One of my favorite kinds of photos is one where we see something familiar in an unfamiliar way. Perhaps it's from an strange angle,or the lighting is odd, or the colors distorted in such a way that it takes you a moment to wrap your brain around what you're seeing.
It's one reason I worship optical illusions so much, or but it also sometimes applies to astronomical imagery as well. It doesn't happen often,mostly because we don't get a chance to see, say, and the other side of a distant nebula or galaxy. They're too far to actually visit.
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