Can You Tell if This Little Girl Is Above or Below Water in This Photo?

The Internet's mind has been blown.

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Take a look at the above photo of an adorable little girl apparently soaking up the last days of summer. Now, answer this question: is she under water with a bunch of little bubbles around her, or is she above water as she splashes into a pool? 

The image was posted to Reddit with the caption, "This girl looks like she's underwater and jumping into water at the same time." I guess that makes this the new The Dress (even though there have already been a bunch of new The Dresses since The Dress but the Internet must just be "doing you").

So, is she underwater or above water? The coloring of the photo makes it look like she's underwater, but Reddit user Summerie points out that if you play with the coloring of the photo, she looks less like she's underwater than she does in the photo above. 

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Now, the droplets of water around her face could be bubbles created underwater. And yet, if she were under water, why would it look like her feet were splashing into a pool, unless she was in some kind of ~*mAgIcAl PoOL*~  that allowed you to splash beneath the surface?

Ultimately, Reddit users seem to agree that her hair gives away that she's not underwater, the predominate theory being that in this shot, what's actually happening is she's jumping into a shallow pool.

So if that's the case, this VERY IMPORTANT DEBATE has just probably been sparked by, well, Instagram filters.

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