Wow, it's been forever since I've posted a brain-melty optical illusion, and I love me some illusions. This one is a variation on one I've posted before, showing how an ambiguously lit object freaks your brain out trying to figure out the lighting.
[embed width="610"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORoTCBrCKIQ[/embed]
I really wish we had a show as smart and wonderful as QI
here in the US. I love Stephen Fry as much as I do illusions! Anyway, there are lots of examples of this type of illusion. Here's one of a silhouetted figure spinning
that'll destroy you. This is also similar to the dome/crater illusion
as well, where something (a crater) lit from below makes it look like an inverted object (a dome) lit from above. I have more illusions listed in Related Posts below. Seriously, click the Blue/Green link. Oh my, that one is AWESOME. And people still argue over it in the ...
