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People are posting botched panoramic photos from their phones and it's utterly terrifying

2017-07-10T16:17:08Z

The INSIDER Summary:

  • A photo of someone who sneezed in the middle of taking a panoramic selfie looks terrifying.
  • It demonstrates the weird images you can get while taking a panorama photo with an iPhone or Android phone.
  • The Instagram hashtag #panoramafail has more examples.
  • The photos can distort your body, make you lose limbs, but they can also make you look magical.


If you've ever taken a panoramic photo with your phone, you know that it's hard to make them perfect. If anything moves between frames, it can look like a glitch in reality, or a body horror experience.

Reddit user JuddJasper found that out when taking a selfie with his girlfriend, as Cosmopolitan noticed. His phone has a "wide selfie" function that works a lot like a panorama. His girlfriend sneezed mid-photo, and came out looking like she had two heads.

My phone has a wide selfie feature similar to a panorama. You need to sit still for it to work. My girlfriend sneezed, and this happened. from pics

The Instagram hashtag #panoramafail has more examples of the phenomenon.

Distorted faces are very common.

Another frequent phenomenon is having body parts and limbs go missing.

You'll get a lot of elongated animals.

At its best, you can get an artsy effect through a botched panorama, like a magical landscape or interesting pattern.

So while the panoramic effect on your smartphones can create beautiful images, be warned that it also has the capability of creating very, very disturbing ones too.

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