It's an illusion

An artist named Julian Beever has been making pavement artworks all over the world for over ten years.

His pavement artworks are made out of chalk and often tell a story or express a message. The picture above is one is called Making Poverty History and it was requested by Live8 to support the pressure campaign on the G8 in Edinburgh. It was done in the Edinburg City Centre.

This work was done in Times Square in New York City and it is a view of Times Square from an aerial view.