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Optical Illusions
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Ambiguous Cube
A cube made from drinking straws can confuse your brain.
Ames Chair
Without depth perception, random lines can become a chair!
Anti-Gravity Mirror
Take off and fly in a mirror that makes half your body look whole.
Benham's Disk
A rotating black-and-white disk produces the illusion of color.
Benham's Disk
The colors you see here are all in your head.
Big Chair, Little Chair
What happens when you double the size of a chair?
Cafe Wall Illusion
These tiles aren't really crooked–they just look that way.
Cheshire Cat
Make a friend disappear, leaving only a smile behind.
Distorted Room
See your friends go from tiny to towering in a few steps.
Duck Into a Kaleidoscope
Step inside—and reflect.
Everyone Is You and Me
Exhibits to Explore at After Dark: RGB
July 2, 2015
At After Dark: RGB, be sure to catch these highglights of the Electromagnetic Spectrum (EMS) Walk.
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