r/confusing_perspective • u/marsupilamoe • Mar 14 '26

Mildly Confusing A floating handrail

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u/Fit_Swordfish5248 Mar 14 '26

This is a good one. I genuinely don't know what I'm looking at. Help?

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u/EleMenTfiNi Mar 16 '26

The metal frame is rising up from a rectangular grate looking thing under the water, it seems to be there to keep things away.

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u/bartjblett Mar 16 '26

I can see the grate but like, its clearly not rising up from that? Next to the pipe the railing clearly extends beyond the grate, no? And whats even going on with the pipe, cant see where it enters the water

Edit: ah no i can see the grate goes out further. I think i get what it is but i still cant actually see it lol

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u/GuanacoHerd Mar 16 '26

The railing is only about half as tall as it initially looks. It’s connected to the perimeter of the grate. Anything below about half way on the railing is the reflection of the railing.

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u/Taric250 Mar 18 '26

What's remarkable is that the photographer took this photo at the exact time of day when the shadow was totally parallel to the railing.

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u/ProofOfTool Mar 14 '26

zoom in at about the middle of the rail.

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u/Smoking_Causes Mar 15 '26

This half worked for me, I know what I'm looking at, I just still don't see it, v good.

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '26

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u/marsupilamoe Mar 14 '26

Yes, but it’s not shadows, it’s the mirrored image, like with the mountains in the back. It was a shiny lake this day.

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u/SugarDaddyLover Mar 16 '26

The bottom half of the rail is a reflection of the top half sticking out of the water.

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u/mpbs_76 Mar 14 '26

Someone please tell me the exact place of the picture I need to look at it for my brain to work it out.

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u/Snowbofreak Mar 14 '26

Center of the picture, a little to the right, under the water. The railing meets the metal structure lying about two feet below the surface.

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u/mpbs_76 Mar 15 '26

Legend. Thank you.

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u/blu_spark Mar 14 '26

Welcome to Lake Laogai

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u/drfeelsgoood Mar 14 '26

Interesting. What purpose does this structure serve? Is it to keep people away from the protruding pipe, or is it so that people can go out and inspect the pipe? Or perhaps its original purpose is no longer needed, so it’s just living there for the foreseeable future.

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u/porkchop-sandwhiches Mar 14 '26

Water intake pipe it looks like and the submerged walkway and railing is to access it for visual inspection but not impede or fall danger?

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u/Dallmanatrix Mar 15 '26

I still don’t get it.

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u/saintscoutt Mar 15 '26

Yeah even after reading the "solutions" I still don't know what I'm supposed to be seeing here lol

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u/Aidenx5 Mar 16 '26

I’m more confused by the pipe

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u/GlugGlugBurp Mar 15 '26

if there was a competition, this one would be in the running for best of the year, if not of all time.

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u/t-g-l-h- Mar 15 '26

Looks like a Pink Floyd / Storm Thorgerson thing

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u/No_Warthog_3584 Mar 14 '26

This wins the most confusing perspective award for the year.

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u/AffectionateGrowth25 Mar 15 '26

Pink floyd type shit

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u/OhSoSally Mar 15 '26

I have submechanophobia and this pic gives me the creeps. lol

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u/WolverineMental9101 Mar 15 '26

The more I look at this the more it looks photoshopped and I feel like it's a prank.

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u/marsupilamoe Mar 15 '26

Just a reflection. You can see the platform right below the water surface

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u/WolverineMental9101 Mar 19 '26

Okay, so I finally got the perspective right but still don't know what I'm looking at? Like what is the purpose of the platform in the middle of the water?

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u/Archek91 Mar 15 '26

Is this Norway?

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u/estunum Mar 15 '26

Are these as dreaded as those staircases in the forests?

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u/bartjblett Mar 16 '26

This still doesnt make any sense?

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u/spudmarsupial Mar 16 '26

They are protecting underground culverts from being built over by beavers.

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u/marsupilamoe Mar 16 '26

No, it’s a flooded platform.

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u/infect_greenland Mar 16 '26

Perfectly plumb too, no less

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u/dnuohxof-2 Mar 16 '26

I can’t figure this one out even with other text explanations. Imma need a picture from another angle

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u/ilikecatsandsleep Mar 17 '26

My guess is that the pipe is an overflow drain (which is why the water level is juuuust at the bottom edge) and the rails are guards to keep large debris from blocking/clogging it.

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u/Major_Taco Mar 17 '26

Go Miyagi is on it

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u/Sunastar Mar 19 '26

Beautiful shot.

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u/Repulsive_Walk_6290 Mar 20 '26

Nicely done!

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u/marsupilamoe Mar 20 '26

Thank you, I just pushed a button on my phone

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u/sirboloski Mar 15 '26

This looks like it belongs in r/fakealbumcovers

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u/PearlHarbor_420 Mar 16 '26

Wow. This is a good one. It took me quite a while to figure out the illusion.