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50 Frightening Pics That Make Us Want To Stay As Far Away From The Ocean As Possible (New Pics)
You probably know that humans have only explored about 5% of the world’s oceans. But did you know that the number of viruses in the ocean outnumbers the amount of stars in the Milky Way? Or how about the fact that the deepest part of the ocean stretches down about 36,200 feet? How much do you know about hydrothermal vents? As it turns out, these deep sea vents can reach temperatures of up to 700 degrees Fahrenheit. But don’t worry, if you ever made it that far down, you’d likely be crushed by the water pressure before you were melted.
Are these facts starting to make you sweat? If so, you just might have thalassophobia, or the intense fear of large bodies of water. While many of us love a trip to the beach or going swimming in a warm lake in the summer, these places serve as other people’s worst nightmares. And if you’re certain that you’re purely a land creature, you might want to avoid this list. But if you’re interested in exploring the depths of the ocean and the insane amounts of power that water has, you’re in for a real treat.
We’ve gathered some of our favorite posts from the Thalassophobia subreddit down below to captivate, and possibly terrify, you pandas. Be sure to upvote the pics that you find most fascinating (or unsettling), and let us know in the comments how you feel about vast bodies of water. Then, if you can handle even more of these scary photos, you can check out Bored Panda’s last article on thalassophobia right here! Now, cue the Jaws theme song!
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#1
Silent Power Play
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The Calm Before Chaos
#3
Deep Blue Mysteries
#4
Sneaky Sea Stalkers
Sahshdiurrbrjdjdjf 3 years ago
Garden eels. Completely harmless. And as you approach them they retreat into their burrows. So they won't touch your feet.
#5
Hidden Depths Ahead
Mari Mar Pinta 3 years ago
I've read that you only see 1/3 of an iceberg when looking at it... obviously the rest is very well hidden! What a pic!
#6
Invisible Threats Ahead
#7
Lost and Found Oceanside
#8
When Weather Gets Weird
#10
Silent Swarm Symphony
#11
Island of Zero Drama
#12
Just Keep Swimming
#14
Unexpected Zen Spot
#15
Nature’s Silent Takeover
#16
Into the Blue Unknown
#17
Into the Abyss
#18
Deep Sea Daydreams
#19
Tilted Perspective Trip
#20
Stuck Between Levels
#21
Braving The Wild Blue
#22
Rainy Day Bliss
#23
Arrow to Somewhere
#24
Mystery Beneath the Surface
#25
Tracks to Nowhere
Mari Hanssen 3 years ago
We use these to slide boats into the water. If you turned 180 degrees you'd see them going into a boat house :) at least in Norway we do this
#26
Clear Water, Dark Night
BookDragon 3 years ago
Am I an idiot? It just looks like a really pretty picture to me, if not a bit chilling.
#27
Deep Thoughts Only
#28
Endless Depths Ahead
#29
Into the Deep Unknown
Nancy Wells and her family 3 years ago
Actually swam in this one , it is scary to look at but safe for swimming. This my hometown a truly beautiful untouched place.
Saggi 3 years ago
Ok, but imagine one of those intrusive thoughts, where you somehow lose balance and gravity for a second, defy all physics and slip into the hole. This is literally the sorts of thoughts going through my mind right now as a i scroll.
3 years ago (edited)
I'll be honest, I would totally pose for this cool picture. But as soon as it's done, I'd nope out of there. If I slipped and started falling further I think I'd panic. But holy sh!t this is really cool
VeninTheNonBinaryRogue 3 years ago
I’d go there no problem, but all I can imagine is my little siblings just falling in oh god :(
Candice Goddard 3 years ago
This seems to be the same lady from above. Good for her. It's very horrible how the light disappears into the abyss as it is absorbed. This simply re-enforces my status as a land animal.
MSOctavia Salyer 3 years ago
As I explore, I am finding more and more blue holes in the oceans.
Ella Canter 3 years ago
How is she not freaking out that she could maybe fall down there or something come up for there
Mike Perfetto 3 years ago
heh, im from long island..... but in New York. not quite as tropical =p
OnAFreakingRollercoaster 3 years ago
Has anyone told you you are obnoxious?
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#30
Above the Blue Mystery
#31
Hidden Hand Moment
#32
Underwater Room Goals
#33
Edges of the Unknown
#34
Lost in Quiet Waters
#35
Frozen in the Deep
#36
Ocean’s Mysterious Pit Stop
#37
Cliffside Calm Retreat
#38
Into the Blue Abyss
#39
Ocean of Trees or Trees of Ocean?
