18 Pics That Are Just Plain Fascinating

gtomustang21 Published 05/21/2015 in ftw

A round-up of images that are more than just ordinary.

1. Picasso’s “Women of Algiers (Version O)”: The most expensive painting ever sold at auction Sold for $179.4MM
2. The South Pole Telescope
3. The original burned Vader helmet from Episode VI
4. Spider catches bee, bee stings spider. Both dead, with bee's stinger still in the spider.
5. Led Zeppelin's Robert Plant holding a dove that flew into his hands during a 1973 concert.
6. This flagstick at a golf course in Utah got hit by lightning
7. B.B. King, in his 20s, Plays one of the first Lucilles. (1950s)
8. Wind driven sphere of bamboo and biodegradable plastic designed to clear land mines.
9. Actress Sophia Loren, ca. 1960's
10. A skull from the Civil War. Fatal wound inflicted by exploding 12 pound artillery shell.
11. Possibly the coolest bike ever created, the 1959 Bowden Spacelander.
12. Lava hitting the ocean.
13. Part of the reason for fingerprint identification
14. The uniforms for the Canadian Supreme Court makes the judges look like Santa Clauses in training.
15. Sikh in New Zealand removes turban to cradle injured baby's head.
16. The International Space Station just got a new projector screen. They're using it to watch the film "Gravity".
17. Alex Trebek's perspective while hosting "Jeopardy".
18. Doesn't this look like an Elephant reaching for a ball?

1. Picasso’s “Women of Algiers (Version O)”: The most expensive painting ever sold at auction Sold for $179.4MM
2. The South Pole Telescope
3. The original burned Vader helmet from Episode VI
4. Spider catches bee, bee stings spider. Both dead, with bee's stinger still in the spider.
5. Led Zeppelin's Robert Plant holding a dove that flew into his hands during a 1973 concert.
6. This flagstick at a golf course in Utah got hit by lightning
7. B.B. King, in his 20s, Plays one of the first Lucilles. (1950s)
8. Wind driven sphere of bamboo and biodegradable plastic designed to clear land mines.
9. Actress Sophia Loren, ca. 1960's
10. A skull from the Civil War. Fatal wound inflicted by exploding 12 pound artillery shell.
11. Possibly the coolest bike ever created, the 1959 Bowden Spacelander.
12. Lava hitting the ocean.
13. Part of the reason for fingerprint identification
14. The uniforms for the Canadian Supreme Court makes the judges look like Santa Clauses in training.
15. Sikh in New Zealand removes turban to cradle injured baby's head.
16. The International Space Station just got a new projector screen. They're using it to watch the film "Gravity".
17. Alex Trebek's perspective while hosting "Jeopardy".
18. Doesn't this look like an Elephant reaching for a ball?