Featured Image Credit: Tessa Coates/Instagram
Topics: Black Mirror, Weddings, Weird
Callum Jones
A woman has gone viral for her disturbing wedding dress reflection, with social media users comparing it to something from Black Mirror.
When you think of a wedding, a day of celebration and joy comes to mind - certainly not an image that has ended up leaving much of the internet disturbed.
Halloween was a while ago now, but the spookiness surrounding it continues to take over social media to this day.
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You may think at first glance there is nothing wrong with this seemingly ordinary photo. However, at a closer look, you may notice something pretty peculiar.
Sharing the photo on Instagram, writer and comedian Tessa Coates wrote: “Okay hello! Upgraded from stories to the grid.
“I went wedding dress shopping and the fabric of reality crumbled. This is a real photo, not photoshopped, not a pano, not a Live Photo.
“If you can’t see the problem, please keep looking and then you won’t be able to unsee it. Full story in my highlights (THE MIRROR) Please enjoy this glitch in the matrix/photo that me nearly vomit in the street. Also, I’m engaged!”
So, what's going on in this photo?
Well, the confusing image appears to show Coates in two different mirrors, striking three different poses between the mirrors and where she stands.
As you'd probably expect, many people have been left perplexed by the reflection.
In fact, some have even drawn comparisons to something out of the Netflix sci-fi show Black Mirror.
Coates joked repeatedly about the odd situation and the reaction from both her friends and social media users.
“How... is this possible? Also, congrats!! Delighted for you. And now concerned because those guys in suits will come for you,” one Instagram user commented.
“What in the Black Mirror is happening,” another confused user wrote.
“I really enjoyed the spookiness of this, I half wish I hadn't watched your story and learned the rational truth,” a third said.
Some social media users attempted to offer explanations as to what caused the optical illusion.
“It’s very simple. When taking any photo with a modern cellphone, especially in low light, it takes scans from left to right. Any movement will be captured even if not a pano because the mirrors are staticky placed but the subject is moving,” one user commented.
On her highlights, Coates said she went to the Apple Store to quiz the Geniuses there about the picture.
She explained that she was told that the phones are computers not cameras and does take a burst of images from left to right.
This would mean her phone captured each of her movements and combined the image into one photo.