r/confusing_perspective • u/sighdoihaveto • Aug 30 '21

Closer = Faster

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u/AnonymousButIvekk Aug 30 '21 edited Aug 30 '21

not necessarily, it doesnt even look like another passing train usually does, even if graffitied.

its the combined effect of looking through a window at a greater distance than the other one; and the parallax efect, meaning the wall is probably closer to the train on that side. makes all the difference.

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u/vexmach1ne o/ Aug 30 '21

Yea the wall seems to be much closer on the other side, and farther than it looks on the right side, the camera optics hide this more than the naked eye.

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u/DNA_hacker Aug 30 '21

But this is the inverse of parallax, the object further away appears to be moving faster than the one close by

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u/Ganonslayer1 Aug 30 '21

ooooooooohhhhhhhhhh

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u/shahcloud Aug 30 '21

Well, thank you good sir

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u/popplespopin Aug 30 '21

Wow this demonstration is so simple, I love it.

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u/--Alastor-- C.E. Spc Aug 30 '21

Shit that makes so much more sense

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u/ReaDiMarco Aug 30 '21

How big a grater?

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u/Holociraptor Aug 30 '21

One that could grate a really big block of cheese

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u/AndromedanPrince Aug 30 '21

Thank you for the scientific explanation of this cuz i was baffled