Some Interesting Illusions

This looks a lot like a picture of vehicle, a Freelander to be exact. Instead, it's a picture of a line of Maasai warriors. A nifty illusion, not too surprising, but nifty nonetheless. Here's another one: Looks like a pixelated image of Abraham Lincoln when viewed small... but when enlarged, it's something totally different: Ok, so yeah, I know nothing really earth shatteringly cool as yet. So, how about this portrait of the artist Dali? This one is kind of tricky. Once you see the self portrait, it's a little harder to adjust your vision so you can see the alternative image in the picture. But here is my favorite one. It's George W. Bush, our illustrious president. And on closer inspection, you can see his portrait is made up of monkeys swimming in a marsh. Appropriate, huh? What makes it even more fun is that at the end of 2004, this painting was world news. It was shown around the globe in newspapers and on TV. Why ? It was in the news because the (art) show's organizer was threatened : "You need to take down this show today, otherwise we're seizing the art and you're going to get arrested." LOL.