optical illusions

Optical illusions can play some really weird tricks on our brains. We think we're looking at one thing and then... sike! It's something else. Honestly, what the heck. But you know the best type of illusions? The photograph kind, because they can be all sorts of awesome, strange and funny...

Before you go and forward this photo as a hilarious example of beard growth gone awry, look closely. It's like a Magic Eye picture made with actual people. Take it all in.

Yet another reminder that things are not always as they appear.

If you look closely, the hint that this is not an actual Rubik's cube in this amazing video is right in front of you. Two yellow center squares, good luck solving that! These amazing illustrations are so lifelike you might want to put some tarps down, because your mind will be blown...

These scuba divers must have had a touch of cabin fever when they dreamed up this under the ice optical illusion. It is three guys in arctic scuba gear under the the ice, pretending to ice fish, only thing is they're doing it all upside-down under the ice in a lake. It takes a while for the brain to adjust and figure it all out. The key here is watch the air bubbles, they only go up, right? Read

I've always been fascinated by optical illusions. Trying to figure out how they did what they did boggles my mind. When I was younger my parents bought me tickets to go see David Copperfield when he came to town. It was amazing. So I found some pretty good illusion videos here.