Friday, June 05, 2009

Leaning towers

This optical illusion using identical pictures of Pisa's leaning tower is strong even when you know it is an illusion. How do children learn to judge the size of objects? Cognitive Daily explains.

Bonus:
  • Amusing spoof of the "reinventing GM" advertisements.
  • With the wild weather we are having today it is snowing in the Sierra again, for example at Sierra Summit, or check out the fire lookout cams (Mineral King was getting snow now).

    Here's a picture at Huntington Friday morning,