I agree it's kind of cool but its definitely distorted.
In geometric optics and cathode ray tube (CRT) displays, distortion is a deviation from rectilinear projection, a projection in which straight lines in a scene remain straight in an image. It is a form of optical aberration.
haha. Now salvia I can believe.
It's just a crazy perspective. I began assuming it's a jump to curved wallride. The picture makes it look like loop with the first half taken out. Neat stuff.
Dudes, theres an app for iPhone called Tiny Planet (and i'm sure a lot of copies with different names). It distorts the photo to look like you're on a tiny planet. No photoshop, no fisheye, just an app.
Im seeing this as like the opposite of a 360 panorama, where you take photos all around the subject, instead of the subject being all around you. Pretty cool.