Nature can be a trickster with its mixed bag of optical tricks. If you don’t pay attention you can unbeknownst to yourself, wander down all kinds of crazy paths that can render you completely lost. So, if life is a matter of getting lost every now and again till one seems to stay found, slowing down to appreciate the optical tricks along the way is wonderful. These 15 optical tricks possess their own measures of magic.
1. I see that someone’s out here walking on air
2. Floating rock or more optical tricks?
This giant rock seems to hover in mid-air, defying gravity. In truth, the lighting and water reflection give it an air of optical tricks energy. It´s like nature´s version of a magic trick.
3. Bed sheets
What looks like a pile of messy bed sheets is part of a cloud landscape. The folds and textures play with your brain, making it hard to tell what you´re really seeing.
4. Into the abyss
A deep, dark patch of lake looks like it drops endlessly into nothingness. It taps into that primal fear of what lurks below. Perfect nightmare fuel for anyone, especially when it’s just 9 metres deep.
5. Doorway to another world
Sometimes, lighting and shadows transform a simple doorway into what looks like a glowing portal. This one looks like a sci-fi movie scene brought to life, but it´s just clever natural lighting.
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6. Yes, that’s snow on a wire fence
7. This is a fun one
8. These are indeed the same colored spheres
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9. This parking garage was playing all kinds of games
10. The balls are the same color
11. Ah, I get it
12. There are 9 steps here
13. Look for the bag of popcorn
14. It almost looks like a mirror standing upright in the middle of the road
15. Which way is the left goal facing
