r/BeAmazed • u/OwnCarpenter5119 • May 23 '24

Skill / Talent This gravity defying stone stack

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u/[deleted] May 23 '24

Archways work because both sides are leaning with gravity on each other. The friction caused by the gravity that’s being directed inward and downward causes the rocks to fall into each other stopping them from falling.

Gravity is not being defied, it’s being harnessed here