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Flip Flops

Posted by Gryphon on February 22, 2009

This image flip flops as you view it.

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Spiral?

Posted by Gryphon on February 22, 2009

Is it a spiral or a group of nested circles?

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Old Woman/Young Woman

Posted by Gryphon on February 21, 2009

Here is an optical illusion I first remember seeing more than 40 years ago.  I have come across it 30 or more times since then.  It is a classic and given its age and yours (whatever that may be) perhaps you have seen it too.

Look at the picture.  Do you see a stylish young woman or a haggard old woman?  Both are there.  When you see one or the other look for the other.  When you find her, then go back and find the other again.  Do that a few times (going back and forth) and you will be able to find both with fairly the same amount of ease.

I am a fan of optical illusions of this sort and have studied this one so much that I can now see both women at the SAME TIME.

It’s all in your focus.

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