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    Our brains have learned that two tall objects in our view will usually rise at the same angle but converge toward the top--think of standing at the base of neighboring skyscrapers. Because these towers are parallel, they do not converge, so the visual system thinks they must be rising at... more

    Reviewed by vekron Oct 19 2008, 12:43pm ( 29 reviews ) sciam.com

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  • Reviewed by SweetieIsntTame on Oct 21 2008, 12:10am

    Funny. Cross your eyes and check it out. It hurts your head >
  • Rated by Wick3dD3vi4nt on Oct 20 2008, 5:29pm

    Wicked!
  • Rated by clousand on Oct 19 2008, 4:34pm

    From the page: "These images of the Leaning Tower are actually identical" - look at them upside down too.
  • Rated by 8nevski8 on Oct 19 2008, 3:57pm

    nuts!
  • Rated by mrmarcinho on Oct 19 2008, 3:50pm

    Illusion
  • Rated by Kaose on Oct 19 2008, 2:48pm

    Tillops said: "No offence intended to the people who ran this through Photoshop for a comparison, but if you simply cross your eyes you'll see that they overlap perfectly. A lot simpler that way." Yes, and when you cross your eyes, if you line the images up perfectly-as if you were looking at a "Magic Eye" autostereogram picture-you'll notice that the second (middle) image tilts, as if you were just looking at the two images normally. While the third images tilts even farther! It's two illusions in one.
  • Rated by MurunB on Oct 19 2008, 2:00pm

    Amazing. I wudna ha' believed it if I didn' not see it wid my own eyes...
  • Rated by Tillops on Oct 19 2008, 1:48pm

    No offence intended to the people who ran this through Photoshop for a comparison, but if you simply cross your eyes you'll see that they overlap perfectly. A lot simpler that way.