Every year, there’s a temporal waterfall seemingly flowing with lava down the east side of El Capitan, the massive granite formation in Yosemite Park, California. Only people at the right place and time are able to see it.
Winds were so strong on the southern coast of Sydney earlier this week – 120km/h – that waterfalls were running upwards. The water is just being blown up from the bottom. The situation’s crazy, especially for those commuters in their ferries.
Watching a real life version of Escher’s Impossible Waterfall melts my brain. The more I look at, the more confused I get! Thankfully, the secret on how the whole illusion works is out. There’s clear DIY instructions on how to make your own impossible waterfall on Instructables and that video above shows what’s really going on.
Remember this? Still pretty crazy! But maybe a little less so after taking a look at David Goldman’s theory of how exactly this contraption was put together:
