Real World MC Escher Waterfall Explained

Here I try to explain how such a contraption could be built. I will not go into detail, only give you the same clues which I needed to figure it out myself.

Hopefully this will help you see through the illusion.

Good luck!

[AdrianZ]

Probably a little bit late to do this buuut... this video didn’t really explain it very well... there are actually three parts to the water fall.. The original was filmed in three stages.
First the guy pouring the water on the bottom slide which is shaped like an upside down L and the water pours out through the back, it never reaches the middle slide.
Second part is the guy pouring water on the middle slide, which is shaped like a normal L ( with another perpendicular piece at the end) and again the water pours on to the ground, it never reaches the last piece of the slide.
The third stage is the guy pouring water on the very top ( or last piece of the slide ) and that’s when the water pours down onto the wheel.
He then finally pieces all three videos together and blends them so they look like one fluid piece. That’s why you get the weird water behavior at 0:38, that’s where one slide ends and the other begins he just did some video editing so it looks like it’s one piece.

Essentially the slide is split into three pieces. They are actually stacked. One is at the bottom, one is in the middle and one is at the top. The slides don’t actually touch. He films himself pouring water on each individual slide then stitches the clips together in post to make the slide look like one piece.

How do I know this? The original uploader actually made separate videos on how he filmed this, including a 360 one where you can see it pretty clear how it was built. His account I believe is something like McWolles

[Czesnek]

The title of this video is misleading. You did not explained nothing.

[VhortexMorpheus]

It may not loot like this contraption but an existing hydro plant do pull water from the sea, brings it to a suitable height along a 1 km path then release the water back on the path of a series of water dynamo. It was efficient but it takes a load of electricity/power to restart after the system shutdowns from repairs. This hydro plant powers a whole island with 5 cities in it.

[Fpateli]

At 0:36, where he says "notice the behaviour of the liquid. Certainly not caused by gravity alone", ... he left out, maybe on purpose, the key point that there may be a hidden little hose pumping the water onto that secion of the structure.

[HeartRekt]

The water didn't go up it was actually built like a loop flat on the floor flat and the wood is giving us the illusion it is a tall standing model but it is actually a flat model looping the water around

[dragonlaughing]

Even as a spoof it's a work of genius

[ScottOhlgren]

Good work, pomdeterre. I think this is the closest anyone has explained it yet.

Like TRIvEDGE said, I still don't quite get how he put it all together! Or where the pumps and wells are, or if he had to do any multiple video or splicing, but it's getting closer.

[andros]

The reflection on the ground: only 2 vertical beams from right-rear tower.
It's a separated contraption that only looks like this from one very precise angle.

[TheRhinehart]

Its CGI, its more brightly lit than everything else around it. Also, you can see under it in the reflection in the puddle to the bottom right, he obviously used some kind of reflection effect but didn't put the 3D model close enough to it, allowing some parallax to appear underneath.

[pomdeterre]

@ricande Unsure if your joking =) But it doesn't need that kind of complexity. The first three lengths of the duct just sitting on the floor and is slightly sloped.

[CyberMacGyver]

can someone please make a video explaining this video... 😞

[andriusrx]

Okay its all on floor but how does it spin that water mill ?

[Munnkiboy]

So how does water from the bottom get to the top?

[JimmyMaya]

15 dislikes because they can't understand how this works even after you've explained still don't get it but I like(d) it.

[jmvmain]

It's clever video editing. The original makers of the video show how they plastered cuts together to give the illusion that it was all one structure.

[MrBurton]

so.... if we made those into hydro-electric generators or whatever... would that be an infinite power source? Like if we made 30 of them that were like 10 stories tall?

[nunya]

explain how it gets from the blue to the green

[fdtheprince]

Why is there no shadow of the wooden structure?

[DarrinKing]

Oh i think i know now.. if you notice, it looks like its not completely on the floor. also the bottom part is hollow . a good place to hide a pump . and hide the hoses in the pillars, if you look at the explanation videos you can clearly see its not on floor.. not that really matters unless there is a floor plug there. not really safe though.. pump is running off battery i would say... or like i said first... video edit between :42 and :46 water changes direction suddenly

[tystains]

How does the water get to the top level and spin the wheel tho?