Optical Illusions Etc...: Foot Prints in the Sand Optical Illusion

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Thursday

Foot Prints in the Sand Optical Illusion

The photographer didn't realize until he got home that the foot prints looked as if they were raised. After experimenting he found that rotating the image 180 degrees caused them to look as expected.

Up or down?
Flickr Artist: Espen Lodden

For more information on this effect check out this post Bumps or Holes? Astronomy Analysts Confused

Tags: optical illusions,photos,illusions,art

2 comments:

Anonymous said...: Weird; ...
Anonymous said...: you might think its crazy but it is the normal foot print.. just look at the bottom pic upside down and it is the same as the top pic normally.; ...

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