A social media user has taken an interesting picture of Blackpool Tower – but all isn’t as it appears.
In the photo, posted by Twitter user @PositiveLee7, it looks like Blackpool tower is being lifted by a crane.
The Twitter user posted the snap along with the caption: “I had to pull over and take a picture of this when I was coming down Talbot Road, Blackpool”
Many people were quick to share the photo and comment on it.
Sangrounder Radio wrote: “We never thought we’d see the day when a crane tries to lift Blackpool Tower”
Bernie Blackburn asked: “Are they moving it?”
Others wanted to praise the Twitter user’s photography skills, writing “epic image” and “nicely caught”.
However, the image appears to be a product of good angles and perfect timing.
Blackpool Tower isn’t actually being lifted and shifted by a crane; the cranes are actually carrying out work miles away from the tower.
A spokesperson for Blackpool Council said: “It’s just clever photography.
“The cranes are working on the Talbot Gateway development near Blackpool North Station, the Tower is about half a mile away.”
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