
Flickr Artist: theentiremikey

Here is the classic version of the illusion.

Schröder's staircase
Looking at the illusion above, if the green wall is closest to you then you will be walking upside down. If the pink wall is closest to you then you are walking upright. Either way you are walking on the same blue treads. Of course if your willing to walk sideways then you can use the black treads.

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Is this Square is Straight?

Is this Square is Straight? The Square line seems to curve little bit and it also seems like moving.

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