Relative Sizes Category
(45 votes)
You probably already know that about 70% of the Earth’s surface is covered in water, but did you know you can make an entirely new one from just one drop? Ok, to be fair, it’s only an upside down reflection of the world as portrayed on a map, but, still, I doubt any of us [...]
(62 votes)
The tracheal tube illusion animation your about to see has been circulating the net lately. It is a simple relative sizes optical illusion, which goes in tandem with the following question: Which tracheal tube is longer? When I first saw it, two questions immediately captured my attention: A) What is “tracheal tube”? and B) Will [...]
(66 votes)
We’ve all taken trips down memory lane, but rarely does that involve an actual lane and memories of other people like the University of Florida’s UF, Then & Now project. The concept involves using photographs of people taken from throughout the last 100 years, by lining them up with the place they were taken and [...]
(74 votes)
I always wondered how U.S. security/intelligence system works. More importantly, how functional in practice inter-agency cooperation and information exchange really is – specially when there are like gazillion of them… Who coordinates them? Which one acts as roof on top of them all/is its name publicly known at all? I’m sure some of our millions [...]
(51 votes)
Hardly a week has passed since we last featured one of the Greeenpro’s creations, more specifically – Dots in Motion optical illusion video. No matter the short time span, we already received two new excellent illusions from the same author! For example, check these two cigarettes on your right – just by looking at the [...]
(67 votes)
We’ve talked about tilt shift images before, where the photographer uses selective focus and a titled shot angle or special lens to make a regular-sized image appear to be only a model. But the Big Money Project takes the tilt shift process a step further by placing ordinary objects beside a giant coin that immediately [...]
(57 votes)
Throughout the ages, man has tried to better understand our closest celestial neighbor through myths and science. Our knowledge of the moon has changed over and over again as we learn more and more about the crater-covered satellite. And research is still changing what we believe. Earlier this month, a report was released, showing that [...]
(32 votes)
As a regular Mighty Optical Illusions reader, you’re all certainly familiar with what is undoubtedly one of M.C. Escher’s most famous works – Relativity. We’ve featured the piece recreated in LEGO, papercrafts, animated gifs, even in billboards, but this is undoubtedly the first time someone has been able to show us what the image looks [...]
