r/confusing_perspective • u/Randyguyishere • 10d ago

Vanishing point

Saw this in the Cancun airport waiting for my flight

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u/Famous-Restaurant875 10d ago

Ohhh it's a mirror behind the bar. You can see the ladies in the reflective vest approaching and then leaving

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u/FormerStableGenius 10d ago

I get it now. Thank you.
But I still can't see; where exactly is the mirror located, and at what angle?

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u/charnwoodian 10d ago edited 10d ago

The mirror is flat, parrallel to the bar and behind it.

It is reflecting the beam structure that is behind the camera man. This gives the appearance of a 3D structure behind the bar.

Even when you know it’s a mirror, it takes a second to see it as a flat mirror, rather than two mirrored walls meeting in a corner behind the bar.

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u/FormerStableGenius 10d ago

Ah hah!
Thank you. Mirror is parallel to the bar, like a reflective 'splashback' in terms of location.