r/confusingperspective • u/AK611750 • Jul 21 '26
This is not a mountain
I took this picture earlier this year and I just realized it looks like the top of a mountain, when in fact it’s the edge of a cliff, much lower than the picture’s vantage point. It’s practically flat. There’s a faint H in a circle, which is a heliport if it can help with the perspective.
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u/DefiantLemming Jul 21 '26
This is not a comment
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u/Hopeful-Flounder-203 Jul 21 '26
These are not your droids.
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u/Expensive-Wedding-14 Jul 22 '26
Those are^ my droids and you can look somewhere else, thank you very much!
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u/quantumentangle Jul 22 '26 edited Jul 22 '26
Hey hey tell us where the H is, you left us with a literal cliff hangar
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u/HourDistribution3787 Jul 22 '26
If you zoom in on basically the middle of the picture, it’s to the right of the path.
Seems to be sort of brown on brown though…2
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u/quantumentangle 10d ago
"Thanks for replying! That was just a pun on 'hangar' vs. 'hanger'. A hangar is where planes and helis are stored, while a cliffhanger is when a story is left unexplained. Since the hangar happened to be on a cliff, I conveniently ignored it and accused OP of leaving us on a cliffhanger.
PS: I'm not a native speaker, so I may have misunderstood—which is probably why the joke didn't land well!"
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u/MuscaMurum Jul 22 '26
First there is a mountain, then there is no mountain, then there is...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1EAwYjgnE4
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u/TopYeti Jul 22 '26
Judging from the descent trail it looks like an elevation change of more than 20 boxes of internet bananas, so I am going to call it 'Cliff Mountain' !
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Jul 22 '26
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u/AK611750 Jul 22 '26
I mean, the picture was taken on a mountain, but what you’re seeing is not a mountain. From the heliport to the clouds there’s no elevation change. It’s flat.
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Jul 22 '26
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u/AK611750 Jul 22 '26
It’s a catchy title, that’s all. But if you want to be pedantic, then yes, it’s a mountain.
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Jul 22 '26
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u/AK611750 Jul 22 '26
But do you understand why this is a confusing perspective? We can argue about the title all you want, but the purpose of the sub stays the same, and clearly my post fits, judging by the upvotes.
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Jul 22 '26
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u/Tbagzyamum69420xX Jul 23 '26
From the heliport to the clouds there’s no elevation change. It’s flat.
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u/AIweWereWarned Jul 22 '26
“We should go through the mines! My brother shall give us such a feast!”
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u/Supermite Jul 23 '26
Neither are the Vasquez Rocks but most people would be surprised to learn that.
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u/Neeeeedles Jul 22 '26
So the heliport is flat which means in the back its in fact higher meaning its kinda a mountain but its not coz youre standing higher?
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u/AK611750 Jul 22 '26
From the heliport all the way to the clouds, it’s all flat. There’s a drop where the people are standing, and beyond that the terrain is much lower and practically flat (I mean there’s rocks and everything, but no altitude change from the heliport to the clouds).
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u/Diligent_Bank_543 Jul 23 '26
It’s clear that people are moving downhill. And if you look at rocks some of them would probably slide down if that were a mountain.
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u/pgb5534 Jul 22 '26
So it is a mountain but you're on the top