The picture was posted on photo-sharing website Imgur, where it has been viewed more than 1.4million times, and prompted fierce debate over what it actually shows.

 

The photo was uploaded last night by Imgur user Maskari, and is captioned¹: 'This girl looks like she's underwater and jumping into water at the same time.'

 

At first glance, the bright blue background of the water and the splashes around the child's face makes it look like she is swimming underwater.

 

However, on closer inspection² her hair - which is tied up in a cute ponytail - is dry, meaning just must have jumped into a swimming pool.

 

But that hasn't stopped Internet users from commenting on the image's 'mind blowing' powers, and speculating over whether it was created using photo manipulation software.

 

'The picture is taken upside down in water right?,' one web user wrote underneath³ the picture.

 

Another added: 'Stop confusing me.'

 

While another commenter said: 'Kids are waterbending younger and younger these days'.

 

Other viewers described her as 'Shrödinger's girl' - a reference to thought experiment Schrödinger's cat, and said the photo had left their 'mind blown'.

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