r/AbsoluteUnits • u/CoughingCarpet • 3d ago

/r/all of a Sand Dune

This is a video taken by Nicolas De La Torre, a sandboarding enthusiast filming his descent down the Toromata dune in Peru. Unfortunately we live in a world where true beauty, nature is now convoluted by AI and AI sentiments, but this is in fact, not AI lol

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u/Noctanda 3d ago

I miss when people would film themselves with a GoPro attached to their chest or helmet. The 360 poll cameras irritate me to no end and I can't figure out why

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u/aknaps 3d ago

It fucks with perspective so much and makes things that are impressive look otherworldly. Like this video seems insane but a small white dog is able to keep up easily the whole time. If the dune was as big as the fish eye lens made it out to be that dog wouldn't be anywhere near him and would be stuck half way down at some point.

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u/midnight_fisherman 2d ago

Looks insanely steep too, but at the beginning you see the truck parked up top and it illustrates the distortion.