You don't fully appreciate just how far in the air high jumpers fly until you witness comparisons like this.





Qatar high-jumper Mutaz Essa Barshim recently won the 2014 Diamond League series in Brussels after he cleared the bar at a staggering 2.43 metres. It is the second highest jump of all time behind Cuba's Javier Sotmomayor, who incredibly managed to jump 2.45 metres way back in 1993.





The photo below - posted by Trent Stellingwerff on Twitter - really puts it all into perspective.





This puts 2.40m high-jumping in perspective: Barshim jumps 2.43m compared to a basketball rim = incredible! pic.twitter.com/xqk2Qn14Jc — Trent Stellingwerff (@TStellingwerff) September 11, 2014







Check out the video of Barshim's ridiculous jump - without a basketball rim photoshopped inside - in the video below!







