Comments on: Two Fluid Optical Illusions

By: James Tanaka

James Tanaka — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 03:03:10 +0000

I found the damaged page with the above photograph. The Life magazine page was Miscellany labeled “NEITHER HERE NOR THERE” Though Kathy Flicker was glad that her stint for the story on pages 88-91 had ended, no one expected her mind to start wandering. But while she was putting a big swigg of water back into the pool at Princeton’s Dillon gym she seemed to lose her head completely. As it floated blitlely away, Life’s George Silk, who thought he had seen everything, grabbed this picture of it– a heady example of distorted caused by the water’s refraction. On the other side of the pool’s window Kathy was feeling fine and very much in the swim.

By: James Tanaka

James Tanaka — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 20:14:10 +0000

I taught science for decades, a decade ago. I got involved in optical illusions as part of a section on the brain. I used this photo out of an “old” “Life magazine” to illustrate the refraction of light through materials of different densities, water vs air. This website has some of the other photos that I used in my classroom as my students would be able to testify. I even made a model of the impossible triangle, natually the two end did not touch, but when viewed from a certain angle, the ends did meet. I still collect optical illusions today.

By: jake

jake — Sun, 15 May 2011 16:30:23 +0000

this is obviously real. this is just the science of how water refracts images.

By: Someone

Someone — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 16:00:10 +0000

Lol, it’s because of the light though, we learned it in class.

By: Schedule

Schedule — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 11:11:09 +0000

Best you should edit the post title Two Fluid Optical Illusions | Mighty Optical Illusions to something more catching for your content you write. I liked the the writing however.

By: Quiana

Quiana — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 02:31:24 +0000

o really David.. I just thought they had really small heads.. *sarcasm*

By: rose

rose — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 20:28:17 +0000

what the heck i ma only a liytle girl and you guys are scared and i am not well look behind you boo did i scare u i thought so hahahahahazha

By: Natalie

Natalie — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:02:05 +0000

seen it before at home

By: Corey Schmetzer

Corey Schmetzer — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 15:44:56 +0000

its not photoshopped kight traveks faster through water i saw this at the sydney aquarium

By: WEREWOLF GIRL TEAM JACOB

WEREWOLF GIRL TEAM JACOB — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:36:15 +0000

how did that happen

By: someone

someone — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 15:49:03 +0000

ha ha haaaaaa!!

By: Lily

Lily — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:51:52 +0000

Ok people! No one cares about how light does that to that! If they really gived a crap they wouldn’t be too lazy to read it on the internet! So stop posting that information!! Geeze

By: =]

=] — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:44:56 +0000

um…on the second one, i see both straws-.-

By: VOLTAGE34

VOLTAGE34 — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:40:21 +0000

wierd

By: Kelly Brown

Kelly Brown — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:08:41 +0000

Hi, very nice post. I have been wonder’n bout this issue,so thanks for posting