How is this possible?

[Youngie1337]

My eyes hurt from looking at it!

 

[monkey7]

Argl someone learned by looking at Escher's drawings :|

 

[PCTwin]

thats an eyebender that one.

 

[sprento]

Twisted wood, square at the bottom but not at the middle upwards.

 

[zak4994]

Gah I know how it works (I think!).

I figured it out by not focussing on the object and looking at the watch and by focussing on the watch, I can see the method.

 

[mayhem]

Its not connected. the shadows are the give away. Just taken at the right angle to give a optical illusion...

 

[Kerotan]

Its not connected. the shadows are the give away. Just taken at the right angle to give a optical illusion...

This man speaks the truth, the shadows do indeed give it away, the diagonal connecting rod has been cut in such a way that at that angle it lines up perfectly with the edge of the other upright. Seen enough of these to know what to look for, it's only a matter of time before you find out why they can't work.

 

[j.woody]

both of you are kind of right but it isnt the shadows... i didnt know but my dad did after 30 secs of looking at it he is an antique dealer and does restoration. basically if you look at the middle piece of wood you will notice that the right end bit is out of poportion to the middle sector. there are 2 pieces of wood! i used a bit of ms paint to explain

 

[Technex]

Woooooooo, thanks to the post above I got it .

 

[cjone2]

Im still not too sure how it works oh well

 

[k4p84]

Its all about where the camera is placed