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Sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

A NYC police officer hanging over Times Square, 1920

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A NYC police officer hanging over Times Square, 1920

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Sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago
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    It’s most likely an optical illusion.

    Ex.

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      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/

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

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        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.

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

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      I sure hope so

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