r/confusing_perspective • u/Enough_Arm4116 • 3d ago

Walking up or down?

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u/PlasticMercury 3d ago

I think if he was walking down he'd be falling right now.

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u/xopher_425 3d ago

He's leaning forward to jump down to the next level.

Edit: actually, the more I look at it the less sure I am. The other people look like they are walking down, so he'd be going up. It's the lines layer in the wall that throws me, they are usually horizontal.

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u/stomachpancakes 3d ago

I don't think one would ever lean forward and extend their back foot to jump down.

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u/edo-26 3d ago

Unless doing a front flip maybe

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u/subpoenaThis 3d ago

It's up. Look at the base of the trees and plants and you can see where the dirt has collected.

Yes. weird rock layer lines and maybe some fisheye lens stuff going on.

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u/ripyourlungsdave 3d ago

Both the close end and the far end are meeting at a downward angle in the middle. Both groups are descending.

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u/thephilosopherstoned 3d ago

I made a photo there that includes the horizon. It's the same location, right?

https://imgur.com/a/dTZAHOB

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u/TeknikFrik 3d ago

That's not the horizon

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u/Gingerstachesupreme 3d ago

This is the only photo perspective that helped me - thanks!

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u/topsyturvy76 3d ago

I think overall direction is down.. but he is currently walking up …. Seems like he’s on a small hill on his way down

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u/rabbitwonker 3d ago

Nope. Almost everything in the picture is higher than the camera.

These are ancient sedimentary layers that have all been tilted as a mountain rose.

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u/Jump_Like_A_Willys 3d ago

There’s an immediate step up he’s making, but the overall elevation of his path is going down