23 Psychedelic Images You Don't Want to See While Tripping

Carly Tennes Published 9 hours ago in wow

Contrary to your dad's advice from his '70s college days, there are better ways to spend an acid trip than listening to The Dark Side of the Moon for the 47th time and staring in awe at your perfectly normal hands.

Enter these trippy photos and optical illusions, ones so strange, they'll leave you questioning not only your existence but also inspired with answers for what it's all about, man.

From mind-bending art installations to the strangely trippy power of broccoli, here are 23 psychedelic images you don't want to see while tripping.

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1.
“This picture shows how effective good camo is.”
2.
This carpet is perfectly flat.
3.
No, this building is not falling over.
4.
This isn't a Dalí, but rather, Nambia’s Deadvlei white clay pan as seen at dusk.
5.
“Long exposure photo of wind turbines.”
6.
An unedited photograph of the triangular Radisson hotel near Niagara Falls.
7.
“Pictures I took of Otherworld, located in Columbus, OH.”
8.
“I walk past this tree every week and I love the pattern on it so much.”
9.
“The reflections of the trees on my double-paned windows.”
10.
“A flowering Kalanchoe in Hawaii.”
11.
“Took my first trip to Amsterdam. Absolutely loving its. Here’s one of my favorite photos I took in the moco museum. Stay trippy my friends :)”
12.
Rare “mother of pearl” clouds illuminate the sky in Norway.
13.
Romanesco broccoli pictured in all its trippy glory.
14.
“Oddly, Marijuana under an Electron Microscope looks like a close-up of a Grateful Dead Album cover.”
15.
“This Coca-Cola can is not red.”
16.
“This badly rendered shadow me and my boyfriend saw in the park.”
17.
Paris, France as photographed through a tilt shift camera.
18.
“This 3D image doesn't require 3D glasses to see if you have an OLED display.”
19.
“Marble floors in the Vatican.”
20.
Chicago’s skyline as seen from Michigan. The city is flipped due to a scientific phenomenon known as a “superior mirage.”
21.
A viewer experiences Peter Kogler’s “Next” art installment.
22.
“Which building is closer?”
23.
“Picture of a pool, under water, during rain, upside down.”

1.
“This picture shows how effective good camo is.”
2.
This carpet is perfectly flat.
3.
No, this building is not falling over.
4.
This isn't a Dalí, but rather, Nambia’s Deadvlei white clay pan as seen at dusk.
5.
“Long exposure photo of wind turbines.”
6.
An unedited photograph of the triangular Radisson hotel near Niagara Falls.
7.
“Pictures I took of Otherworld, located in Columbus, OH.”
8.
“I walk past this tree every week and I love the pattern on it so much.”
9.
“The reflections of the trees on my double-paned windows.”
10.
“A flowering Kalanchoe in Hawaii.”
11.
“Took my first trip to Amsterdam. Absolutely loving its. Here’s one of my favorite photos I took in the moco museum. Stay trippy my friends :)”
12.
Rare “mother of pearl” clouds illuminate the sky in Norway.
13.
Romanesco broccoli pictured in all its trippy glory.
14.
“Oddly, Marijuana under an Electron Microscope looks like a close-up of a Grateful Dead Album cover.”
15.
“This Coca-Cola can is not red.”
16.
“This badly rendered shadow me and my boyfriend saw in the park.”
17.
Paris, France as photographed through a tilt shift camera.
18.
“This 3D image doesn't require 3D glasses to see if you have an OLED display.”
19.
“Marble floors in the Vatican.”
20.
Chicago’s skyline as seen from Michigan. The city is flipped due to a scientific phenomenon known as a “superior mirage.”
21.
A viewer experiences Peter Kogler’s “Next” art installment.
22.
“Which building is closer?”
23.
“Picture of a pool, under water, during rain, upside down.”