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86 Photos That Look Like They’re Fake But People Didn’t Edit A Single Thing
Some photos are so strange that your brain immediately assumes they’ve been edited. But not every impossible-looking image is the product of Photoshop wizards.
Sometimes, the “trick” is simply the result of perfect timing, an unusual camera angle, a rare natural phenomenon, or something else our eyes aren’t used to seeing.
So to train them, we’ve put together a collection of photos that, no matter what they depict—be it a beautiful landscape or an intricate human creation—are completely real. Even if it takes your brain a second or two to figure out what it’s seeing.
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#1
Salar De Uyuni, The World's Largest Salt Flat, Bolivia. Awesome Shot
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#2
This Fountain Was Designed To Look Like It's Pouring Lava For A Brief Time Per Day When The Sun Hits It Just Right
Multa Nocte (she/her 8647) 2 months ago
Anybody here from L'Aquila, Italy? Does it really look this good or is this a rarity?
#3
Very Rare Semi-Albino Peacock
#4
Vienna's Theresia Arena Gateway!
#5
Basketball Players Standing Next To Cheerleaders
#6
Dust Storm In Australia (2013) Looks Like Gulf Of Oman Levolution (R Picks)
#7
Extreme Waves In The North Sea
#8
An Optical Illusion Created By Extremely Clear Water
#10
Standing In The River With A Cool Reflection
#11
A Shot Of Burning Man That Looks Like A Solar System
#12
Lenticular 'UFO' Cloud
Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 2 months ago
Or what that one dude with the crazy hair would say "Aliens!"
#13
Fishermen Row A Boat In The Algae-Filled Chaohu Lake, China
#14
Optical Illusion Created By Parisian Artist François Abelanet, On Display Outside Paris City Hall. It Looks Like A Giant Grass Sphere, But It's Actually Flat
#15
Our Neighbors’ Balcony, And Their Ficus Tree Named Ben, Lined Up Perfectly With The Horizon
#16
Train Tracks In Canterbury, New Zealand After An Earthquake
Kabuki Kitsune 2 months ago
Not just an earthquake. Sun kink will also cause this. In fact, sun kink is more common. That happens because the rails are all welded together, and there's quite often no expansion points. So if the rail gets to hot, it expands... and well, it's gotta go some where.
#17
Seaweeds In Waves
#18
Life-Size Car Frame Made Of Steel Rods, Work Of Benedict Radcliffe
#19
Funny Little Double Take
#20
An Origami Woman In Dress Folded From A Single Square Of Paper
#21
Tampa International Airport’s New Flamingo
Norm Gilmore 2 months ago
I'd have built motors on sensors into the eyes to follow people around... :-)
#22
My Pet Bird Taking A Bath Looks Like It's Being Boiled Alive
#23
Twice A Year In Hawaii The Sun Passes Directly Overhead And Objects Cast No Shadow. It’s A Phenomenon Called “Lahaina Noon”
#24
It Looks Like It's Only Raining Over One House
#25
Using Ultraviolet And Infrared Filters I Created A Picture Of The Moon That Reveals Hidden Features
#26
The Eureka Tower Car Park In Melbourne, Australia Has Lettering That Jumps Out Of Its Surroundings
Laughing Orc 2 months ago (edited)
I want to see how this looks from a different angle. So I did. Pic below!
#27
This Giant Dandelion I Found On My Walk Today
#28
The View From The Top Of The Mountain In My Car Looks Like I'm Flying
#29
Found An Alien Statue Head In A Riverbed
#30
The Smallest Ship In The Us Navy
#31
I Came Across A Blue Mushroom
#32
Terrifying Jacana Bird
Angela Corvaia 2 months ago
From AI: The jacana bird does not actually have extra legs. It has only two normal legs. The illusion of a multi-legged mutant bird happens when the devoted father hides his tiny chicks underneath his wings to protect them from danger, leaving the babies' long legs dangling out in plain
#33
Cruise Ship Hotel In South Korea
#34
I Took A Mildly Well-Timed Picture Of A Camel
#35
This Is An Actual Building – Rather, It’s An Abstract Tarp Thrown Over The Building While It Was Under Construction
#36
Already Tall (7ft Or More) Friend Accidentally Takes Optical Illusion Photo
#37
What If A Crosswalk Worked By Fooling Your Eyes First? 👀
BarkingSquirell 2 months ago
Ha - I'd be one of the patsies carefully trying to step over the "blocks."
