These Mindbending Optical Illusions Will Break Your Brain

Poggendorff Illusion

The Poggendorff Illusion involves the perception of diagonal lines interacting with horizontal and vertical edges. The image features a straight black line which appears to be connected to a blue line, obscured by a gray rectangle. In reality, the red line is connected to the black line, rather than the blue one.

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