Exhibit

Sitting Cat stereogram

A sitting cat in side profile hides inside layered green leaves — pointed ears, rounded haunch and a thick tail stretching low behind. Rendered live with a fixed seed.

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Hold the screen at arm's length and look through it, as if focusing on something behind the glass. The pattern will blur, double, and then snap into depth. New to this? The two-dot drill in How to View makes it much easier.

What is hidden in this image

A side-profile cat facing left, built from three main masses: a rounded haunch (the rear thigh), an upright chest and front-leg column, and a circular head with a small muzzle pointing forward. Two triangular ears sit on top of the head. A thick tail leaves the rump along a low radial line so it stays separate from the body at every depth level.

About the Jungle texture

Jungle is a dense stack of overlapping leaves on a very dark green ground. Each leaf has a lit upper face, a darker underside and a thin central vein. The result looks like thick foliage in low light — rich, organic and moderately busy. The layered shading gives the surface a photographic depth of its own, which can make the hidden cat feel as if it is sitting inside real undergrowth.

Why this pairing

The cat was placed in Jungle because the leafy clutter echoes the animal's natural environment. The high local contrast of leaf edges helps the eyes fuse even when the silhouette is complex. Depth 24 lifts the ears clearly above the body mass.

Where to look first

The ears are the highest-contrast landmark — two sharp triangles above the head. Once they appear, follow the head curve down to the muzzle, then back along the chest line to the haunch. The tail is usually the last part to settle; because it stretches low and radially, it may look like a separate dark tube before it connects to the body.

What may be hard to see

The cat has several disconnected parts (head, chest, haunch, tail), so the brain must assemble them into one figure. Jungle's dense texture can obscure the narrow channel between the tail and the body until the lock is firm. The muzzle is small and may appear as a slight bulge rather than a clear snout. In our editorial judgement this is a medium piece — a guideline, not a measured success rate.

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