#38
I Thought It Was A Pterodactyl
#39
We Got These Giant Screws In At Work Today For Mounting Solar Panels
#40
Crooked Forest; West Pomerania, Poland
Kabuki Kitsune 2 months ago
The most common theory is these were to be used in making the ribs of a boat. A lot easier to have a tree naturally grow in the shape you need, than try to bend a straight log and risk it cracking.
#41
An Actual Plane Landing At Liepzig Airport As It Crosses Over The Autobahn
Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 2 months ago
I am guessing the runway is wider than it looks,this pic is giving me anxiety though.
#42
I Thought The Person Stands Behind A Wall
#43
A Photo I Took In A Parking Garage
#44
The Aftermath Of A 2010 Toxic Waste Spill In Western Hungary. The Red Hue Of Aluminum Byproducts Makes The Landscape Look Insane
#45
Can You Spot The Little Guy? This Isn’t A Family Of Giants – They Just Took A Photo On A Mountain That Blended Perfectly With The Rock Below It
#46
"Horizons" Sculpture In New Zealand, By Neil Dawson
#47
Vintage Forced Perspective And Optical Illusions, 1910-1977
#48
My Wife Told Me To Look Towards The Camera; So I Turned My Head
#49
Giant Yucatan Butter Avocado
#50
A Bin In The Street
#51
Giants Looking Over The City
#52
My Grandfather Grew Black Tomatoes
#53
This Photo Is An Example Of How Optical Illusions Mess With Your Mind. First You See A Rock Floating In The Air And Then
#54
Giants Chillin On The Sidewalk
#55
Thought He Had 2 Heads Too
#56
Oranges In Tropical Regions Have Green Skin Instead Of Orange
#57
I Initially Thought These Were Small Bushes In A Gravel Flower Bed. Nope. Boston Protest 2020
#58
Police In Venice Move Around On Jet Skis!
#59
This Is What Happens When You Polish A Coconut
#60
My College’s Engineering Building Has A House Built On Its Roof
#62
My Orange Toolbox Looks Like A Real Life Pickup Item Under My Room's Blue Light
#63
This Javelin Gut Took Me Longer Then Usual
#64
Curving Escalator
#65
French Graffiti Artist Tilt Has Swamped One Half Of A Marseille Hotel Room In Decoration, While The Other Half Remains Completely Blank
#66
Grandma's Hair Is On Fire
#67
This Department Store In Germany Has A Surf Wave
Rebecca McManus 2 months ago
The RNLI head office in Poole has a room that duplicates the effect of giant waves on their boats, as they build all their lifeboats they need to test them.
#68
The Highlight Of My Visit To Schonbrunn
#69
My Buddies Cup Before Our Final Exam Looked Quite Weird On The Table
Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 2 months ago
How? Where is the rest of it? My eyes cannot make sense of it?
#70
The View From My Friend’s Room Makes It Look Like The Light Is In The Middle Of The Sky
#71
The Pool Looks Like It Is Missing A Wall, And The Path Lines Up Nicely
#72
I Found 5 Inch Safety Pins
#73
A Natural Rock Formation On A Mountainside Near Alesund, Norway
#75
The Mind-Bending Installations Of Artist Felice Varini
#76
The Runway At The Gibraltar International Airport Has A Road Crossing It
#77
Is He The Lost Member Of Fantastic Four?
#78
Was Shocked To Find Out My Brother Had Mentioned Nothing Of My Niece’s New Levitation Ability
#79
I Thought It Was A Mannequin Or A Prosthetic Leg For A Second
#81
The Column Behind My Head Makes It Look Like It Was Printed On Paper
#82
Madrid-Based Artist Alicia Martin Transforms Thousands Of Books Into Towers That Pour Out Of Windows And Into The Streets
#83
Optical Illusion
BarkingSquirell 2 months ago
Took a sec to see the door opening is perfectly aligned to separate the two women.
#84
So I Searched Up The Black And Blue Dress…
#85
Just About Had A Heart Attack. Shadow Made It Look Like My Work Laptop Was Folded
#86
This Is Not What You See
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