- Sarosh Lodhi is a wildlife photographer from Nagpur, India.
- Last year, he traveled to Maasai Mara, a national game reserve in Narok, Kenya, where he captured two zebras at the perfect moment, creating an incredible optical illusion.
- The image sparked a social media debate this week after forest officer Parveen Kaswan posted the photo on his Twitter page and asked users to guess which zebra is facing front.
- Lodhi, who has been a wildlife photographer for more than two decades, told Insider that some images remain forever memorable. "This is one of them," he said.
A mind-boggling photo of two zebras in Kenya is baffling the internet.
Sarosh Lodhi, a wildlife photographer based in Nagpur City, India, took the photo of two zebras together in Narok, Kenya, last year.
"I was clicking a dazzle of zebras in Maasai Mara, trying out various creative images," he told Insider. "That's when I saw these two approaching each other. Expecting some interaction or nuzzling between the two, I kept my focus glued on to this pair. They kept coming closer and closer and to my utter amusement they reached an alignment that caused a total illusion."
The result is an image that makes it hard to tell which of the two zebras is looking at the camera.
This week, Parveen Kaswan, a forest officer and friend of Lodhi, posted the photo on his Twitter page, asking users if they could tell which zebra was in front.
—Parveen Kaswan, IFS (@ParveenKaswan) July 8, 2020
Some users gave their best guess.
—Keerthi Priya (@Keerthi56546991) July 8, 2020
One user thought the image was manipulated, but Lodhi clarified, "Not a graphic design, this is an actual image."
—Jyoti Saini Si (@jyotiartists) July 7, 2020
Can you tell which zebra is in front?
If you guessed the one on the left, you'd be correct. Lodhi confirmed the zebra on the left is the one looking at the camera.