Waterfall Illusion Explained?

Look at the shadows

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Education

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• waterfall2

[pateli2008]

The shadow appears out of nothing in the upper section, suggesting that it is closer to the guy than the rest of the structure. The first two sections seem to be on the floor. Great illusion BTW.

[pateli2008]

Sorry, this video is in reference to this:

/watch?v=0v2xnl6LwJE&feature=r­elated

[DerFuhrerfurimmer]

still doesn't make any sense

[fadiothman]

smart way to show its an illusion!!!!! but u also showed how stupid and ignorant people r... y???? because the video of the trick got 5 million views and the explanation only got 160 000 views :S

[heiden0815]

@DerFuhrerfurimmer weil du ganz einfach zu dämlich bist du kleiner hobby nazi .. man siehts doch schon an deinem name .. idiot

[briancreak]

I DONT DUDE

[cynoodles]

DUDE I GET IT

[livetorun11]

@lolmeadia Actually its going closer...

[Ashm123crazy]

From what I've seen..... I think the waterfall is actually all even.... Which is why there is a shadow casting because it's from the wrong angle. From the right angle you could see that

[dEthEiGht]

I loved your explanation for what would have been a much nicer project then what his nice video edit job. But, he had a great idea with the edit as well. GZ to all of the great thinking.

[lolmeadia]

Is not going up is going farther away

[ibedubbin]

so how the fuck did he get it to actusally work...we know how it was built but how does his actually function....photoshop?

[lonelyinthisworld]

I sorta broke my head yesterday trying to solve this illusion until I noticed something bizarre about the shadows. Plus I watched

/watch?v=jpcIIa2hKRo

I can officially say I lost about an hour of my life.