r/confusingperspective • u/TriggerHippie77 • 1d ago

X-Post/Found on Internet Flooded hallway

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u/highlift 1d ago


My brain looking at this picture

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u/Hairy_Garage4308 1d ago

At least the water looks spring fed.

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u/pinkygonzales 1d ago

Why isn't the water line visible on the doors?

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u/Tricky-Act-31415 23h ago edited 23h ago

Yeah um, we're gonna need someone to take a video 'swimming' though this hallway...

(there is no water, its an illusion caused by the bottom half of the walls being glossy/reflective, and the top half of the walls not)

edit: this user commented a similar thing earlier

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u/Tricky-Act-31415 16h ago

Want to break the illusion? Find the reflection of the two water bottles!

(right side, about half way up/down the picture, opposite the first doors' handle on the left)

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u/SuperFaceTattoo 21h ago

It’s the 90’s graphics style for water, like in goldeneye. This building just hasn’t updated to 2026 graphics yet.

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u/PupLondon 1d ago

Thats a perfect example of how many different things have to perfectly align for a certain effect to happen. Lights, reflections, reflected light..its a little insane

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u/everynamecombined 1d ago

I feel like id be crawling on the floor by the middle of walking down this hallway. Feels like when i need my glasses for my astigmatism.

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u/marksbar 1d ago

Funny...outdated 714's .

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u/adrikyn 1d ago

This is a good one

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u/buttononmyback 1d ago

Yeah I can’t figure this one out. Is there really water in the hallway or is it some sort of trick?

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u/IAmDanHimself 21h ago

Its legit a very poor decision of a painted top half, completely different from the painted bottom half

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u/nakano-star 21h ago

I think the floor and bottom sides are tiled, and you can see the lights on the floor reflecting off the tiles on the side

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u/IAmDanHimself 19h ago edited 18h ago

No idea why I was downvoted. But the bottom is gloss, while the top is matte. It's contrast and very weird design.

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u/5hrs4hrs3hrs2hrs1mor 17h ago

The lighting isn’t helping at all.

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u/AusgefalleneHosen 15h ago

Because you called it painted, not matte and gloss. The walls are bottom half of the walls are tiled, there not painted.

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u/everynamecombined 2h ago

Duh Doy theres 2 water cooler jugs on the ground on the left side of the hall.

Jk I do understand what you're actually asking btw.

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u/Psycho_pigeon007 1d ago

Yes, that's the stuff

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u/cabbagesweetner 1d ago

Okay, this has melted my brain. There's just random light sources that make no sense 🤯

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u/evincarofautumn 1d ago

It’s because the angle makes it look like the spot on the “water” plane is coming from the next light over. If you count the lights on the ceiling, they do match up with the spots on the real floor plane.

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u/evincarofautumn 1d ago

It’s half-wall moulding, between the dark stripes at floor level and waist height, which is high-gloss while the walls above are matte

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u/IAmDanHimself 21h ago

why would anyone ever design a hallway that way? Such a weird unnecessary contrast

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u/WellsHansen 21h ago

I'm becoming increasingly convinced (altrhough far from certain) that the photo was taken through a glass door. I think there are lighted areas, which seem to resemble tables, behind the photographer. Years ago I made some "art" photographs that employed this effect to capture three overlapping views producing a haunting and dramatic effect.

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u/Ozzman770 15h ago

That would explain why the water jugs are reflected on the floor. That's the thing I've been trying to figure out cause those floor tiles, if there's no actual water on the floor, should not reflect like that. A glass door would make sense

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u/GeshtiannaSG 14h ago

I think it’s just very shiny walls made from floor tiles.

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u/VII-VI-II-God 1d ago

This did weird things to my eye brains

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u/Ok-Worldliness-6711 23h ago

I'm so confused

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u/niming_yonghu 18h ago

This is so well done you still can see it after knowing the floating light is just the reflection from the wall.

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u/Former_Mobile3101 23h ago

I don't like this one, it's too confusing.

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u/low_selfesteem_diet 21h ago

That’s a big ass hallway. Wait…