# What is the unseen element in this picture of the Beatles crossing Abby Road? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 6, 2010, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-unseen-element-in-this-picture-of-the-beatles-crossing-abby-road/552791 "2010-09-06T13:46:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2010, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-unseen-element-in-this-picture-of-the-beatles-crossing-abby-road/552791/1 "2010-09-06T13:46:58Z")
The last ad on this page: > **[Dark Roasted Blend: Spectacularly Creative Ads, Issue 13](https://www.darkroastedblend.com/2010/07/spectacularly-creative-ads-issue-13.html)** > > Dark Roasted Blend may or may not actually show the Beatles. I’m guessing it’s a fake job, but I’m no huge Beatles fan. The caption says “see the unseen.” Is there something in their shadows? Do the legs crossing the stripes form letters that I’m supposed to be able to read? I feel like I’m failing my Rorschach exam. Help a fellow out! ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2010, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-unseen-element-in-this-picture-of-the-beatles-crossing-abby-road/552791/2 "2010-09-06T13:55:43Z")
My quick guess is that the picture shows an iconic image from a never-before-seen angle. It’s as if there was a picture of the Mona Lisa in profile. The theme is “See the Unseen.” ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2010, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-unseen-element-in-this-picture-of-the-beatles-crossing-abby-road/552791/3 "2010-09-06T14:01:49Z")
Exactly. It’s funny, I was in the process of typing in basically the same post as Baal, including the Mona Lisa analogy. Great minds, I guess. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2010, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-unseen-element-in-this-picture-of-the-beatles-crossing-abby-road/552791/4 "2010-09-06T14:14:44Z")
> [@11811](#): > > I’m guessing it’s a fake job, but I’m no huge Beatles fan. It isn’t real. It must be a computer rendering of what the image would have looked like from an overhead perspective. The real picture was chosen from a series of quick snaps taken from the familiar angle; there was no second cameraman on a ladder to catch an image like this one. Which is why this image is “unseen.” ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2010, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-unseen-element-in-this-picture-of-the-beatles-crossing-abby-road/552791/5 "2010-09-06T14:31:09Z")
There are some other damn nice ads there. The sundial billboard. The gun that wraps around the telephone pole. One that I don’t get is on the page following the Abbey Road image. It’s a Dulcolax ad and shows rats fleeing in horror. It must be obvious, but obviously not to me. [The picture.](http://lh5.ggpht.com/_hVOW2U7K4-M/SqG5kaZ6slI/AAAAAAABHVU/MfiINVf_dDU/s720/002.jpg) [In context (12 down from the top.)](http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2009/11/outrageously-creative-ads-issue-12.html) ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2010, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-unseen-element-in-this-picture-of-the-beatles-crossing-abby-road/552791/6 "2010-09-06T14:47:00Z")
> [@Baal\_Houtham](#): > > One that I don’t get is on the page following the Abbey Road image. It’s a Dulcolax ad and shows rats fleeing in horror. > > It must be obvious, but obviously not to me. > [The picture.](http://lh5.ggpht.com/_hVOW2U7K4-M/SqG5kaZ6slI/AAAAAAABHVU/MfiINVf_dDU/s720/002.jpg) > [In context (12 down from the top.)](http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2009/11/outrageously-creative-ads-issue-12.html) The rats are fleeing the sewer in horror, because the Dulcolax worked. Eeyugh.