Thursday 16 September 2010

Poggendorff Illusion




A real 'classic' illusion, this is where people find it hard to judge whether the lines outside the rectangle/central stripe will meet or not.



The union jack flag allows for this effect by offsetting the lines of the Saint Patrick's Cross (the red diagonal lines) so that they appear to match up - when actually they don't:



Look at the white spaces (or check them with a ruler!)

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