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If you do not know what is depicted in these drawings, then it is almost impossible to see the drawing. However, if you know what is drawn, then it is very easy to see the drawing.

What is shown here?

Camouflage body art

Experiment

In 1983, the BBC conducted an experiment by asking viewers to describe what they saw in this picture. This experiment was needed to confirm Professor Sheldrake's theory of how people's opinions can influence each other. The more people who expressed their opinion about what is depicted here, the easier it was for other people to reveal the meaning of the picture. What do you see in the picture?

What is this?

What is this?

Can you read this inscription?

Whose faces?

If you can't see it right away, try stepping away from the monitor.

Then tell me who is in this picture:

Table for checking vision.

Increase the distance from the table until it is readable.

What is this?

Unusual picture

Go to the monitor on the right side and look at this picture from the side (under people's feet). The level of your eyes should be in the same plane with the monitor screen and at the height of the head of a man in black. The flatter your monitor, the more likely you are to see something interesting.

optical illusion

Just stripes?

Do you see a famous cartoon character here?

Do you see the famous painting here?

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