Thursday, November 23, 2006

Optical Illusion Series-5











Look at the black spot and move your head forwards and backwards.








Simultaneous Contrast Illusion. The horizontal grey bar is the same shade throughout.
Check this by covering everything except the bar









Hermann grid illusion. Dark spots seem to appear and disappear very quickly at the intersections








This is a picture of floor tiles in Basilica of St. John Lateran, which create an optical illusion








This is possibly one of the most uncanny optical illusions in existence. No matter how hard you look, you may not be able to convince yourself that the two squares are the identical shade of grey











Hidden within this apparent floating taps' stream of water there lies a hidden pipe which supports the handle.











 

1 comment:

Julie K said...

I really enjoyed looking at this blog but there is no way the two squares are the same shade of grey!!