Strange Slope 怪坡

China - Xiamen (Strange Slope)

中国 － 厦门（怪坡）

Strange Slope is located in Xiamen, at Wenping Road.

怪坡位于厦门文屏路。

Its width is around 10 metres, length around 50 metres.

其宽约10米，长约50米。

Things on Strange Slope will roll from its base up to the hill top.

东西在怪坡会从坡底滚到坡顶。

No matter how you try, it will still be this way.

无论如何试，都是这样的。

Related authorities surveyed the Strange Slope.

相关当局对怪坡进行测量。

Surveyors tested every 5 metres for a total of 70 metres.

测量人员每隔5米一测，共测量70米。

The results confirmed that the so-called "bottom of the slope" is actually higher than the "top of the hill" by 1.395 metres, at the slope of 2%.

结果证实所谓的“坡底”实际比“坡顶”高1.395米，坡度为2%.

Surveyors concluded: Strange Slope is caused by the visual illusion, whereby people use their surrounding as reference.

测量人员得出结论：怪坡其实是人们因周边参照物的原因而造成的一种视觉上的错觉。

Scientific measurement data proves that Strange Slope is not so strange after all, it is only our eyes that play tricks on us.

科学的测量数据证明，怪坡其实一点也不怪，是自己的眼睛欺骗了自己。

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