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Optical Illusion

Carmie — Sun, 13 Mar 2022 18:47:30 GMT

What do you see? What direction is the cat traveling?

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kaydee50 — Sun, 13 Mar 2022 18:50:21 GMT

Cat is going up the stairs towards me.

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chickenbutt — Sun, 13 Mar 2022 18:51:17 GMT

Do these things drive ya crazy? Or is it just me?

Initially, I saw both ways but the way the steps look, it would appear that s/he is going down.

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Spurt — Sun, 13 Mar 2022 19:07:16 GMT

The kitty could be going either way--I say UP.....my reasoning, the cat has been out prowling around and is now on his way back to his home for a nice meal or snack....😺😽

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eddyandme — Sun, 13 Mar 2022 18:57:43 GMT

No stairs just walking forward...

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VanSleepy — Sun, 13 Mar 2022 19:11:06 GMT

First impression is that he's coming up. Then I forced myself to see him going down, and now I can't unsee that!

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LindaSal — Sun, 13 Mar 2022 19:12:19 GMT

It is tricky but for me it looks like the cat is coming up the stairs toward me.

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on the bay — Sun, 13 Mar 2022 19:15:29 GMT

at first up and then down.

When I look at his paws and his body he is going up.

When I look at the stairs in front of him he is going down.

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deepwaterdotter — Sun, 13 Mar 2022 19:18:52 GMT

@eddyandme wrote:
No stairs just walking forward...

That is my first impression.

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candyagain — Sun, 13 Mar 2022 19:23:44 GMT

My first glance was of the cat going down the stairs.

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Pezzie — Sun, 13 Mar 2022 19:33:30 GMT

Cat is going down the stairs. To me, it appears the pic was taken from the bottom of the stairs, aiming up at the cat coming down.

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eddyandme — Sun, 13 Mar 2022 20:29:10 GMT

@deepwaterdotter wrote:
@eddyandme wrote:
No stairs just walking forward...
That is my first impression.

The horizontal cement lines lining up on the wall designs appear at equal height throughout; and the kitty's body is not slanted either up or down as s/he would be in going up or down a stairway. That's why I thought no stairs.

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pupwhipped — Sun, 13 Mar 2022 20:56:33 GMT

A definite down for me.

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Porcelain — Sun, 13 Mar 2022 21:13:36 GMT

Down. That's what a cat looks like trotting down the stairs.

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FastDogWalker2 — Sun, 13 Mar 2022 21:15:42 GMT

Either way, but originally I thought it looked like it was coming down.

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Porcelain — Sun, 13 Mar 2022 21:16:50 GMT

Also, if the picture were taken pointing downward and if the cat were travelling upwards, the steps would not be very safe. People would trip over a concrete edge on each step.

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SilleeMee — Mon, 14 Mar 2022 00:03:43 GMT

Coming down to the bottom of the staircase. Each step has a nosing which sits above each riser. To me there is no optical illusion, especially if you know how stairs are constructed.

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candys mine — Sun, 13 Mar 2022 22:40:04 GMT

Coming down the stairs. To me it looks like the shadow cast by the light behind it would be in the right place for a cat padding down the stairs not coming up from a lit basement.

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wonderfulworld — Mon, 14 Mar 2022 00:14:34 GMT

@kaydee50 wrote:
Cat is going up the stairs towards me.

Me too. That is all I see...missing the illusion.

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froggy — Mon, 14 Mar 2022 00:42:55 GMT

I don't see stairs at all. Just the cat walking along a surface that has divider borards (or something).