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When I announced that you can expect more classy optical illusions in the future, this is just what I had in mind. Before we start, I’d like to thank Xaver Nitsch for creating this original optical illusion just for us! Now, I’m perfectly aware we already had dozen of relative sizes illusions. We even had [...]




(35 votes)

Few days ago I showed you the winning optical illusion of the 2009 illusion contest. As I promised, here is another one that won the second place in the same contest. The illusion you see has some ghostly colors. When you stare at a waterfall for a few minutes, and look away, the still world [...]




(57 votes)

Ever wondered why its so tricky to hit the curve ball in baseball? Well, this example might just show you why. Big news is that three best visual illusions in the world were chosen last weekend, at a gathering of neuroscientists and psychologists at the Naples Philharmonic Center for the Arts in Florida. We’ve been [...]




(35 votes)

Dear Scott! Now this is an illusion! Hmm… I wasn’t trying to impersonate Doc. Emmet Brown from Back to The Future, just wanted to literally thank Scott for sending me this awesome animation below. When I first saw it, I almost tossed it down the trash can, but in the last moment I noticed what [...]




(20 votes)

This post was guest blogged by Vernon Southward of Macro Photography. If you would like to have your article appear on Mighty Optical Illusions as well, feel free to contact us. When I was younger, the local churches would send these odd little optical illusions in with their propaganda; their way of saying, “You see [...]




(22 votes)

Whooooah, I have an incredible news to share with you today! Have you by any accident heard of the almighty web search giant, Yahoo? Off course you have! Well, as it may happen, yesterday Yahoo has featured, and recommended Mighty Optical Illusions RSS Feed to all of it’s users across the globe! Yes, you read [...]




(42 votes)

Except writing entirely about optical illusions, you may have noticed that sometimes I share my reflections on every day life as well. Few posts ago I shared my view on similar flicks that hit the cinemas, and when the Americans were deciding who their new leader shall be, I did the same. Does this bother [...]




(21 votes)

I have found something interesting today. As you see, the continuous animation on your left, pictures three grayish rods traveling up and down – indefinitely. Optical illusion produced here, makes my brain think the rods are also traveling to the right, altogether moving in a zigzagged direction. Am I the only one experiencing this? Do [...]




