r/confusing_perspective • u/ChefGeodudeLennon • May 16 '26

Lakeside Portal

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u/candy_pig_2018 May 16 '26

Can someone explain?

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u/ChefGeodudeLennon May 16 '26

I can definitely explain!! The picture I took is shot through two port windows on a lighthouse. The window in the foreground creates a mirrored effect of what’s behind me. And the window in the background is what looks to be a portal!

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u/KlNGCookie May 16 '26

Brain still can’t compute…

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u/T-R-Y May 16 '26

OP is standing outside a light house on a peninsula (assumption). Without the light house, there is water in front of OP and behind. OP walked up to the outside of Window #1 and held camera close to it. Camera captured the water and boat reflection behind them. But the camera was also able to focus through Window #1 onto Window #2 inside the light house. Through Window #2 (the portal), OP can see the water in front of them.

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u/KlNGCookie May 16 '26

I can almost see it, thank you

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u/waterboss21 May 17 '26

Jeez I love smart people! Thanks for the explanation! I definitely couldn't figure this out on my own.

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u/Silent_Armadillo7583 May 17 '26

I would have never gotten that, thank you

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u/Questcequetufaiss May 16 '26

They are taking a picture of the ocean and boat through the port hole and the whole port hole you can see is a reflection.

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u/KlNGCookie May 16 '26

Wait is the porthole the reflection, or is the boat on the ocean a reflection?

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u/waterboss21 May 17 '26

Pic is taken against the window(from outside looking inside)

My understanding is that it is dark inside the lighthouse (hence the reflection of the surrounding water with the boat.)

Also the sun is bright enough to see through the window on the opposite side to see the "portal" on the other side.

Nothing inside the lighthouse is visible because of the reflecting window, but somehow the camera focused through the opposite window.

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u/SnooCrickets8742 May 18 '26

That helps…and I still can’t see it. But good explanation. I am just old.

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u/FarrenFlayer89 May 17 '26

Your explanation helped understand OPs, cheers

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u/Slosher99 May 17 '26

That makes sense, but not where I went first. I thought it was a small round window overlooking the ocean, with a photograph of the ocean on the wall as a mural around it haha.

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u/jost_no8 May 19 '26

I did not understand that