Is it Physics or a Magician's Trick?

[IB Slammin]

Wonder if I could adapt this to my car? [:^)]

http://www.flixxy.com/escher-perpetual-motion-machine.htm

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The vertical support struts is the give away. It's clearly an animation.

[sfogg]

It is a persepective trick.

My take on it. The trough goes downhill. Look at the height of the sidewall on the trough. It gets skinner as the water flows. This along with the perspective of supports give the illusion of height.It isn't tall, it is relatively horizontal moving back away from the camera.

I think the base likely has a pump which pumps the water up to the outlet which is arranged such that from that specific camera angle it looks like it is flowing from the 'top' of the ramp.

if you could see this from a different angle it would look totally different. Its like those 3d chalk drawings. From dead head on they look amazing, from the side they look extremely elongated.

Shawn