12 January 2026

Not a flying carpet


This photo was called an "accidental optical illusion" when it was posted at Reddit.  I think that's a very apt description.  Apart from the flag shadow paralleling the board, there's also the flagpole shadow oriented reasonably well re the microphone boom.  Very cool illusion.

Reposted from 2011 to accompany the next post.

5 comments:

  1. That is a pretty cool illusion there.

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  2. That's beautiful! I'd say the carpet is flying about three feet off of the ground.

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  3. She is so steady on her feet, too. Usually, there is some ripple and you have to sit when flying (or hovering, in this case) a carpet. Now if it was a sheet of plywood, say three quarter, well...

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