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[–] [email protected] 32 points 7 months ago (14 children)

... Why... How... I... What. I need some background. Why in the world would you put yourself in that kind of danger?

[–] [email protected] 49 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (5 children)

It’s most likely an optical illusion.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 months ago (2 children)

The first image is some Instagram photos and the second image is a different person bouldering

[–] [email protected] 24 points 7 months ago

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/photograph-cliff-hanger-isnt-quite-seems/

There's no set of the hanging effect and the long distance together, but it's a pretty common rock that people take these forced perspective photos on.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

The coastline, buildings and boulder appear to be the same, the images are just reversed.

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