April 30, 2011Outdoor Illusions

Levitating Street Performer

Kudos to Marcin Ciślak from Krakow for discovering this amusing street performer, and taking a photo of him and then sharing it with our community!…

April 2, 2011Outdoor Illusions

King Kong Optical Illusion

Ellen (erwtj3 from previous post) pointed me to another funny optical illusion. I definitely agree with her evaluation how this probably isn’t the best illusion…

February 6, 2011October 31, 2013Outdoor Illusions

The Fifth Face of Mount Rushmore

I’m not exactly sure if Jerome Santucci discovered this interesting phenomenon, or did he just report what he learned. Apparently, if you observe Mount Rushmore…

October 10, 2010October 10, 2010Multiple Meanings

Illusion of Two Tracks

Here’s a relatively new optical illusion, examples of which were featured on multiple occasions. I think today’s version beats them all! In short, it makes…

October 8, 2010Outdoor Illusions

Mysterious Dawn Photograph

As Daily Mail reported, a climber in Poland has taken this astonishing photo, of what appears to be a ghostly figure emerging from the morning…

September 27, 2010September 26, 2010Color Adapting

The Shimmering Toilet Dots

Here’s another submission I overlooked back in 2008. This one was sent in by Andrew Griffiths, who has seen this type of illusion hundreds of…

September 17, 2010News

Road Safety Illusions!? This is How We’ve Been Doing it Back Home…

I’ve been reading all around the net how Canada and Philadelphia are employing optical illusions to improve road safety. With all the controversy and safety…

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