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April 16, 2009 by Vurdlak | Share  

Frankly, I have no idea who the duck Richard Stoltzman is, nor I want to google him like many of you would angrily suggest (probably just in spite my defiance is talking), but the fact is that this image below contains one awesome optical illusion. I would like to thank the person who sent me this, but am not able to decipher his “reply to” email address. In my mailbox, I see the sender as: “@mailinator.com Marct <m8r-gvr6mg>“. How can this even be a valid email address? Is it some sort of error gmail produced, or does it have something to do with secret government headquarters or PGP encryption? Would love to hear your thoughts. As there was nothing more than a picture attached inside the message, I’m not able to provide any more info. If you have problems spotting the illusion, look for a seagull – he should help your eye. If you still can’t find it, check the second hint.

Richard Stoltzmans Visions Illusion

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102 Responses
  1. CareBear says:

    Enchanting. Talk about being in the right place at the right time.

  2. Jon Dunham says:

    Yeah, it looks like a face to me too. ha :P

  3. Anonymous says:

    look at that beatuiful bird for the eye XD

    yeah second for the first time XD

  4. allfredo says:

    obviusly is a face between the rocks

  5. CLAW DAD JONES! says:

    :D COOL! IndiAN WITH BIRDY!

  6. Anonymous says:

    I saw the face before I saw the arch!

    (2nd!)

  7. Anonymous says:

    es genial felicidades

  8. Anonymous says:

    It looks a little like . . . Ben Franklin?

  9. Anonymous says:

    Maybe also a face on top looking down? Anyone else see it?

  10. Mazz says:

    This is really cool! I’m sorry, I have to do this It’s my first time ever: Second!!!! Anyway, thans for posting.

  11. Me says:

    Looks like George Washington!

  12. Anonymous says:

    Yes it’s a face right in the center, the seagull looks like an eye

  13. wvole says:

    This is amazing. I have the album but on cassette so the image is too small to have the illusion effect, so I have never noticed it. Richard is a clarinet player, who creates atmospheric music of real beauty.

  14. Anonymous says:

    This clearly an illusion that exists only for the wink of an eye.

  15. Aiman Amani says:

    Cool! Looks like its been ‘photoshop edited’, lol! But how was the black line for the eye was formed? Is it a bird or something?

  16. Anonymous says:

    I see it :) Very cool!

  17. Kohana says:

    I saw face and “mudflap” woman out of the rocks

  18. 2 says:

    to have that bird there….at that exact spot…at the exact time. wow!

  19. Anonymous says:

    minimum two faces, another on the top

  20. Anup says:

    yup, thats a left side view of a human face.

  21. Anonymous says:

    looks like benjamin franklin =)

  22. Anonymous says:

    Profile of an indian.

    Ron49Ky

  23. Anonymous says:

    And I Know who this is… the face looks familiair to me ;-)

  24. Anonymous says:

    at first i thought the left side of the rock was a man kissing the other side of the rock o.o;

    but thats when i looked at my widget.
    when i came here i realised it wasn’t

  25. Fergus Gallagher says:

    Email addresses are

    "anything" <a@b.com>

    So in this case, probably

    "@mailinator.com Marct <m8r-gvr6mg>" <m8r-xxxxxx@mailinator.com>

    Usually only the part in quotes (typically the senders name) is displayed. The headers will show the real address.

  26. y-man says:

    Well… Email adresses are over rated anyway. You can fake everything. The address in the header and the displayed address (you can by the way also fake the to address). So I guess this was someone who liked to stay anonymous…

  27. Anonymous says:

    No way I’m going to send you any emails, if you put an email address that puzzles you so in the open on the internet.

    Bad manners!

  28. http://www.myspace.com/xdothedrewx6 says:

    wow i now see the head but if you look at the whole rock, it looks like a women or a mud flap lady! idk how you couldnt see it! maybe its because im a guy lol

  29. Anonymous says:

    at first glance i thought someone had painted a picture of a white head against a random black shape. it was only when i saw the ocean when i realised it was a place, although it does look like a painting – so probably not photoshopped, just painted like that.

  30. Anonymous says:

    I see a vase.

  31. Anonymous says:

    There are a number of faces. The obvious one formed from the opening in the cliff face with the bird as eye, on the rock opposite that face’s mouth and chin is the face of a bearded man: looks like a Highlander or a turbaned Indian: to teh left and lower, right beside the bearded man’s shoulder, there is the top half of a face (more Italian looking): dark hair, eyes, strong nose and perhaps a moustache. Above the Highlander face is a rather demonic looking face/mask and above that, at the top of the underside of the arch, what looks to me like a mother or culd be Christ with child held, affectionaltely, close. I think I am seeing faces in teh highlights of teh rock but this couild be merely like those one sees in nature/patterns anyway: like a host of folk to teh left of the left hand side of the arch: almost likelooking into a throng of spectators or into a busy street: the people are not relating to each other. Much the same on the rock at right hand side of the arch.

  32. No.47 says:

    great pic. There are websites that let you back trace emails. You should look for them.

  33. No.47 says:

    That email address belongs to a temporary account that was create using mailinator which is a website that lets you enter your email address to sign up for things and then creates temporary inboxes every time you get a message so that your inbox is never full of Spam. Here is the web address http://www.mailinator.com/

  34. Anonymous says:

    if u look at the top of the lump of rock on the right side u can see a face looking down

  35. Anonymous says:

    This is sweet, we have a guy making out with a chick and a random face in the gap.

  36. Anonymous says:

    It’s a woman who is lying on top of an Indian who is lying on top of Ben Franklin who has a seagull stuck in his eye.

  37. Anonymous says:

    I live about 10 miles from here. Yes it’s Durldle Door.

  38. Debolina Mukherjee says:

    i can 2 images. first a face hidden in the shape of the gap

    2n d a woman falling over backwards

  39. Anonymous says:

    This is so cool!! I saw it right away!! WOW! show more like this one!!

  40. Anonymous says:

    THE BEST ILLUSIONS ARE ALWAYS MADE BY NATURE !!!!!!!!!

  41. Anonymous says:

    is this jericoacoara in brazil? Nice

  42. Zach says:

    Wow! After looking at the second hint, i immediately saw this one! Awesome work. Also good luck deciphering the email address!!

  43. nooges says:

    why dont you just google it dude?
    seriously…whats with the stubborness?
    do you want readers or not?
    i mean, i like this blog and ive read every entry for over a year, but come on man, dont be so lazy!

  44. Whazizname says:

    The seagull is the eye! LOL

  45. Anonymous says:

    its a face i mean duhhh

  46. xero says:

    i see 2 faces

  47. Cheww says:

    There are 3faces

  48. Cheww_cheww_tutu says:

    wow nature is beautiful its a pity we’re killing it at this very minute =c…

  49. jj says:

    spose nobody saw that face on top either?

  50. MrMisled says:

    Great stuff!

    Does anyone else see a horned face on the back of the indian’s head?

    And where’s the top face?

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