Optical Illusion Images

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What Do You See in These Optical Illusions?

There are lots of great optical illusions in which you can see two different things depending on how you look at them, or how your brain is wired. We have collected a number of such images, including famous optical illusions like the spinning silhouette or the Necker cubes. All of them can be interpreted in two different ways, so don't forget to vote for what you saw in the pictures after looking at them!

To the left: optical illusion triangle image by JrPol.

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Young Woman or Old Lady?

What do you see in the picture? Hint: the chin of the young woman is the nose of the old lady.

Photo of an anonymous German postcard from 1888.

Your Woman or Old Lady

Young woman!

36 points

Old lady!

12 points

Woman Gazing into a Mirror or a Skull?

What do you see in the picture? Hint: back far away from the screen to see the skull.

"All Is Vanity" by C. Allan Gilbert (public domain)

A woman looking into the mirror!

29 points

A skull!

17 points

The Ultimate Book of Optical Illusions

Contains hundreds of the world's most powerful optical illusions!

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The optical illusions inside the covers of this incredible, colorful collection are beautiful to behold and stunning in their trickery. Some of the mind-boggling images seem to spring into action: vibrating, pulsing, and spinning. Other ambiguous illusions feature two subjects in one: the fun is in finding them both in the single picture, such as a strange desert mirage where palm trees imperceptibly morph into camels. And there's still more, like the Impossible Terrace which couldn't exist off the page: just try to figure out if you're looking at it from above or below. Prepare to be amazed by these astonishing optical illusion images!

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I think it's amazing how simple 2D pictures can trick our brain and how we can see two different things in the same image.

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Printed Collection of Optical Illusions 

Optical Illusions: The Science of Visual Perception (Illusion Works)

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This book offers a huge collection of more than 275 mind-bending images, hidden figures and graphic patterns. These stunning pictures will befuddle and amaze you for sure!

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