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[–] [email protected] 51 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

It’s most likely an optical illusion.

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 year ago

This is exactly how entertainers like Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, and Harold Lloyd did many of their stunts.

https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/harold-lloyd-about-harold-lloyd/647/

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year 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 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I sure hope so