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Locomotives in their natural habitat

Pareidolia (Seeing faces)

Parallax effect

Parallax Effect

Expanding Black Hole Illusion

Mind-blowing facts about optical illusions

Footprints in the sand

footprints in the sand depth ambiguity

Source/credit: Ewallux

This is an illusion of depth ambiguity. The prints look like sculpted feet, but are actually pressed into the sand.
Our brain assumed that light always comes from above. When the shadows do not match that assumption, we struggle to understand depth accurately. 

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