11 optical illusions with Category: Stairs

This is a collection of optical illusions involving stairs. Stairs are great for creating illusions because they play with our perception of depth and perspective.

Ascending and Descending by MC Escher

A famous example of an optical illusion with stairs is the “Penrose Stairs,” also known as the “impossible staircase,” which appears to form a continuous loop with stairs that ascend or descend infinitely without ever reaching a higher or lower level.

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Stairs are one of the most intruiging subjects in optical illusions, because they can defy logical interpretation.

Not into stairs that much? No worries, we also have a great collection of optical illusions with clouds in them. And even collections of optical illusions with UFOs or trees.