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A NYC police officer hanging over Times Square, 1920 (sh.itjust.works)
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[-] Deceptichum@sh.itjust.works 49 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

It’s most likely an optical illusion.

Ex.

[-] IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world 41 points 2 years 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 15 points 2 years ago

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

[-] Deceptichum@sh.itjust.works 24 points 2 years 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 2 years ago

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

[-] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 5 points 2 years ago

I sure hope so

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