How many girls are in this photo? The 'mind boggling' picture that has sent Instagram users into a spin as thousands debate the 'optical illusion'
Swiss photographer Tiziana Vergari posted photo to Instagram last week
It was originally only supposed to be part of an Instagram hashtag project
It has sent Instagram into a spin as people debate how many are in photo
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How many girls are actually in this photo?
That's the question that has thousands of social media users guessing after the 'mind boggling' photograph was posted to Instagram last week.
Swiss photographer Tiziana Vergari had originally posted the photo online as part of an Instagram weekend hashtag project.
But it has become something of an optical illusion when people started debating how many girls were posing in the photo.
It has been shared more than 12,800 times since Ms Vergari posted it one week ago.
The photo has attracted thousands of comments as people debate whether there is two, four, five and even 13 girls.
Some have even suggested they are twins or triplets.
'Girls #1 and #4 are different people. Look at how different their faces are!' one Instagram user wrote.
Another said: There's clearly four. Look at how the reflections are. If you see their face, the mirror shows the back of their head. If you see the back of the head, the mirror shows the face. The girls just look similar.
'There is 2 girls... the girls both have a mirror on the side of them which makes a replica of the mirrors making multiple picture of the girls,' another user wrote.
Edit: Looks like both girls are staring into a mirror on either side, and the camera man is standing in front of the mirror the taller girl is staring into, aimed at the girls.
I think it's two. At first I thought I saw three. But then the girl at the front has a different expression on ha face compared to the first reflection...
