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Mountain Shadows Are Nature’s Coolest Optical Illusion

  • May 07, 2015
  • Hawaii

Call it a perspective of moonrise kingdom.

The astronomers who run NASA’s pleasing Astronomy Photo Of The Day bloghaunting imagethrough

mauna kea moonrise

To reiterate: That’s not a towering in a background. It’s a mountain’s shadow, and it’s huge.

The object set behind a camerabasic geometry

This geometric materialisation happens all over a world, and while a steer is best seen IRL on a summit, a pleasing photos next are also incredible:

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Mount Hood, Oregon, USA

Photograph Mt. Fuji's Shadow (?????) by Jordan Hayashi on 500px

Mt. Fuji’s Shadow (?????) by Jordan Hayashi on 500px

Mount Fuji, Japan.

mountain shadow

Volcán Tajamulco, Guatemala.

mountain shadow

Mount Rinjani, Lombok, Indonesia.

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Hagios Elias, Taíyetos Mountains, Greece.

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Mount Rainier, Washington, USA.

Shadow of Mt. Rainier

Mount Rainier, Washington, USA.

A rather singular materialisation in a sky. On tip of Segla, 600 meters above sea level, Northern Norway.

Article source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/06/mountain-shadows-photographs_n_7209516.html?utm_hp_ref=hawaii&ir=Hawaii

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