Isometries and open maps

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I've been trying to think of an example of an isometry between metric spaces that doesn't map open sets to open sets but have been having trouble coming up with an example. Open balls are mapped to open balls, but I am not entirely sure about open sets. If anyone could provide an example, I would appreciate it.

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Open balls are (in general) not mapped to open balls. Take the map $f : \Bbb R \to \Bbb R^2$ given by $x \mapsto (x,0)$. Clearly, $f$ is an isometry when $\Bbb R^n$, $n \in \{1,2\}$, is equipped with the Euclidean norm (or any $p$-norm). Then, $f((0,1)) = \{(x,0) : x \in (0,1)\}$ which is not an open ball in $\Bbb R^2$, not even open in $\Bbb R^2$.