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08-30-2016, 06:46 PM
Optical illusion has everyone wondering what happened to this woman's torso
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The unrealistic body standards placed upon women this summer have gotten out of hand.
A Reddit user (https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/504cze/do_those_legs_go_all_the_way_up/) uploaded an image of a woman's head floating above water level in a pool with the comment "Do those legs go all the way up?"
SEE ALSO: Serbian artist's drawings aren't 3D, but they sure do look like it (http://mashable.com/2016/08/01/serbian-art-leaps-off-page/)
Her torso is missing in the photo since her legs lead directly into her head in the freaky photo.
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Image: reddit/ecky—ptang-zooboing
The optical illusion appears to be the result of water refraction, and it had commenters questioning how the photo was achieved.
Reddit user "highontacos" suggested the following explanation: "Refraction. When light leaves/enters water, it is bent, traveling in a different direction to your eye. What you see from this low camera angle is what you'd see from a much steeper camera angle, if the water were **t there." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/30/optical-illusion-floating-head/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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The unrealistic body standards placed upon women this summer have gotten out of hand.
A Reddit user (https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/504cze/do_those_legs_go_all_the_way_up/) uploaded an image of a woman's head floating above water level in a pool with the comment "Do those legs go all the way up?"
SEE ALSO: Serbian artist's drawings aren't 3D, but they sure do look like it (http://mashable.com/2016/08/01/serbian-art-leaps-off-page/)
Her torso is missing in the photo since her legs lead directly into her head in the freaky photo.
http://i.amz.mshcdn.com/Fg0TX**ZQp1MBJAacw7Whys8kHg=/fit-in/575x4096/https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fcard%2Fima ge%2F194742%2FMoqf7T7.jpg
Image: reddit/ecky—ptang-zooboing
The optical illusion appears to be the result of water refraction, and it had commenters questioning how the photo was achieved.
Reddit user "highontacos" suggested the following explanation: "Refraction. When light leaves/enters water, it is bent, traveling in a different direction to your eye. What you see from this low camera angle is what you'd see from a much steeper camera angle, if the water were **t there." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/30/optical-illusion-floating-head/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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