There are different types of optical illusions (some are even three-dimensional!), but they all basically challenge the idea that you are seeing what you think you are seeing.
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What is an optical illusion?
(according to Wikipedia)
:This article is about visual perception. See Optical Illusion (album) for information about the Time Requiem album.
An optical illusion (also called a visual illusion) is characterized by visually perceived images that differ from objective reality. The information gathered by the eye is processed in the brain to give a percept that does not tally with a physical measurement of the stimulus source. There are three main types: literal optical illusions that create images that are different from the objects that make them, physiological ones that are the effects on the eyes and brain of excessive stimulation of a specific type (brightness, tilt, color, movement), and cognitive illusions where the eye and brain make unconscious inferences.
Illusion One
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- What we see here, is a hungry lion jumping on to the bonnet of an open-topped truck, snarling straight into the faces of safari family. The amazing part is they.
Illusion Three
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M. C. Escher: Impossible pictures
(from Wikipedia)
Maurits Cornelis Escher (17 June 1898 ? 27 March 1972), usually referred to as M.C. Escher (, ), was a Dutch-Frisian graphic artist. He is known for his often mathematically inspired woodcuts, lithographs, and mezzotints. These feature impossible constructions, explorations of infinity, architecture, and tessellations.
Optical illusions on Flickr
Here are some images tagged as optical illusions on Flickr.
Illusion Five
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