Optical illusion

Missing Hole?


Up and Down


Impossible Pools



This fun optical illusion is better than a Hawaii vacation. Well, cheaper, anyway.

This is how it works. Our mind tries to make a 3-D object out of a 2-D one. In the process, assumptions are made. The waterfall looks like it is pouring into the bottom pool but it really stops in mid air. Since the water in the bottom pool has ripples where the waterfall stops, it makes it look like the waterfall is pouring into it. The ripples around the feet of the sunbathers reinforce this illusion.

And then there’s that palm tree growing out of the side of the pool…