Thread by @JamesClear

The Ultimate Optical Illusions thread

I've been collecting different optical illusions for over a year. Here are some of my favorites. (I've tried to credit the creator and/or sharer whenever possible.)

Let's start with some moving pictures.

This is a static image, but these dinosaurs look like they are moving.

Credit: @AkiyoshiKitaoka

Same story: Just a picture, not a gif. And yet these leaves look like they are moving all the same.

Credit: @AkiyoshiKitaoka
Shared by: @veryapetv

Who knows what is happening here? Not me. But this crazy thing looks like it is rotating.

Credit: @AliceProverbio

Here's one of some weirdly moving/not moving bubbles.

This picture stays the same, but the box bounces around as you scroll up and down.

Credit: @waitbutwhy

Time to start questioning everything you've ever seen.

These lines are straight.

Credit: Victoria Skye

Every line in this photo is the same wavy curve, but the background colors turn them into zigzags.

Credit: Kohske Takahashi

This is the same photo side-by-side.

Credit: @social_brains

@social_brains This is ONE photo with the objects perfectly aligned to divide the image into quadrants.

Shared by: @ThatEricAlper

@social_brains @ThatEricAlper Alright, ready for @AkiyoshiKitaoka to complete destroy your sense of color? Here we go...

The green lines and the blue lines in this picture... are actually the same color.

@social_brains @ThatEricAlper @AkiyoshiKitaoka Look at the top row of images. That yellow you see? It doesn't exist. Zoom in to verify.

Shared by: @social_brains
Credit: @AkiyoshiKitaoka

@social_brains @ThatEricAlper @AkiyoshiKitaoka Check out this total mindblow. Only the arrows move. The blue and black lines remain the same length and position.

Credit: @gsarcone

@social_brains @ThatEricAlper @AkiyoshiKitaoka @gsarcone Congratulations, your brain is now a pretzel.

Shared by: @KRUZAA_

@social_brains @ThatEricAlper @AkiyoshiKitaoka @gsarcone @KRUZAA_ Every ball in this image is moving in a straight line.

Shared by: @pickover

@social_brains @ThatEricAlper @AkiyoshiKitaoka @gsarcone @KRUZAA_ @pickover Go ahead and turn this on the next time you need to watch something forever.

Credit: @MichaelGalanin

@social_brains @ThatEricAlper @AkiyoshiKitaoka @gsarcone @KRUZAA_ @pickover @MichaelGalanin Is the middle figure spinning clockwise or counterclockwise? It's up to you.

Look at the dancer on the left and then the one in the middle.

Then, look at the dancer on the right and the one in the middle.

Shared by: @SteveStuWill
Credit: Nobuyuki Kayahara

@social_brains @ThatEricAlper @AkiyoshiKitaoka @gsarcone @KRUZAA_ @pickover @MichaelGalanin @SteveStuWill What direction is this train going? Both.

Shared by: @SteveStuWill
Credit: Robbie Khan