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[–] Deceptichum@sh.itjust.works 49 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

It’s most likely an optical illusion.

Ex.

[–] IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world 41 points 5 months 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/

[–] ben16w@lemmy.world 14 points 5 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] Deceptichum@sh.itjust.works 24 points 5 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.

[–] Vandals_handle@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

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

[–] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 5 points 5 months ago

I sure hope so