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  2. Hybrid image - Wikipedia

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    A hybrid image (top) constructed from low-frequency components of a photograph of Marilyn Monroe (left inset) and high-frequency components of a photograph of Albert Einstein (right inset). A hybrid image is an image that is perceived in one of two different ways, depending on viewing distance, based on the way humans process visual input.

  3. Optical illusion - Wikipedia

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    Optical illusion is also used in film by the technique of forced perspective. Op art is a style of art that uses optical illusions to create an impression of movement, or hidden images and patterns. Trompe-l'œil uses realistic imagery to create the optical illusion that depicted objects exist in three dimensions.

  4. Optical illusion can tell if you need glasses - AOL

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    Meet Marilyn Einstein, a creepy hybrid of two icons. If your vision is good you should be able to see the face of Einstein from about a foot away. ... The optical illusion is making the rounds on ...

  5. List of discoveries influenced by chance circumstances

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    And the unexpected, negative results of the Michelson–Morley experiment in their search of the luminiferous aether ultimately led to the special theory of relativity by Albert Einstein. The optical illusion called the "flashed face distortion effect" suggests a new area of research in the neurology of face perception.

  6. List of optical illusions - Wikipedia

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    The Müller-Lyer illusion is an optical illusion consisting of a stylized arrow. Multistable perception: Necker cube: The Necker cube is an optical illusion first published in 1832 by Swiss crystallographer Louis Albert Necker. Numerosity adaptation effect: Orbison illusion

  7. Hollow-Face illusion - Wikipedia

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    This result suggests that the bottom-up cues that drive the flicking response are distinct from the top-down cues that drive the Hollow-Face illusion. Another example of the Hollow-Face illusion is the "Gathering 4 Gardner" dragon. This dragon's head seems to follow the viewer's eyes everywhere (even up or down), when lighting, perspective and ...

  8. Gravitational mirage - Wikipedia

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    A gravitational mirage or cosmic mirage is an optical phenomenon affecting the appearance of a distant star or galaxy, seen only through a telescope.It can take the form of a ring or rings partially or completely surrounding the object, a duplicate image adjacent to the object, or multiple duplicate images surrounding the object.

  9. Scientists Finally Manipulate Quantum Light, Fulfilling ... - AOL

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    Albert Einstein's stimulated emission theory has been validated by large amounts of light, but never before by individual photons. New research offers the ability to manipulate and identify single ...