A pavement installed in a Welsh town which creates an optical illusion that hides a kerb has caused at least 20 people to trip so badly that they needed to be taken to hospital.
Source: Daily Telegraph
Source: Daily Telegraph
 Stare at the black dot in the third car on the right for 30 seconds or more then your eyes will create a black car that you might be able to "park" between the other two, if you have good eye coordination.
The titles of the illustrations are my own, but the details are from “Agates” by A C Bishop and W D I Rolfe, published by National Museum of Scotland and British Museum (Natural History), 1989.
At the time of publishing, Bishop was Deputy Director and Keeper of Mineralogy at B M (N H), and Rolfe was Keeper of Geology N M S.
Original image source: unknown - Animation by Optical Spy
 In this lovely Scottish rock specimen of Marine Agate (probably born in bubbles in basalts that were erupted some 400 million years ago during the closure of the Iapetus Ocean) it looks like we are looking through a window into a mysterious beach world on a misty dawn, looking over a calm bay towards distant hills on the other side. In fact it is just the beautiful colors inside the rock.
 If you would like to see more great ambigrams check out our John Langdon Gallery.
Here we have three pictures of a bunch of pencils laying on a desk. At first glance they all look the same, but on second viewing you will notice that the lead in the large pencil on the left is different in each picture. So what's the illusion? Well, in one of these pictures the lead in the large pencil is the same size as the lead in all the smaller pencils. Can you tell in which one they are all the same? 
Animated by Optical Spy from an unknown source image
 Wonderful illusion by A. Kitaoka
 Here we have a lot of black iphones, but if you stare at the center you should see a white iphone.
 Here we ask the question which parts of the bridge are the longest, A & C or B & D? This is our take on a famous old illusion called the Jastrow Illusion.
|
Optical Illusion Website
Spy CategoriesAdvertizements After Image Alan Mason Anamorphosis Animation Art Auto stereograms Body Art Dali Disappearing Escher Film Fun Gianni Sarcone Hidden Historical Homage Illusions Interesting Joined Liu Bolin Luke Brown Moon Illusions Negative News Perspective Photography Photoshopping Puzzle Quiz Reverse Perspective Scary Spot The Difference Stereographic Stereokinetic Street Art Sunken Tattoo Tech Art Tribute Trompe I'oeil Upsidedown Video Weired
Why not subscribe to our Opticals page
Escher in Color Gallery
Other Opticals
|
RSS Feed