A photo from open sources Optical illusion or illusion is visual perception of the image, different from the objective reality. The eye absorbs information, and the brain processes it and as a result, it does not always perceive how the physical looks source of this information. There are three main types of optical illusions: a literal optical illusion (we see the object differently, what it really is); physiological illusion (effect, affecting the eyes and brain, for example, brightness, color, size, position of the subject, tilt, movement); cognitive illusion (incorrect perception of the image by our brain).
1. Underwater waterfall in Mauritius
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This illusion is created by sandy deposits along the coast. It looks like there is a huge cleft under water in a glacier into which water flows, forming a kind of underwater waterfall.
2. The salt desert of Uyuni in Bolivia
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3. River Tree in Bahia California
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It looks like a dry tree in the snow, but it’s actually a snapshot a river flowing through the desert in Bahia California (Mexico), made from the air.
4. Fata Morgana
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Probably the most mythical kind of mirage. Fata Morgana Design sky objects far beyond the horizon. Huge ships, city contours or mountain ranges appear in the sky through thermal inversion, resulting in light rays are refracted several times and we see a reduced copy of the object. The result is a huge moving mirage, similar to the picture from cartoon.
5. Broken Ghost, Germany
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This image is the result of reflection of the sun’s rays, a shadow observer projected on a cloud or fog. As a result we We see a luminous transparent creature. The name of the mirage comes from Brocken peak of the Harz mountain range in Germany. It was there for the first time this phenomenon is open.
6. Green flashes
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Yes, they are real. But these are not souls from the Davy Jones chest. A green flash is the result of the refraction of light on the horizon, increased by the effect of a mirage.
7. Head of Apache, France
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This rock formation in France plays with our ability to recognizing familiar forms, such as human faces, in various objects. It turns out we even have a special department of the brain, responsible for recognizing faces. There are many natural entities exploiting this human ability, but this the mountain range seems to be the most striking of them.
8. “Painted” landscape, Namibia
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This is not a picture painted in oil, but a real landscape. On the foreground dead trees and earth in the shadow of the setting sun, behind – red rocky dunes of West African Namibia. Scenery, shot for National Geographic by photographer France Landing, due to the combination of intense colors, at first glance it seems unnatural.
9. Wavy rock formations, USA, Arizona
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These seemingly deep waves are the product of sedimentary layers. rocks unevenly destroyed for millions of years.
10. Reflection in the lake
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It’s worth looking at the landscape from a certain angle, and just a pond with water becomes a mirror. Objects on the shore are reflected creating a continuous unnatural image. For example, these round trees, as if floating in the sky.
11. Glen Canyon, USA, Utah
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It seems that in this photo a man is standing right on the edge of a cliff. On the in fact, this guy is just walking along the riverbank in a canyon.
12. Colorado River
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It looks like the river in the picture flows along the top of a long mountain. On the in fact, this is just the Colorado River, shot from the air.
13. Fire Tornado, Spain
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It may seem that this photo captures the rarest fiery a tornado that really occurs in nature. But actually in fact, it’s Spain’s mining waste flowing along the Rio River Tinto.
14. Atlantic Road, Norway
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In fact, the bridge depicted in this photograph absolutely intact, and you will not fall into the river by traveling along it. Simply due to the curvature of the earth and the fact that the bridge practically bends around the river in a circle, it seems that it breaks off.
15. The fiery waterfall “Horse Tail” in Yosemite Park, USA, state California
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Every year in February, if the weather is suitable and much melting snow, the setting sun illuminates the Horse Tail waterfall, and, it seems as if a stream of fire or lava is breaking down from the edge of the cliff.
16. Solar crystals
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This amazing phenomenon occurs when the sun’s rays. pass through ice crystals in the atmosphere, forming a halo (sometimes visible). It creates the illusion that three or more suns.
17. The illusion of the moon
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Have you ever noticed that the moon on the horizon just looks huge, and when it is at its zenith, does it look very tiny? If you think about it, it’s hard to find logic in it: like something that is at a huge distance from the Earth, it can either grow or shrink every night. Science has long sought an explanation for this phenomenon, the most likely reason for such an illusion is that the size of the moon depends on the sizes of other objects in our field of vision that we observe simultaneously with the night luminary.
18. Light hole
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No, this is not the gate to paradise, this is a combination of a very rare cloud formation and sunlight blocked by thinner cloud cover. So far, science does not know exactly the causes of this phenomenon. It looks like a huge layer of clouds with a hole in the middle. Maybe, it is in this place that some kind of reaction occurs, forcing the layer clouds evaporate.
19. The illusion of a zebra
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Look at the herd of zebras. The continuous striped sea destroys our ability to monitor and detect continuity of objects the edges. So two-headed and many-body illusions appear.
20. Spider Web
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It seems that in this picture the photographer is incredible managed to capture the frozen rain. But if you look closely carefully, it becomes clear that every drop is beautiful hung on the thin threads of a web.
21. Clouds of Asperatus, USA
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Looking at recently discovered cloud formations (asperatus), you can feel like you’re under water, or in a Van Gogh painting, or that the Earth turned upside down. This kind of clouds extremely rare, and besides, this phenomenon is just beginning to be investigated, and we really know very little about him.
22. Anteater
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Not only the front legs of this beast are so colored that it seems like this panda is running nearby. Anteater cub is also very nicely disguised, holding tight to his mother’s back. Probably so in the photo you can see something that is not on the in fact, and not notice something that is in reality.
23. Jacob’s Well, USA, Texas
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At first you might think that this photograph captured a terrifying event – children, believing that they can fly, jump into the abyss. But looking closer, you know, the height here is not more than a meter, but they jump children in the purest deep pond. Swimming and diving are very popular. in Texas.
24. Badlands Keeper, Canada, province Alberta
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This is one of the biggest illusions in the world, playing on our abilities, wherever outlines allow, to see human faces. For the first time, this smiley creation of nature was discovered thanks to Google Earth.
25. Butterfly Atlas, Southeast Asia
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Some animals are bright or bloated, to seem bigger and scare away potential predators. Coloring This butterfly forms two snake heads on her back. Have she simpler coloring, it would be incredibly easy prey for predators. But the unusual color protects and, apparently, not bad.
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