Escher Effect
Can you spot something unusual in this screen shot grabbed from Google Maps?
The effect is caused when two separate airplane or satellite pics are taken of different sections/plots of a city, and then stitched together. Each pic is taken from a different angle, so the taller buildings' pics are taken with different perspective points, causing them to appear to lean toward or away from each other.
This effect has become known as the "Escher Effect", or the "Google Escher Effect". It is named after Maurits Cornelis Escher (1898-1972), one of the world's most famous graphic artists. He is most famous for his so-called impossible structures. Check below for two of his notable works
Drawing Hands:
Escher Waterfall:
(Source: Wikipedia, Flickr, mcescher.com)
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