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Ambiguous illusions

Types of Optical Illusions

How do optical illusions work?

Horse Head

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It may look like this horse head is just floating in the air. And if you have a second look, you might think that the rope is a stick and holding it up.

But in this optical illusion most of the horse’s body is hidden behind it’s head. You can see a bit of its hind on the left of the head.

More optical illusions:

Magayon and Pangaronon

River in the Sky

Jupiter

Paperthin Building

Floating helmet and wheel

Cars

Footprints in the sand

Shadows