Perspective is everything

[727Sky]

 In Brazil, people take spectacular pictures tempting fate by hanging from this famous rock. No "photo shopping" was done.  These are real pictures:









Incredibly brave people or brain dead, right?

The truth is, the rock is only a few feet above the ground.
All that was required in the above pics to make the folks appear fearless or simply nuts, was perspective.
Remember this when reading/viewing material on the Internet.
Sometimes, the truth is a lot different than what it appears.

Look at the picture below.



Now you have a feel for the impact of fake news and what it looks like. And, why you shouldn't blindly believe everything you see in pictures and on the 'net.
Again, nothing was "photo shopped" in the earlier pictures. It's simply about the perspective.

Something to remember when watching "news" on TV or on the Web.

[Ninurta]

Messed up their perspective in the first picture. If you look at the lower left corner, you can see individual blades of grass, showing that the ground is not that far away.

Every now and then the news services make that same slight perspective mistake, and it gives them away every time.

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[GeauxHomeLittleD]

Yep! 

[F2d5thCav]

Yep! 

Your photo reminded me a post-high school moment, while working for a state department of natural resources.  Had to wade out in a pond for an experiment that was assessing how effective certain materials were at preventing snakes from climbing poles and eating the eggs of game birds.  I had on high wading boots.  The older DNR wildlife tech with me advised me to be careful not to slip and fall into the water.  Why?  There were Africa-sized LEACHES in the damn pond!  I watched them with horror swim up to my rubber waders.  Yeah!  Real "Wild Kingdom" stuff.

Cheers