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September 7, 2006 | 34 Comments

These heart stencils look pretty much photoshopped, while actually it’s bunch of paper stencils put one on top of the other and scanned. Moon Li sent this in, and this is what she wrote: “Since some people have sent in some optical illusions, I thought I wanted to try too. It’s not much of an [...]


September 7, 2006 | 11 Comments

I’ll let Henry describe this one by himself: “It was in Oxford on the river at sunset, and basically the sky and the river are identical, and so it can be viewed any way up, one way the water seems to be lit up than the sky and the other way, it looks like the [...]


September 2, 2006 | 27 Comments

Hehe, this one really made me laugh the first time I saw it! Do you understand what is the illusion here? This “solid” guy appears he’s just about to score from pretty nice distance, eventhough he is only a statue! I love this kind of photos that have that illusion touch!


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August 31, 2006 | 41 Comments

This is what just came in! I’ll let Carpathia explain this one: “Hi there…. I really love your site!!! I was browsing through the internet one day looking for kitten pictures to cheer up my friend when I ran across this picture (see the attached file). I can’t take credit for it, I found it [...]


August 29, 2006 | 44 Comments

Help! Is this guy drowning, or is he safe? It depends on how you see the image, and the way it is rotated. For example, many of you will first presume this guy is drowning and screaming for help, but when the image is rotated (jump inside this article to see the 2nd picture), you [...]


August 28, 2006 | 18 Comments

Elise Favié from Netherlands submitted this cool picture. It even fooled me – optical illusions expert! I thought the guy in the image is lying down the stirs, so that it appears he is climbing them, and I wanted to rotate the picture before publishing it, but when I’ve red Elise’s comment next to the [...]


August 28, 2006 | 37 Comments

Be sincere, what whas the first thing you thought for yourself, when seeing this image? I was sure it was just an oridnary spirall, but when observing it more precise, I figured out it’s actually a bunch of concentric circles… Hillarious! Did you get the same effect?


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August 25, 2006 | 58 Comments

David Horm sent this few weeks ago, but I noticed it in my mailbox just recently. David: “Here’s a little conversation I had with my friend while walking pass this sign in Seattle:
Friend: What the F***, Mac Store? Me: Yeah, there’s always been a Mac store here. Friend: No, that sign says [...]


July 28, 2006 | 67 Comments

Lee Wallender sent us this fascinating optical illusion vie email. The image is titled “Momentarily headless”. The gymnist Katherine Coronel of Venezuela performs her routine during the rhythmic gymnastics competition at the 20th Juegos Deportivos Centroamericanos y del Caribe in Cartagena, in Colombia. I would just like to inform you, that I received all of [...]


5 votes, average: 4.20 out of 55 votes, average: 4.20 out of 55 votes, average: 4.20 out of 55 votes, average: 4.20 out of 55 votes, average: 4.20 out of 5 (5 votes)

July 21, 2006 | 98 Comments

What does this old, vintage photo show? Can you see it? Open the picture in full-size for more details. It was shot by Brown, Barnes & Bell Photo Agency, in Liverpool. The answer is quite simple, but if you still don’t see it, jump inside this article for the solution!

Eventhough it looks like it’s a [...]