#40
Endless Roads Ahead
#41
Frozen In Time
#43
Glow Up Ahead
#44
Lost in the Deep End
#46
Dive Into the Unknown
#47
Edge of the World
#48
When Sharks Erupt
Minakshi Pharswal 3 years ago
Ocean taking extra measures to keep the humans and its garbage away
#49
Edge of the Abyss
#50
Still So Much to Discover
#51
Credit: Anatoly Beloshchin. River At The Bottom Of The Sea
#52
Uhmm The Clouds Look Like The Ocean
#53
An Underwater Oil Rig
#54
Outdoor Swimming Pools That Use Ocean Water
#55
The Depth Invites You, Just A Few More Steps
#56
Imagine Being Stuck Here
#57
What’s Down There
#58
105 Feet Down Staring Over The Edge Of A Drop Off
#59
Aquarius Reef Base: Underwater Science Habitat
#60
My Ship Recently Went Into Dry Dock, These Are The Stairs Before And After
TKA 3 years ago
Had to look it up… A dry dock is a narrow basin or vessel that can be flooded to allow a load to be floated in, then drained to allow that load to come to rest on a dry platform. Dry docks are used for the construction, maintenance, and repair of ships, boats, and other watercraft.
#61
A Different Kind Of Deep Dark Water. The Mossdale Caverns Where 6 Cavers Drowned During A Sudden Thunderstorm
#62
A Swimming Ladder To Thalassophobia
3 years ago
But where do they go? Where did they come from? Are they attached to something? I hope not. that would make it worse :,D - A submechanophobe
#63
This Scene From Dunkirk Gives Me Chills
#64
Saltwater Pool By The Sea
#65
I Just Imagine Swimming Around This And My Skin Crawls!
#66
Sunshine Skyway Over Tampa Bay
#67
Friend Sent This From His Fishing Trip. Thought It Belonged Here
#68
Satellite Image Of Dover Strait, Taken In 2001
#69
A Render I Made
#70
“Picture Of The Sea” By @sinsin08051
#71
Fiona Strikes Newfoundland, Canada
#72
For The Cost Of About $60,000 You Can Live In A Wwi Seaport Off The Coast Of England Built Between 1915-1919
#75
Airplane Far Down
#76
Just Took This One And Thought You'd Like It
#77
Netting The Deep
#78
The North Sea Is My Favourite Body Of Water
Thorsten Massow 3 years ago
Mine too. Stormy weather, sitting by the fireplace in a hut behind the deich.
#79
A "Sinking Ship" Or "Low Fog"? Either Way, No Thanks!
#80
An AIs Interpretation Of Thalassophobia: "I Surrendered To The Tsunami Wave That Was About To Crash Upon Me"
#81
Swimming In A Murky Lake
#82
I Thought It Was A Zipper At First… Hard Pass
#83
Two Swimmers In The Deep Sea
#84
Water Visibility Is Just Enough To Creep Me Out (Golden Gardens Pier, Seattle)
#85
Kayaking In A Lake With No Fish, 60m/196feet Deep In Some Areas
#86
Lone Diver Beneath Lake Erie, Inspecting Sensors
#87
This Is One Of The Few Photos That Actually Makes Me Terrified Of The Ocean Even If This Is Extremely Unlikely To Happen
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What do you think ?
James Peters 3 years ago
I found very little of this scary or disturbing. Much of it was beautiful and gorgeously photographed though.
Some rando dude 3 years ago
Im someone who falls between fascination and complete terror. I think it comes from a place of respect. Nature is amazing, but if it's not treated with a level of respect, you'll find yourself meeting Davy Jones.
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Kit Kat 3 years ago
Idk this made me feel really calm. I personally love deep water but I showed my friend some of the pics and I freaked them out.
Leo Domitrix 3 years ago
I was twice deliberately held under water to drown as a child. And now I have even more panic. Yay. (If you ask "Who'd do that?" My sister reallllly wanted to be an only child.)
Miss Frankfurter 3 years ago
OMG! I’m so sorry. Was she of an age when she would actually realize what she was doing? Either way, I hope she got help. And you too. How terrifying.
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Kathy LaPan-Miller 3 years ago
Thassalaphobia is fear of the ocean. A lot of these are not oceans. Also it is a fallacy that someone with thassalaphobia would be afraid or unable to swim. An awful lot of swimmable water is not oceans.
