15 Pics That Are Not What They Seem at First Sight

It might seem impossible to look at an image for one second and manage to understand it in such a short time. It’s been proven that our brain can actually identify images in the blink of an eye — in as little as 13 milliseconds. We’re not going to test you, but we’ll try the next best thing — challenge your eyes and brains and see if you can make sense of these images in less than a minute. Pay attention — things on your screen might not be what they seem so make sure to think hard and try to figure them out.

Images that deceive our perception are something we at Bright Side love to snack on regularly, and here are 15 that really put our brains to the test.

1. “The lamp’s reflection in my glasses makes it look like an owl is staring at me.”

2. “A woman’s face was caught in the reflection of a fish at the aquarium.”

3. “Without that big wheel sticking out, you’d never know there’s a truck in the picture.”

4. “I tried face-swapping. It took me a long time to figure out where my friend’s face went.”

5. “Saw this happy little guy at the movie theater.”

6. “A full-size baby human”

7. “This hole in a rock makes it look like a tunnel looking up at the sky and sun. It’s actually a reflection of water on the other side.”

8. “This ship looked like it was floating on a cloud.”

9. What do you see in this picture?

10. “The dried salt on my windscreen looks like a galaxy.”

11. “This nearly invisible wet paper towel on the table”

12. “This tree grew around a stone sculpture of a face, making it appear as if there is a green man trapped inside.”

13. “This sweet potato looks like a baby bird.”

14. “The shadow of my table makes it seem as if I’m wearing fishnet leggings.”

15. “I removed the pic from the frame but the image stayed on the glass.”

Have you ever seen a face appear on a piece of toast? If you had a sweet potato in the shape of a bird and you suddenly heard a chirping sound, what would you do?