optical illusions
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These Illusions Will Have You Further Questioning the Reality You Live In
It’s hard not to look at the news every day and wonder if your life has somehow forked into an alternate reality or dimension than the one you were familiar with. Not helping the matter are these illusions that have baffled us over the years, including Frank Force’s 2019 winning Dual Axis Illusion which can…
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Can You Find The Perfectly-Camouflaged Snow Leopard Hidden On This Mountainside?
Can you find the snow leopard sneaking up on its prey in this amazing photo by wildlife photographer Inger Vandyke? (Note: This is not a troll. The leopard is really there.) There’s a good reason it’s so difficult for photographers and film crews to capture the elusive snow leopard in the wild. The animal is…
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This Eerily Festive Scene on Mars Is Genuinely Unnerving
A European satellite has spotted an unbelievably realistic angelic figure — complete with wings, halo, and heart — in the southern polar region of Mars. It looks as if some Martian artist painted the scene to wish us peace and joy for the holiday season, but there’s a perfectly good scientific explanation for the surreal…
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The ‘Best Illusion Of The Year’ Will Make You Mistrust Your Brain
Every year, various members of the illusion community — which is made up of scientists, neurologists, researchers, and even artists — get together to decide which of their recently created mind-melters deserves the honour of Best Illusion of the Year. This year, Japan’s Kokichi Sugihara claimed the top prize with a deceptively simple illusion that…