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Model ship on poles

Source/credit: quanticnick

This model ship balancing on two poles is an actual cruise ship in an accidental optical illusion.
Its massive size and the perfect alignment with the poles in the front are confusing. It is a case of Forced Perspective, when you can’t tell the size of the object.

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A couple of cars in a parking lot

Deformed Building

Dog head floating

Dogs

Disappearing trailer

Cars