Put the impossible on your desk

(Credit: ThinkGeek)

If you're famous at work for doing the impossible, it's time to deck out your desk with something fitting.

This limited-edition M.C. Escher Waterfall Sculpture is available on ThinkGeek for an impossible-to-believe price of $59.99. Only 500 of the sculptures exist, so you should act quickly if you want to get in on the fun.

The sculpture, based on the famous M.C. Escher woodcut, is just six inches tall. That puts it squarely in the running for the object with the most ability to blow your mind per square inch.

Alas, the water in the sculpture isn't real. As such, it does not defy the laws of gravity by flowing upward. You'll need a wizard to help you with that.

[ZX3Junglist]

A real working model, with water!

You should all see Shigeo ******'s real model with running water:
http://illusionworks.com/mod/******.htm
click on the 'Three-Dimensional Model of Escher's Waterfall' in the Impossible Objects section to see a quicktime video

[tmoynihan]

That was incredible!

[tmoynihan]

That was incredible!

Thanks ZX3Junglist. I think my brain just broke.

Here's the tiny URL for anyone who wants to check out the video -- the Crave filters are a little too strict for the artist's last name.

http://tinyurl.com/38s93j

(Scroll down to "Three-Dimensional Model of Escher's Waterfall" to see the video)