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This fountain, which appeared at the Royal Horticultural Society’s recent Chelsea Flower Show, was designed by noted British vacuum sexifier James Dyson. Inspired by Escher’s “Waterfall,” Dyson’s “Wrong Garden” incorporates a clever design to create the illusion that water flows up each of the four ramps before cascading over the end. A detail of how it really works is below. Massive props to Flickr user zeddy1200, whose photograph, shown above, seems to be the only decent hi-res image of the fountain online.

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3 Responses to James Dyson's uphill water flow illusion

  1. Heh, I remember seeing this back in… 2003 apparently. Very clever.

  2. Anonymous on said:

    Fantastic! Wish I had one.

  3. Ethel Gray on said:

    Water gardens are really amazing if it will have a design like this, this fountain is creating a great illusion.

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