The NBA Finals start tonight with the Golden State Warriors facing the Cleveland Cavaliers for the second year in a row.  As such, I went on a hunt for a basketball-related optical illusion.  It looks like Photoshop might be involved here, but that’s okay.  Check out these two kids simulating a game of basketball with […]

In this ambiguous painting by Rob Gonsalves, a young girl is having fun on a tree swing.  As she gets higher and higher, it seems that her feet might touch the moon.  Moving from left to right, can you see where the painting transitions from the girl swinging from a tree under the moonlight to […]

Is this clown on the tightrope walking upside down or right-side-up?  Without the placement of the moon, you might just assume that the black space in between the buildings is the ground.  But since the moon is there, it almost feels as though you are on the ground looking up toward the tops of the […]

This design by Malo and the Whale was submitted to Threadless as a potential candidate for a t-shirt design.  The reflection of the trees, moon, and buildings in the adjacent lake create a very interesting scene.  Do you notice unique about it? (via Threadless)

Sometimes all you need is a camera, a little imagination, and the right camera angle to capture something that is both deceptive and interesting.  The person who took this photograph was able to make it appears as if a very large crane was lifting the moon into the night sky.  In doing so, it almost […]

Have you ever looked up at the moon in the night sky only to think that it is bigger than normal?  Is it possible that the moon is actually closer to the Earth on these nights?  If you measure the size of the moon on any given night, it is always the same size.  Our […]