This photo demonstrates just how effective camouflage can be on fighter jets

This photo has recently gone viral, and it demonstrates just how effective camouflage can be on fighter jets, basically proving the whole point of camouflage.

It might take you a while to spot them, but in fact, the viral photo actually shows at least seven Northrop F-5 Tiger II fighter jets flying over the Guaíba River in Rio Grande do Sul.

If you’ve ever wondered why the military uses camouflage, then these pictures show the reason why, because the shapes and colors of the camo help the fighter jets to blend into the town they’re flying above.

While there are a lot of futuristic jets with crazy hi-tech camouflage techniques about, these old-school Northrop F-5 Tiger II fighter jets were introduced in 1962, with the camo doing a good job of bamboozling to this day.

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This mind-blowing photo demonstrates how effective camouflage is

There’s nothing like a fun Where’s Wally? style picture to kick off your day, but this optical illusion is actually something that happened in real life.

This photo of a group of fighter jets recently made the rounds online, with people not even realizing where the aircraft in question actually are.

The picture was taken flying over the Guaíba River in Rio Grande do Sul, and it looks like there’s at least seven Northrop F-5 Tiger II fighter jets flying over a Brazilian town.

The camo design on the outside of the jets is so effective that they look almost invisible with the backdrop of the Brazilian town providing the perfect cover.

The fighter jets have been around for a while

While the military is constantly developing new-fangled tech to help conceal military vessels, vehicles, and aircraft from prying civvy eyes, the Northrop F-5 Tiger II fighter jet was first introduced all the way back in 1962.

It proves that sometimes the old-school methods are the best, because classic camouflage did exactly what it was expected to do, but this style of camo was not introduced to the army until around 2001.

The design of this specific and surprisingly effective camo that you can see in the picture (or perhaps, can’t) was initially tested on an AMX A-1 attack jet.

Camouflage works by exploiting weaknesses in human vision and perception, by using unnatural shapes and colors to break up easily recognizable shapes to the mind’s eye.

Sometimes, the age-old methods are the best – even when it comes to advanced military equipment.

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