One Jet That Looks Like Two or Vice-a-Versa?

This is a great optical illusion. Would you believe that the below optical illusion of two jets flying next to each other is actually done entirely with paint?

Of course you wouldn't. At first glance though a paint job might just cross your mind. But there are too many wheels and tails for this to be done with only paint.

The truth is that here we have A Lufthansa 747-400 and a United 757-200 landing at the same time on parallel runways at the San Francisco International Airport. These two runways are separated by about 225 meters.

This optical illusion of two planes merging in midair seems almost real due to the Jumbo being 3 times larger than the 757 and being slightly behind.

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Ground Cover Optical Illusion Art

We have all heard of the following figures of speech, "ground cover", "a bed of roses", or "a blanket of snow". Well Larry Carlson, a visionary multi media artist has converted this speech into art in the following two images.

Sleep in Ground
© Larry Carlson 2003

Sleep in Ground 2
© Larry Carlson 2004

Larry Carlson is an exceptional digital artist with a vivid imagination. His many sites are worth a look.

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Six or Seven Cubes?

This optical illusion is very curious. Look at it and count the number of cubes you see.

Did you come up with six or seven cubes?

This optical illusion causes us to change our perception, as you look at this image the black tiles will change from being the top of six cubes to being the front of seven cubes.

Which count is easiest for you to see? Did you tally six or seven cubes initially?

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Pierced Ambiguous Rings Optical Illusion

The following 3-d optical Illusion was created by Zsolt M. Kovacs-Vajna a professor at the University of Brescia in Brescia Italy.

We have seen the Ambiguous Ring and Impossibly Linked Ambiguous Rings by Donald E. Simanek, but try and wrap your brain around this image.

Used w/permission © Zsolt M. Kovacs-Vajna 2005
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Excellent creation Zsolt, I hope to see more of your work in the future.

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Tornado - Rainbow Optical Illusion?

This is a fascinating image below. When I first saw it I was impressed by what I thought was a good photoshop creation. What do you think is the truth of this image?

Credit: Eric Nguyen (Oklahoma U.), www.mesoscale.ws

As it turns out this is an actual photograph taken by a storm chaser. Sun, rainbow, tornado and hail all colliding in this rarely seen combination. I found this on Astronomy Picture of the Day. They had this to say about this picture.

Explanation: The scene might have been considered serene if it weren't for the tornado. Last June in Kansas, storm chaser Eric Nguyen photographed this budding twister in a different light -- the light of a rainbow. Pictured above, a white tornado cloud descends from a dark storm cloud. The Sun, peeking through a clear patch of sky to the left, illuminates some buildings in the foreground. Sunlight reflects off raindrops to form a rainbow. By coincidence, the tornado appears to end right over the rainbow. Streaks in the image are hail being swept about by the high swirling winds. Over 1,000 tornadoes, the most violent type of storm known, occur on Earth every year, many in tornado alley. If you see a tornado while driving, do not try to outrun it -- park your car safely, go to a storm cellar, or crouch under steps in a basement.

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Dartboard Optical Illusion

I found the below on a site called Art Effects, their slogan is "We Put The Trick, In The Trompe Of Trompe L'Oeil"

Here is are two niches in a game room.

Take a look at both the Dartboard and the scoring tablet above. Both of these are painted on the wall.


Now look at the top photo again. You will notice the final dart in the illusionary coffin so to speak. It is stuck in the wall, see below.

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Taylor Hall Optical Illusion

The below optical illusion was created by John Pugh, he is an artist that does excellent trompe l'oeil (French for trick the eye) murals. The below is from "Chico Statements" a magazine published twice a year for alums, parents, faculty, staff, and friends of California State University, Chico.

John Pugh's trompe l'oeil murals are so lifelike they cause mishaps and confusion for the unsuspecting. In 1981, after the completion of his first major project, the mural on Taylor Hall on the CSU, Chico campus, several fender benders occurred because motorists were distracted by what looks like a gaping hole in the building.

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The following is from John Pugh's web site.

April 1981 Taylor Hall, CSUC

1. Soon after the mural was complete a woman employee that worked upstairs across the street from Taylor Hall called the administration and seriously complained and asked then they were going to fix the wall.

2. It was also reported by the C.S.U.C. public affairs officer Bob Pentzer that after the completion of the Taylor Hall project several rear-end accidents were reported occurring at the stop sign adjacent to the mural because motorists were distracted while viewing the broken wall illusion.

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