us recognize people across a crowded room, distinguish objects in poor light, and understand scenes before we have consciously examined every detail.
But interpretation can become ambiguous when an image contains irregular or incomplete shapes.
The mountain is full of them.
Dark ridges cross pale snow. Rocky outcrops overlap one another. The landscape contains countless outlines that don’t correspond neatly to familiar objects.
Our brains try to organize those fragments into something recognizable.
One person sees a creature.
Another sees two people.
A third doesn’t perceive either
figure.
All three
