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A hand props up the Leaning Tower of Pisa, and a toy can look taller than a person on Bolivia’s salt flats. These photos play with the distance between the camera, the foreground, and a familiar sight. Each caption shows where to look to see how the illusion works.

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Holding Up the Leaning Tower of Pisa
Holding Up the Leaning Tower of Pisa: A visitor in Pisa, Italy, looks as if she has caught the leaning bell tower in both…
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Pinching the Eiffel Tower
Pinching the Eiffel Tower: A hand reaches down to pinch the tip of the Eiffel Tower in Paris. With the fingers much nearer…
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Kissing the Great Sphinx
Kissing the Great Sphinx: A visitor leans toward the Great Sphinx of Giza in Egypt. The visitor’s profile and the stone…
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Holding the Sun at Stonehenge
Holding the Sun at Stonehenge: At Stonehenge in England, two raised hands seem to cradle the sun. The low sun is framed by…
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Pinching the Taj Mahal’s Finial
Pinching the Taj Mahal’s Finial: A visitor appears to pinch the ornament above the Taj Mahal’s main dome in Agra, India…
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Standing in a Giant Hand at Salar de Uyuni
Standing in a Giant Hand at Salar de Uyuni: A visitor seems to stand in the palm of a crouching person on the Bolivian salt…
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Holding the Sydney Opera House
Holding the Sydney Opera House: A visitor appears to hold the Sydney Opera House on her open palm. Her hand aligns with the…
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Touching the Tip of a Giza Pyramid
Touching the Tip of a Giza Pyramid: A visitor appears to touch the top of a pyramid at Giza, Egypt. The raised hand and the…
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Giant Toy Dinosaurs at Salar de Uyuni
Giant Toy Dinosaurs at Salar de Uyuni: Toy dinosaurs tower over a visitor on Bolivia’s salt flats. A camera close to the…
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A Souvenir Stands In for Big Ben
A Souvenir Stands In for Big Ben: Michael Hughes holds a tiny model of the clock tower against the real Houses of…
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Balancing on a Bottle at Salar de Uyuni
Balancing on a Bottle at Salar de Uyuni: On Bolivia’s salt flats, a visitor seems to balance on the cap of a water bottle…
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Pinching the Louvre Pyramid
Pinching the Louvre Pyramid: Two fingers appear to grip the peak of the Louvre’s glass pyramid in Paris. The fingertips…
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A Giant Foot at Salar de Uyuni
A Giant Foot at Salar de Uyuni: A foot close to the camera appears to loom over people on the salt flats in Bolivia. Their…
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The Statue of Liberty Between Two Fingers
The Statue of Liberty Between Two Fingers: A hand seems big enough to hold the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor. The…
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Reaching for the Golden Gate Bridge
Reaching for the Golden Gate Bridge: A hand appears to reach for the tower of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. The…
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Touching the Tip of the Washington Monument
Touching the Tip of the Washington Monument: A visitor appears to tap the top of the Washington Monument with one finger…

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