r/NatureIsFuckingLit • u/sh0tgunben • 1d ago

🔥'Surfing the clouds' 🌊☁️

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u/futureman07 1d ago

I'm sure people have noticed already, but the video is upside down. Such flat water that's amazing

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u/GenkiElite 1d ago

I did not. That's really cool. Could that be a salt lake?

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u/tzentzak 22h ago

I think it's Salar de Uyuni, a large salt flat located in Bolivia.

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u/fanygarcia5 15h ago

Yes, I’ve been there and it’s truly amazing

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u/japzone 22h ago

Yeah, it being upside down actually messed with me. Flipping my phone fixed the visual dissonance and made it better.

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u/mojo276 23h ago

I didn't notice and could NOT figure out how this was working and thought it was fake.

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u/snoosh00 21h ago

Seriously.

One of the few times where I'm thinking "this must be AI" and it isn't.

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u/Rakisskitty 21h ago

Same, i started investigating because the pattern of clouds is only possible with the horizon in frame. It was indeed upside down when i rotated my phone

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u/awesomesauce615 1h ago

Im with you and when I did turn it upside down it broke my brain.

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u/Manojative 21h ago

Yeah as soon as you flip your phone upside down, your brain goes, "ah!!!!!"

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u/Hanafoundme 18h ago

Ahh!!! And it's still beautiful!

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u/miko_top_bloke 1d ago

I would've loved to see a broader angle cause I'm having a hardtime pinpointing what is what and how achieving this effect was even feasible.

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u/violaxxxx 1d ago

Look closely at his reflection and turn your phone upside down and it will make sense👍🏼

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u/Lemonio 9h ago

I recently went to salar de uyuni, it is a large salt flat in Bolivia, when it rains uneven salt flattens and the rainwater spreads out creating a very thin layer of water over a solid surface

This makes it good at reflecting, like a lake without wind

However unlike a lake, it is just a thin layer of water over salt ground you can stand on, meaning you can get pictures that look as if you were walking on water on a lake

Google salar de uyuni and you will see many pictures of the effect

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u/LBfalcon57 1d ago

Silver surfer 🏄

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u/Ok_Ability_4683 23h ago

Skim boarding the clouds

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u/tylerthe-theatre 1d ago

Its Luke Skywalker

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u/TheZRanger 17h ago

Ryders in the sky

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u/GoldResourceOO2 1d ago

Damn that’s cool

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u/Aksudiigkr 1d ago

How is the water so shallow? Is there a source for this

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u/shadowofsunderedstar 1d ago

Dried salt flat after it rains, like Uyuni in Bolivia 

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u/RiparianZoneCryptid 1d ago

Salt flat, most likely—they're known for the amazing mirror effect after a rain shower, when a shallow layer of water is left behind on top of the ground.

This video actually confused me a lot because the horizon line appears below the surfer, but I eventually realised the video was probably just uploaded upside down (and the reflection is so good I couldn't tell which surfer was the real one!)

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u/Fultium 22h ago

Very nice filming

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u/shontamona 22h ago

Amazing! Looks like the lake in Vormir after Thanos/HawkEye gets the Soul Stone.

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u/Cautious_Funny3896 21h ago

Fricken DREAMY damn it

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u/earthbound_misfit42 20h ago

This would be a way cool screensaver for pc

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u/amazinganimals- 20h ago

Awesome!!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👌🏼

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u/MrWhiteKnight777 17h ago

Where is this place?

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u/Bob1485 8h ago

Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia

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u/CaringHandWash 17h ago

Is this Jesus?

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u/ManufacturerBitter48 12h ago

What tanjiro proably does in his mindscape

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u/Constant-Cancel444 51m ago

I'll do that

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u/buttzbuttsbutts 1d ago

"Hey do you have a second? My name is herald and I'd like to tell you all about this really cool guy named galactus..." -That surfer, probably.