This set of photographs is taken by photographer Hans Van de Vorst at Grand Canyon. Click on image for a larger view. If you doubt that the photographer in the picture actually made a foolhardy, death-defying leap across a 900 meter (2,952 ft) high canyon while clutching his photographic gear in one hand, you are right. This is actually an illusion. I quite like this one. The explanation of this illusion from Snopes is as follows:If a photographer frames his picture just right, he can make it appear that his subject is leaping across a yawning chasm… What one doesn’t see in these kinds of close shots is the connecting ledge just beneath the two rock formations, revealing that the jumper who misses his mark risks falling only a short ways, not plunging “900 meters.” Although the leap still has an element of danger to it, a reasonably careful jumper primarily risks some bruises or maybe a broken arm or leg, not a plunge into the depths of the Grand Canyon.
Link & Images: Snopes
Tags: Grand Canyon | Illusion | Photography | Photograph | Hans Van de Vorst
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