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Gateway Arch

Source/credit: JakeHuberMedia

The Gateway Arch in St Louis is an optical illusion. The arch is as tall as it is wide; 192 meters. But from nearly every angle it will seem much taller than it is wide. And you can’t really see the arch head-on when standing on the ground.

More optical illusions:

Bent over the desk

a dirty mind

Finally a more creative forced perspective photo at the Leaning Tower of Pisa. The photographer, Suíssas, is a very creative artist making optical illusion photos that are next level, like this Checkmate.

Checkmate

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