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In the race to post the most inspiring yoga Instagram photos, people seem to be losing their minds. A yogi caused controversy in 2014 when she posted photos taken while she stood on the ledge of a skyscraper with no net, and now the internet is outraged by two people in D.C. who climbed down onto the Washington Metrorail tracks to take yoga photos from a similarly life-threatening position.
@MacFarlaneNews @MartinDiCaro @NBC4ITeam pic.twitter.com/6p8rfbIBT5
— Ryan B. (@1DocObs) April 24, 2015
NBC4 reporter Scott MacFarlane tweeted: "Yes, the third rail was charged as woman did yoga - and guy took photos - on DC Metro rail track." In surveillance video from the incident aired on NBC4, the woman is shown slipping from her poses not once but twice while getting dangerously close to the third rail. See all more of the insanity in social media posts below:
@1DocObs @MacFarlaneNews @MartinDiCaro @NBC4ITeam pic.twitter.com/vR91Z1mrzW
— steph (@stephaniedmv) April 24, 2015
Yes, the third rail was charged as woman did yoga - and guy took photos - on DC Metro rail track @NBC4ITeam at 11pm pic.twitter.com/4tcrpUJ5MY
— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) April 23, 2015
After doing yoga on live DC Metro tracks.. she then moved to the staircase pic.twitter.com/S6VdVt8RS9
— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) April 24, 2015