Jessica Bertram 3 years ago
as a diver i would say i don't have a FEAR of the ocean per se. I have a deep and abiding respect for her. She is deep, powerful, and can kill in the blink of an eye. i DO take all precautions but even then things can go wrong, like in any sport. I saved my bestie (twice) on her first open-ocean dive, and she wasn't even aware of the danger in the moment. it was her ignorance and inattention that put her at risk, NOT the ocean herself. 💙
Donkey Pandaaaaaaaa 3 years ago
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAOHGODAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Jennifer Callahan 3 years ago
A lot of these have nothing to do with oceans... They are lakes, or indoors. Most aren't scary, but a few areskin crawling scary. Thank's for the post.
Joshuah Johnston 3 years ago
Sure, I can see where some of them are eerie, but I found a lot of them to be stunningly beautiful!
An Unpopular Opinion. 3 years ago
These are all either strangely beautiful and calm to me or fill me with panic, and on some I got both-
Lord Mysticlaw 3 years ago
This list taught me that it's not deep water that terrifies me, it's holes in deep water. Natural or man-made. Don't like them one bit.
Abbelius 3 years ago
Let's face it, at that point the only grudge he'd have against humanity is that we didn't let him get his shut eye...
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Winifred Ann Emanuel 1 year ago
i saw Jaws when it came out years ago, i am 67 now and i still won't go in the ocean
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Brandon Aaron Miller 3 years ago
Good Day Dear, My name is. Mrs.Lena Olin Oberdorf. I live in Canada and i am a happy woman today? and i told my self that any lender that rescue my family from our poor situation, i will refer any person or company that is looking for loan to him, he gave me happiness to me and my family, i was in need of a loan of $129,000.00 to start my life all over as i am a single mother with 3 kids I met this honest and GOD fearing man loan lender that help me with a loan of $129,000.00USD Dollar, he is a GOD fearing man, if you are in need of loan and you will pay back the loan please contact him tell him that is Mrs.Lena Oberdorf that refer you to him. Contact Dr. Mr. Benjamin Owen via email: reply to email (drbenjaminfinance@outlook.com) Legit Loan Lender Contact Managing Director: Dr. Benjamin Owen drbenjaminfinance@outlook.com
jovienosek@gmail.com 3 years ago
why am i here, i almost cried Several times reading this because I have thalassophobia and submechnophobia
Cai Tomlinson 3 years ago (edited)
Even sitting on the toilet was a bad place to read this article 🥴
John Martin 3 years ago
Enjoy the different views from everyone, thank you for the "mind candy"
Alyx Is Indeed A Rock 3 years ago
Why is everyone always like "Nope nope nope!" for the ones with people on the edges... I think we forget that water doesn't have the same gravity as air... You can just swim back up if you slip
Regina Machamer 3 years ago
I can't even play that marine biologist minecraft game, even with its purposely-awful graphics. As unrealistic as it is.. I start to panic when we swim deep down into darkness. And if a whale or shark shows up I'll scream.
Susanna Vesna 3 years ago
The only photos that freak people out are usually huge waves & dark water
Princess duck feathers 3 years ago
I love the ocean...even though these pictures terrify me when I'm actually there I love it
️ saturn the furry (she/they) 3 years ago
I have megalohydrothalassophobia, which is the fear of big underwater creatures or things, mixed with a bit of thalassophobia, so this was not fun for me and I have no clue why I did it
Couldnt_find_a_decent_name 3 years ago
Don’t get me wrong, the ocean is amazing and I have a great admiration for it, but it’s a absolutely ducking terrifying
James Peters 3 years ago
I found very little of this scary or disturbing. Much of it was beautiful and gorgeously photographed though.
Some rando dude 3 years ago
Im someone who falls between fascination and complete terror. I think it comes from a place of respect. Nature is amazing, but if it's not treated with a level of respect, you'll find yourself meeting Davy Jones.
Load More Replies... Kit Kat 3 years ago
Idk this made me feel really calm. I personally love deep water but I showed my friend some of the pics and I freaked them out.
Leo Domitrix 3 years ago
I was twice deliberately held under water to drown as a child. And now I have even more panic. Yay. (If you ask "Who'd do that?" My sister reallllly wanted to be an only child.)
Miss Frankfurter 3 years ago
OMG! I’m so sorry. Was she of an age when she would actually realize what she was doing? Either way, I hope she got help. And you too. How terrifying.
