3D Street Mural Breaks The Guinness World Record (VIDEO/PHOTOS)

The largest mural ever was completed Thursday, as part of the seventh annual Guinness World Records Day. British artists '3D Joe & Max,' with their incredible 3D street mural that measures a whopping 9,601 square feet, joined over 300,000 other people as they all attempted to break various records around the world.

Produced in collaboration with athletic brands Reebok and CrossFit, the massive optical illusion depicts a waterfall cascading into a deep gorge, making it look as though the members of the Reebok/CrossFit team are performing death-defying stunts. View the impressive mural below as well as a slideshow of behind-the-scenes footage and other cool 3D murals we found.

Comments

[Max Shaw]

04:11 PM on 11/21/2011

WWWWOOOOWWWW!! That is incredible! Imagine if Dali tried this..

[Johnny ElDrama]

09:39 AM on 11/21/2011

amazing

[fishnetdiver]

03:20 AM on 11/21/2011

fantabulous!

[JackTheSkipper]

09:30 PM on 11/19/2011

Optical illusion!

[Douglas Stevens]

02:59 PM on 11/19/2011

Far out man!!!

[abudotcom]

02:32 PM on 11/19/2011

Amazingly talented...

[dtroppy]

01:55 PM on 11/19/2011

I love it when people stretch the human imagination....

[karen lyons kalmenson]

12:33 PM on 11/19/2011

living the "inception" aesthetic

[Tazirai]

12:22 PM on 11/19/2011

Amazing stuff wether it's corporately sponsored or not. It's AMAZING!!!!!!

[freedomseeker2]

12:05 PM on 11/19/2011

Corporate sponsorship ruins this.

[8journey8]

03:06 PM on 11/19/2011

Why? Do you think they should have done this for free? Listen, even Michelangelo had a sponsor...he didn't spend weeks of his time working on the ceiling of the Vatican only for the sake of art. Being paid for one's effort doesn't make the product any less of an artistic achievement.

[Celebrindan]

08:45 PM on 11/19/2011

'...weeks...'?

I thought it took a decade or more? :)

[Halciet]

12:05 PM on 11/19/2011

Awesome!

[theroundearth]

11:27 AM on 11/19/2011

I was determined to understand how this "MURAL" could achieve such a perspective feeling. After pondering over it, it became clear that the Huffpost did add to the deceiving effect with the help of wrong words.

A "mural" is something painted vertically on a WALL. This is horizontal, you could call it a "pavemental"...

[Tara Hunkoff]

09:38 PM on 11/19/2011

Google "anamorphosis"

[BluePhantom2]

11:08 AM on 11/19/2011

That just replaced my RUSH wallpaper! Too cool!

[OliveColored]

11:08 AM on 11/19/2011

This is everyone of my nightmares.

[still hopeful at 55]

11:05 AM on 11/19/2011

mind blowing-beautiful! thanks for putting some beauty in the world!