10 optical illusions with Category: Boats

For all the sailors and boat lovers out there, here is a collection of optical illusions featuring boats or ships.

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The most famous of all optical illusions is of course the Fata Morgana. This usually involves a boat or ship on the ocean. And you will surely find some nice examples of this below. However, sometimes other objects just look like boats as well, especially when the image has no context or reference in it.

These accidental illusions with boats in them were originally posted on various social media. We work very hard to find the original source of every image and give them credit. If you want to share these images on social media or use them for other purposes, please make sure you give the credit to the rightful owners of the images.

Not into boats that much? No worries, we also have a great collection of optical illusions with animals in them. And even collections of optical illusions with trees. Or simply have a look on our homepage for a collection of all the best illusions.