'Sinking' houses are the new optical illusion trend

'Sinking' houses are the new optical illusion trend

The internet is going mad over this rather weird trend of 'falling' houses on the world's steepest streets.

Sinking houses
This is the new crazy trend driving the internet mad, and people just can't seem to solve this optical illusion. A street in New Zealand has tongues wagging and Instagram buzzing as people cannot wrap their heads around these wonky, leaning houses.

Pictures of sinking houses are making the rounds all over social media, but in actual fact, it's a weird optical illusion using photos taken on the world’s steepest street.


According to Unilad, the hill’s slope is at a 19-degree angle, with a gradient of 1:2.86m, which means that the hill goes up one metre for just under every three metres you go forward.


You must google search Baldwin Street, Dunedin, New Zealand, it's quite a steep hill!


What do you think of these images?

whaat?! #steep #illusion #perspektive #baldwinstreet #dunedin

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😄来到了吉尼斯纪录上最倾斜的街道 #baldwinstreet #steppeststreetintheworld #newzealand #dunedin

A photo posted by Jennifer Ding (@ding_jen) on

#baldwinstreet#steepeststreetintheworld#dunedin#coolandthegang#newzealandlover#childofthesun

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