Near and Far
A field of fine lines with something else in it — visible only if you step back.
How to play
Look first, then answer
A field of fine lines with something else in it — visible only if you step back.
- Under a minute · one question · then the explanation
How it works — best read after you have tried it
Two pictures, two distances
Fine detail and broad shape travel through different channels of your vision. Up close, the fine lines win; from far away, only the broad shape survives.
Blurring the picture does what distance does, which is why the hidden shape appears.