I still can't belevie no one is commenting on this illusion! This just doesn't look possible to me. Is the second plane so big that it looks so close ?!

Yes, the plane is almost 3 to 4 times larger than the one in th front. You will notice thou how the fuselages look the same size at mid point of the front but clear the front of the plane in the back is a 2 story behemoth.

So what about that 4 miles separation every air controller has to maintain between two airplanes?

Erwin, this (4 miles) separation is not about side by side, but about one after another. And anyway 4 miles is only one of many regulations depending on circumstances.

the answer is the camera angle.....

uuuuhhhhhhh...... Im lucky I wasn't on those planes

you can see the wing of the larger plane behind the grey one but still totally cool!

the little plane is painted on the larger plane
i know this cuz i saw it on another site

Angela, I beg to differ; how would you explain the extra landing gear, extra tail and extra wing of the United Aircraft?

you guys......that is a true photoshop illusion. Thanks Adobe.

i call bulls**t on this one. the size of the windows is the main give away. if those two planes were 200 meters apart, that photo would have to be taken from miles away to achieve that little perspective distortion. my verdict is 'shopped.

I hate to get all mad, but angela is completely wrong. what phil said is right.

alex...I gather you have never heard of telephoto lenses?

can u say SUPER FRICKIN DANGEROUS!?

So where's the other wing of the grey plane?

whoa. r they SURE they're separated by 200 meters? looks impossible

All i can say is if the jumbos three times the size of the 757, it must have some massive pilots cause its cockpit is the same size.

I reckon its Photoshopped.

Yea red and Al b are right. If the one in back is 200 meters away, why are the windows the same size and were is the left wing of the grey plane? Deffinitely shopped.

this is definatley not photoshopped, the cockpit windows on the 757 appear much larger than those on the 747 even though the 747 has a much larger cockpit. They are landing on parallel runways very close to each other, the photographer was just lucky to take that photo, for further discussion check here http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0652327/M/ thats where i first saw this shot, its a great photo!

taht aint fotoshop!!!

tahts a great optical illusion!

AWESOME
ROX

LOOKS SO KOOL

that not real, the wings are going into each other

I agree w/ th and phil.

I think its because of the size difference and the closeness of the 2 planes.

impossible..

i just realized,who took this picture?
haha.

photoshopped indeed.
amazing site vurdlak!

this is a super cool illuision.!