Comments on: Moon Boot Switcheroo Illusion

By: Nuno

Nuno — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 12:26:36 +0000

It’s an interesting illusion. You try you can actually see the first image as an imprint if you try. I looked at what should be a groove of the shoe and once I saw it as it should be the rest just fell into place. Our brain is a masterpiece of God. we shouldn’t limit it :)

By: Grace

Grace — Sat, 21 May 2011 12:44:38 +0000

Hi Justine! This illusion is equally puzzling and cool.

By: May

May — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 02:36:43 +0000

When the picture is one way, the foot print appears convex, the other way it appears concave. The illusion doesn’t work for everyone I think.

By: Kelsie Ilesha

Kelsie Ilesha — Tue, 25 May 2010 06:56:01 +0000

i don’t see anything.
they both look imprinted.
i’m from ohio, so i have absolutely no idea if that makes a difference. ha

By: Valerie

Valerie — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 23:22:20 +0000

In the first photo, there’s something that looks like a flag at the top of the print. At first I thought it was taken from high above the moon, and was just some weird crater.

By: nise426

nise426 — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 01:14:16 +0000

I don’t see anything special. Isn’t that how a foot print should look? I mean we get that angle of sun on the earth too when the sun sets….. The writing doesn’t explain anything either, it just rambles on about how even if you flip it, “it won’t switch.” What the hell is “it?” What doesn’t change? The passage is so vague and doesn’t point out the subject. What’s the “illusion”? This gets more and more annoying every time I read it.

By: ThatsALotOfNuts

ThatsALotOfNuts — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:35:34 +0000

USA never went to the moon.. I’m sorry, but it never happened.. The film was shot in Nevada desert.. If you look on youtube you can find some proof about this.. It’s actually maybe on of the biggest lies in history of mankind.. It’s kind of funny :P

By: Aliyns

Aliyns — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 03:58:28 +0000

Sorry dude, I’ve stared at this photo for 15 minutes now and it still appears concave to me…

I’ve read over and over what you said but still can’t seem to see what you’re talking about.

By: Gordon

Gordon — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 06:06:40 +0000

My mind is tricked. Excellent photo.

By: aa

aa — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:34:11 +0000

The first picture did appear to be an illusion at first, however, if I start looking at the picture from its shadows, it becomes quite clear that it is actually a concave image.

Grat job though, thanks very much

By: duncan

duncan — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:52:15 +0000

I see the exact same photo – just upside down. If you would bother to look at the details, you’d see there’s no illusion. It’s like this Justine guy just wants it to be an illusion.

Notice how the bottom third of the (original) image is in focus and the top is out of focus. This shows that it was not taken parallel to the surface, but at an angle and with a shallow depth of field. When you can see that, (it’s really really obvious actually) it gives you an understanding about the space this photo was taken in. You can easily tell the light is just coming in very low. If I didn’t know the history of the photo I would say it’s just a lamp.

Whatever, it’s not an illusion. Maybe, if you pumped up the contrast, sharpened the image and did some tweaking, you could make it into an illusion, but as it is, it’s just a photo and a fairly clear and straight-forward one at that.

And brad, I think you mean debossed. (embossed means it’s protruding out of the surface, debossed means it’s pushed into the surface.)

By: Adrian

Adrian — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 09:44:39 +0000

Both look concave to me!

By: andres canas

andres canas — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 07:02:41 +0000

mmm.. not sure i get you. but the convex look is a natural form you get when you walk on sand, it has to do with the weight change across the foot when you take a step. This happens even when wearing flat soled flipflops, as I think Aldrins’ boot had. Stil interesting though…nice picture too..tnx!

By: Facebook User

Facebook User — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 05:39:16 +0000

Awesome photo confusing though :P

By: Peter Gorham

Peter Gorham — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:39:28 +0000

I see the same as Zahid – the top phopto looks concave to me and the bottom one convex. I’m from Canada – so does that make me the wierd one?