Name: Another Optical Illusion
Uploaded: 2018-12-20T15:02:53.000Z
Duration: 1 min 14 s
Description: When you surround something with smaller things, it looks bigger!

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The Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That!

On their second mission, Sally and Nick examine two orange dots and discover that one appeared larger than the other only because one was surrounded by larger circles, and the other was surrounded by smaller circles. When they held the two orange dots together, they observed they are the same size.

When you surround something with smaller things, it looks bigger!