39 Fascinating Photos from Our Amazing World

solidsnake4545 Published 04/27/2021 in Funny

The world is truly an amazing place. From man-made wonders to the natural beauty of our environment, enjoy this collection of cool and interesting things you may not have seen before.

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1. “This gecko’s camouflage makes it look like a dry leaf.”
2. “This car in the parking lot.”
3. “A real Mercedes Benz G-Class suspended in resin.”
4. “Bobby Fischer, considered by many to be the greatest chess player who ever lived, playing 50 opponents simultaneously in 1964. In this particular simultaneous exhibition, he won 47 of the matches, drew 2 and lost 1.”
5. A trailer with a hundred wheels moving the massive parts of an off-shore oil rig.
6. “President Lyndon B. Johnson owned a water-surfing car. He used to scare guests with it.”
7. “Persian rug map. Persian rugs are classified on the basis of region. Each region in Iran has its own style.”
8. “When a 6.8 magnitude earthquake hit Seattle in 2001, shop owner Jason Ward discovered that the quake had produced this pattern in a sand-tracing pendulum.”
9. “A 3500 years old lighter, found among King Tutankhamun's properties.”
10. “The interior of the Dujiangyan Zhongshuge bookstore.”
11. “A Leopon is the Hybrid Offspring of a Male Leopard and a Lioness.”
12. “The apocalypse is beautiful this time of year. (Brazil)”
13. “My fellow Bangladesh countryman saving a dear from a flooding river.”
14. “How clear the water is in the Himalayas.”
15. “A 2500-year-old Australian Antarctic Beech tree within an ancient rainforest, Southeastern Australia.”
16. “Mexico’s largest recorded weed plantation was hidden in plain sight under a black tarp in the desert (300 acres).”
17. “An agricultural engineer used this bear's night raids as a test to determine which type of honey was the best. In multiple, double-blind trials, "Big boy" always preferred the rare, expensive anzer honey; followed closely by chestnut, flower, and pine-wood honey.”
18. “Due to lockdowns last year, the Himalayas were visible from nearly 200 km away in Saharanpur, India for the first time in 30 years.”
19. “There is a Banyan tree in Pakistan that has been chained and officially arrested since 1898. This happened when James Squid, a British officer thought the tree was moving towards him after drinking alcohol.”
20. “A really small sculpture”
21. “There is now a total of 11 people in space, the most since the shuttle era.”
22. “Stockholm Telephone Tower with about 5,500 telephone lines, 1890.”
23. “A Woodpecker's acorn stash in a granary tree.”
24. “Huge ammonite fossil discovered near Fernie, British Columbia in 1947. These creatures lived back when all of BC was part of the ocean (200 million yrs ago)”
25. “Lake Baldeneysee in Essen, Germany.”
26. “Two roses in one!”
27. “I've been bored during lockdown, it's made from cardboard and hot glue.”
28. “Unfinished 7th century rock cut indian hindu temple. The structure was carved out top to bottom from a giant rock. Similar to the Kailasha temple which was built around a century later.”
29. “Long exposure picture of plane taking off.”
30. “The Storseisundet Bridge in Norway.”
31. “The Game Boy that survived the Gulf War (1991)”
32. “Albino Raccoon”
33. “Baby octopuses still in their eggs.”
34. “Really well camouflaged owl.”
35. “Red-tailed black cockatoo”
36. “Street art in Berlin”
37. “Abandoned miners' cottages in a slate quarry in Snowdonia, North Wales. The quarry closed in 1969 due to industry decline.”
38. “I travelled 300 kilometres away from my heavily light polluted city to capture this image of The Andromeda Galaxy.”
39. “This street view in Istanbul.”

1. “This gecko’s camouflage makes it look like a dry leaf.”
2. “This car in the parking lot.”
3. “A real Mercedes Benz G-Class suspended in resin.”
4. “Bobby Fischer, considered by many to be the greatest chess player who ever lived, playing 50 opponents simultaneously in 1964. In this particular simultaneous exhibition, he won 47 of the matches, drew 2 and lost 1.”
5. A trailer with a hundred wheels moving the massive parts of an off-shore oil rig.
6. “President Lyndon B. Johnson owned a water-surfing car. He used to scare guests with it.”
7. “Persian rug map. Persian rugs are classified on the basis of region. Each region in Iran has its own style.”
8. “When a 6.8 magnitude earthquake hit Seattle in 2001, shop owner Jason Ward discovered that the quake had produced this pattern in a sand-tracing pendulum.”
9. “A 3500 years old lighter, found among King Tutankhamun's properties.”
10. “The interior of the Dujiangyan Zhongshuge bookstore.”
11. “A Leopon is the Hybrid Offspring of a Male Leopard and a Lioness.”
12. “The apocalypse is beautiful this time of year. (Brazil)”
13. “My fellow Bangladesh countryman saving a dear from a flooding river.”
14. “How clear the water is in the Himalayas.”
15. “A 2500-year-old Australian Antarctic Beech tree within an ancient rainforest, Southeastern Australia.”
16. “Mexico’s largest recorded weed plantation was hidden in plain sight under a black tarp in the desert (300 acres).”
17. “An agricultural engineer used this bear's night raids as a test to determine which type of honey was the best. In multiple, double-blind trials, "Big boy" always preferred the rare, expensive anzer honey; followed closely by chestnut, flower, and pine-wood honey.”
18. “Due to lockdowns last year, the Himalayas were visible from nearly 200 km away in Saharanpur, India for the first time in 30 years.”
19. “There is a Banyan tree in Pakistan that has been chained and officially arrested since 1898. This happened when James Squid, a British officer thought the tree was moving towards him after drinking alcohol.”
20. “A really small sculpture”
21. “There is now a total of 11 people in space, the most since the shuttle era.”
22. “Stockholm Telephone Tower with about 5,500 telephone lines, 1890.”
23. “A Woodpecker's acorn stash in a granary tree.”
24. “Huge ammonite fossil discovered near Fernie, British Columbia in 1947. These creatures lived back when all of BC was part of the ocean (200 million yrs ago)”
25. “Lake Baldeneysee in Essen, Germany.”
26. “Two roses in one!”
27. “I've been bored during lockdown, it's made from cardboard and hot glue.”
28. “Unfinished 7th century rock cut indian hindu temple. The structure was carved out top to bottom from a giant rock. Similar to the Kailasha temple which was built around a century later.”
29. “Long exposure picture of plane taking off.”
30. “The Storseisundet Bridge in Norway.”
31. “The Game Boy that survived the Gulf War (1991)”
32. “Albino Raccoon”
33. “Baby octopuses still in their eggs.”
34. “Really well camouflaged owl.”
35. “Red-tailed black cockatoo”
36. “Street art in Berlin”
37. “Abandoned miners' cottages in a slate quarry in Snowdonia, North Wales. The quarry closed in 1969 due to industry decline.”
38. “I travelled 300 kilometres away from my heavily light polluted city to capture this image of The Andromeda Galaxy.”
39. “This street view in Istanbul.”