Load More Replies... Kathy LaPan-Miller 3 years ago
Thassalaphobia is fear of the ocean. A lot of these are not oceans. Also it is a fallacy that someone with thassalaphobia would be afraid or unable to swim. An awful lot of swimmable water is not oceans.
Jessica Bertram 3 years ago
as a diver i would say i don't have a FEAR of the ocean per se. I have a deep and abiding respect for her. She is deep, powerful, and can kill in the blink of an eye. i DO take all precautions but even then things can go wrong, like in any sport. I saved my bestie (twice) on her first open-ocean dive, and she wasn't even aware of the danger in the moment. it was her ignorance and inattention that put her at risk, NOT the ocean herself. 💙
Donkey Pandaaaaaaaa 3 years ago
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAOHGODAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Jennifer Callahan 3 years ago
A lot of these have nothing to do with oceans... They are lakes, or indoors. Most aren't scary, but a few areskin crawling scary. Thank's for the post.
Joshuah Johnston 3 years ago
Sure, I can see where some of them are eerie, but I found a lot of them to be stunningly beautiful!
An Unpopular Opinion. 3 years ago
These are all either strangely beautiful and calm to me or fill me with panic, and on some I got both-
Lord Mysticlaw 3 years ago
This list taught me that it's not deep water that terrifies me, it's holes in deep water. Natural or man-made. Don't like them one bit.
Abbelius 3 years ago
Let's face it, at that point the only grudge he'd have against humanity is that we didn't let him get his shut eye...
Load More Replies... Winifred Ann Emanuel 1 year ago
i saw Jaws when it came out years ago, i am 67 now and i still won't go in the ocean
infocampus logics 1 year ago
Greetings! Very helpful advice within this article! It is the little changes that produce the largest changes. Many thanks for sharing! https://infocampus.co.in/ui-development-training-in-bangalore.html https://infocampus.co.in/web-development-training-in-bangalore.html https://infocampus.co.in/reactjs-training-in-marathahalli-bangalore.html https://infocampus.co.in/mern-stack-training-in-bangalore.html https://infocampus.co.in/javascript-jquery-training-in-bangalore.html https://infocampus.co.in/data-structure-algorithms-training-in-bangalore.html https://infocampus.co.in/angularjs-training-in-bangalore.html https://infocampus.co.in/front-end-development-course-in-bangalore.html
Brandon Aaron Miller 3 years ago
Good Day Dear, My name is. Mrs.Lena Olin Oberdorf. I live in Canada and i am a happy woman today? and i told my self that any lender that rescue my family from our poor situation, i will refer any person or company that is looking for loan to him, he gave me happiness to me and my family, i was in need of a loan of $129,000.00 to start my life all over as i am a single mother with 3 kids I met this honest and GOD fearing man loan lender that help me with a loan of $129,000.00USD Dollar, he is a GOD fearing man, if you are in need of loan and you will pay back the loan please contact him tell him that is Mrs.Lena Oberdorf that refer you to him. Contact Dr. Mr. Benjamin Owen via email: reply to email (drbenjaminfinance@outlook.com) Legit Loan Lender Contact Managing Director: Dr. Benjamin Owen drbenjaminfinance@outlook.com
jovienosek@gmail.com 3 years ago
why am i here, i almost cried Several times reading this because I have thalassophobia and submechnophobia
Cai Tomlinson 3 years ago (edited)
Even sitting on the toilet was a bad place to read this article 🥴
John Martin 3 years ago
Enjoy the different views from everyone, thank you for the "mind candy"
Alyx Is Indeed A Rock 3 years ago
Why is everyone always like "Nope nope nope!" for the ones with people on the edges... I think we forget that water doesn't have the same gravity as air... You can just swim back up if you slip
Regina Machamer 3 years ago
I can't even play that marine biologist minecraft game, even with its purposely-awful graphics. As unrealistic as it is.. I start to panic when we swim deep down into darkness. And if a whale or shark shows up I'll scream.
Susanna Vesna 3 years ago
The only photos that freak people out are usually huge waves & dark water
Princess duck feathers 3 years ago
I love the ocean...even though these pictures terrify me when I'm actually there I love it
️ saturn the furry (she/they) 3 years ago
I have megalohydrothalassophobia, which is the fear of big underwater creatures or things, mixed with a bit of thalassophobia, so this was not fun for me and I have no clue why I did it
Couldnt_find_a_decent_name 3 years ago
Don’t get me wrong, the ocean is amazing and I have a great admiration for it, but it’s a absolutely ducking terrifying
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