# What the heck am I seeing here? \[optical illusion\]

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**Created:** [June 29, 2013, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-am-i-seeing-here-optical-illusion/662210 "2013-06-29T16:28:51Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 29, 2013, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-am-i-seeing-here-optical-illusion/662210/1 "2013-06-29T16:28:51Z")

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“25 of the most mind-blowing optical illusions ever posted on the Web”

[http://now.msn.com/funny-optical-illusions](http://now.msn.com/funny-optical-illusions)

All of these photos are fun to study and I can figure out what is weird and why it looks weird for all of them except one. What are we seeing in the second (of 25) picture which looks like a globe of grass?

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