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Ships and Arches Optical Illusion

This one’s classic. Still, it can be very amusing trying to spot where the ships start changing into aqueduct and sky. Rob Gonsalves is the author behind this piece of art, but what I still can’t determine – is Rob the author of “Camels in the Night” as well? Both of these illusions look too SUSPICIOUSLY simmilar, not to trigger some questions. If you think this post is somehow familiar, you’re right. I already posted this illusion 2 years ago, but it was so pixelated and low in quality that I simply had to post an update.

Oh, I forgot to tell you I booked a hotel in NY, Manhattan and will be there in October with my girlfriend. Are there any New Yorkers here that can advise me what to see, where to go out, and how to get those hard to get tickets for NBA/MLB etc? Anyone wants to be our guide when we arrive?

Can you spot where the ships become arches, and vice-versa?
Can you spot where the ships become arches, and vice-versa?

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76 Replies to “Ships and Arches Optical Illusion”

  11. no ones gives a damn if u r the frst or the last but dat pic is coool nd awesome da frst prson to say both words mohahahahahaha!!!!

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  12. this pic is officialy amazin, fab, wicked, ace, neat, cool and awesome and i am the first person to say all of those words!

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  16. This is done by a realist artist called Rob Onslaves. There’s about 30 or so of his artworks somewhere on this site, and most of them are even more impressive than this one.

    p.s. its brilliant….:P

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  18. fitgal ur not the first person to say awsome! antidisestablishmentarianism! HA Me the first peron to say that! =P WOOT and i spelled antidisestablishmentarianism right first try!

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  21. All you grown-ups that “i’m first to say that” thing is very childish and stupid! And I’m the first to say that.

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  26. THE PIC IS A PIANTING BY ROB GONSALVES< HE IS MY FAV ARTIST TYPE HIM UP ON THE INTERNET SO YOU CAN SEE HIS OTHER PIANTINGS!!!

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  32. i am kristin…i am the first to say that!! LOL
    ohhh… and this pic is pretty cool but wud b better if it was ship all the way through the gaps cuz it goes ship, ship, cloud, cloud, cloud etc. but its still cooladelicness… btw, im also first to say that! (and this whole paragraph) =]

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  35. I’m in NYC, but I may not be the best guide. I definitely do not have a steady source for good tickets. I would suggest going to see some music. Small venue concerts are often cheaper here then other cities. My email is associated with your site. Send me an email with some more details maybe we can catch a band, or I can try to get some tickets, but I can’t make any promises.

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  38. Oh dear god, stop it already! I hope I’m the last to say “I’m the first to say that!”

    Clever pic, btw. =)

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  39. this illusion is simply awesome!!! and yes the camels in the night does look like it’s done by the same person

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  41. I live on Long Island, and have been to the city countless times. I really loved the Bodies museum in South Street Seaport. It consists of actual cadavers, and exhibits on a growing fetus, the nervous system and so much more. Also, if you go to times square, look for the naked cowboy. The Sony museum, I’ve heard, is a good museum about computers. Also, the museum of Natural History is pretty interesting, but that one is huge and you could spend a whole day there. But, my suggestion is the bodies museum. I warn you, it is not for the faint of heart, my cousin and my Dad got a bit grossed out, but my Mom and I were fascinated.

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  48. This is a fascinating mind trick utilising the texture of the clouds and the colours of the bridge and sky to produce an ambiguous transition between the cavities of the arches and the vessels.
    And i’m the FIRST one to say that.
    Oh, and I’m 13.

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  49. “already posted this illusion 2 years ago,” Heh, yeah i was gunna say!:P and i think the fourth ship from the front is where it ends being ships for me :P… maybe the fifth one is in mist and therefor makes that an acceptable ship too hmm?

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  50. I simply like the illusion! I think its clever made. And will you please stop that ‘I’m the first” thingy? It’s a bit annoying and I’m still not really sure what you think of the illusion.

    P.S. You go james! You can’t be an adult, you’re 13, so you can’t be childish to say such a thing! (well, perhaps you can, but never mind)
    I’m 14 by the way…

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    2. i dont know about the ships but i see a wolf howling in the clouds above first few ships

  52. This is a great classic illusion!

    I’m a native New Yorker. I suggest seeing a Broadway show (unless you absolutely hate that stuff). You can get tickets at reduced prices at the TKTS stands. There’s one in Times Square and one in South Street Seaport and another in Brooklyn, I think. I suggest going to the Seaport anyway. It’s fun and it’s got a great view.

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  59. I dont know if this was the power of suggestion, but for a brief moment i saw that white wolf.
    And i added an extra boat crossing my eyes.

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  60. Right at the 5th,6th or 3rd ship. Do the math.
    There are 11 gaps & ships in the foreground,
    and 11÷2=5.5
    Which is about 6, or 5. Your choice.
    but, Your eye says the 3rd ship is where the arches begin and the ships end.

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    2. I dont think you understand what an illusion is at all. Firstly, there are more than 11 arches, second, this was painted – there does not have to be order or symetry in a painting. They start transforming at the third ship because that’s how it was painted.
      Also, if you were correct and it could be worked out using maths, it would not be 5 or 6 where the arches started to change, it would be 6 because 6 is dead in the middle of 11. But it isn’t, because you cant work it out using maths at all

  61. gotta be the very last (or first Ship, depending how you observe this. Look at the thick blue ridge at the top of the arches. It is consistent till last ship, wher it disappers.Impossible to have a ‘line in the sky such as this if the are deemed to be ships ! :-)

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