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March 15, 2009 | 49 Comments

What I just noticed when I opened my website, and checked the previous Don Quixote illusion, is that there was a hidden Easter egg for all of us! Check out the shield next to the soldier’s left foot. Can you see a reference to the Vase Faces illusion we already published? I felt really smart [...]


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May 10, 2007 | 19 Comments

Big Foot Optical Illusion

Hi! I’m Luke and i am one of the new co-editors for Mighty Optical Illusions!
And because this is my first post, I’m going to start with a very shocking illusion… Yes, it is true. Big foot is real and i have conclusive proof in this photo.
No of course not, but it does look so, [...]


October 12, 2006 | 66 Comments

What do you think this photo from Mars below represents? Is it a Convex Object or Concave Crater? Many of my friends argued on this one, before I gave them true answer. NASA said it shows “Victoria crater,” an impact crater at Meridiani Planum – near the equator of Mars. The crater is approximately 800 [...]


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July 14, 2006 | 180 Comments

Is the hand-print embossed or extruded (Convex or Concave)? I would like to know how you see it, so please place your opinion in comments, below. Thanks! As a kid I always found optical illusions to be fascinating. Do you know how this effect works?


May 14, 2006 | 58 Comments

The minute I saw this photo, I felt sorry for a poor guy. I assumed it’s a picture of a dying elephant. But later I realised it came from a site dedicated to sand sculptures. This exibit is located at Harrison Hot Springs, also know as “Harrisand”. Harrisand hosts a World Championships of Sand Sculpture, [...]


April 21, 2006 | 75 Comments

User Javier sent us these fascinating pictures taken by photograpaher Jair Ribbeiro. First I didn’t believe this is an optical illusion, instead I though it’s just a girl covered with sand laying on the beach. But if you look carefully at her right foot, or her head, you will be convinced this girl is actually [...]