We often forget what a wondrous world we live in. While getting caught up in our hectic schedules makes us oblivious to things around us, today we're gonna zoom in on the unseen and unnoticed side of things.
So welcome to Bored Panda’s amusing collection of the most fascinating and rarely seen objects, beings, places, occurrences, and everything that will bring out that inner curious child we have inside.
From a macro shot revealing the density of penguin feathers to rainbow cloud spotting, this is something you only see in a video game. Or if you open your eyes and pay attention. Psst! More incredible photos of rarely seen things can be found in our previous posts here, here and here.
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When It’s Cold Enough To See The Melody
Spotted A Rainbow Cloud From My Balcony. Not As Beautiful As Aurora But Pretty Rare To See Such Phenomena In India
This Is What Sunset Looks Like From Space
Even in times of scientific and technological advancements, our beautiful planet remains full of mysteries. From the incredible bismuth crystal that looks like it came from some sort of sci-fi film to the enchanting glowing forest in Japan with its luminescent mushrooms scattered along the forest floor, there are so many exquisite finds on Earth. They make us question how much about the place we inhabit we don’t really know.
Some of the most standout mysteries that have been captivating the imagination of many throughout the years include Stonehenge in Wiltshire, England. The structure consists of a ring of standing stones, with each stone standing approximately thirteen feet high, seven feet wide and weighing 25 tons. It’s believed to have been built about 5000 years ago, but scholars still do not agree on what its purpose could have been.
Another mysterious object is the stone spheres found in Costa Rica, located on the Diquis Delta and on Isla del Cano. There are over three hundred petro spheres scattered throughout the country that are still considered a great, unsolved archaeological mystery. The heaviest of them weighs many tons, and they’re believed to be made of granodiorite.
Here Are My Removed & Genetically Modified White Blood Cells, About To Be Put Back In To Hopefully Cure My Cancer
This Is T-Cell Immunotherapy
Not A Painting - Just An Iceberg Flipped Upside Down
My berg became flipped turned upside down, I'd like to take a minute just float right here. Big ol iceberg floating with its butt in the air.
This Albino Peacock I Saw In Malaysia
Finally Got My Prosthetics In
Bioluminescent Phytoplankton In The Persian Gulf
Ice Eggs - This Rare Phenomenon Occurs When Ice Is Rolled Over By Wind And Water (Northern Finland)
Nappies In Sweden Have A Father On The Packaging
The Forests Of Aspen, Colorado
This Huge Tree In Cairo
Highway To Heaven. 30-Second Long Exposure Of Airliner Departing From Runway
My Nails Pushing The Chemo Out Of My Fingertips
Truck Door Handle On A Frosty Morning
My Dad Got A Periodic Table With The Actual Elements In It
Goes without saying that not all the elements are actually there. Hence the Ionizing radiation hazard symbols.
A Pistachio Plant
Like a beautiful bunch of roses or tulips . I couldn’t cut them down , they’d stay 😁
The Sun Hit This Freshly-Paved Tarmac Just Right And Made A Real-Life Rainbow Road Through Polarized Lenses
This Butterfly With Transparent Wings
It's a Glasswing Butterfly, and it's meant to look like that (i.e. it's not a one-off mutation). Breathtakingly beautiful.
Some moths have wings like this too. The broad bordered bee hawk moth for example, other moth species have windows in their wings like the Tree of heaven Atlas moth.
took a pic of this hummingbird moth in northern Saskatchewan. Flapped its wings like a hummingbird also IMG_5106-6...7-jpeg.jpg 
Yes, you are correct. You know your butterfly biology! This well-studied species accumulates dehydropyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) from their diet of Apocynaceae and Solanaceae, but apparently only in the adult males. This is referred to as pharmacophagy. The famous Monarch butterfly, for example, accumulates toxic cardiac glycosides in adults from the larvae (caterpillars) that feed on milkweed. Reference: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF01240582
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It is a Glasswing butterfly in the genus Oleria (Ithomiidae). These are among the most photographed butterflies on ecotours and are popular in butterfly farms as well. I’m guessing that this was from a Costa Rican tour because of their popularity, so I would say the species is Oleria paula, of which its many subspecies range throughout Central America. Reference: https://butterfliesofamerica.com/L/t/Oleria_a.htm (scroll down to the bottom) DE1B163B-3...1-jpeg.jpg 
When you think that their wings are extensions of their arms (in terms of evolution) like birds and bats, you can almost see the tiny, skinny splayed fingers . . . I wonder what caused it to get that way. I see some damage on the outer edge of a wing but I can't imagine any force that would peel the scales from a butterfly's wings like that. Any entomologists here? By the way, I once took an ultra-high resolution HDR photo of the collection of winged insects at the Montreal Insectarium. This photo can be seen in all its HUGE glory at butterflies.jpg 
(click on the magnifying glass that should result)
Nature is so unique and interesting in its own right, and this is just a fraction of what nature is 🤩
Fun fact: all butterfly’s & moths have see-through wings but most species have coloured scales of top (they are like fish scales), those coloured scales are what comes off as ‘dust’ on your hand if you touch them. Them not being able to fly if you touch their wings is actually a myth & they can actually fly perfectly even with all the scales/dust wiped off their wings (so long as it’s done gently) so their wings are totally transparent like this little dudes.
They are called Glass Butterfly's because of the transparent wings. They are beautiful creatures
Since the wings are broken at the back ends-could this be an artist's rendering in metal (or something) of the Glasswing Butterfly?
I’m sorry pls don’t hate me but after you see a close up of butterfly eyes in second grade you never see butterflies the same again I find butterflies creepy to me not all just close ups of some 🦋
I feel you . If I see a butterfly I start to have a panic attack.
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The wings may be damaged. Happened to one of my pet butterflies. They were the only one that stayed (later died from the cold. First death 6 year old me witnessed)
Kind of bittersweet, those wings are quite worn, That means the butterfly is approaching the end of its time on earth.
So sad to think that something so beautiful is nearing it's life's end. 😪
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Amazing Jimbacrinus Crinoid Fossils
What A Piece Of 10,000-Year-Old Glacial Ice Looks Like
This Close Up Shot Of A Dragonfly I Took With My Phone The Other Day
Just When You Thought You’d Seen Everything - Here’s Snowball, An Extremely Rare Leucistic Alligator
My Hair Is Half Blonde Half Brunette. Including Eyebrows
Horses On A Plane
Certain Fish Skin Can Be Grafted Onto Burns And Diabetic Wounds. The Material Recruits The Body's Own Cells And Is Converted Eventually Into Living Tissue
It's tilapia skin. The very common, quite cheap white fish that you can find in the supermarket freezer (at least in Europe)
This Pencil Store In Tehran, Iran
The Density Of Penguin Feathers
Astronaut Bruce McCandless Floating Away From The Safety Of The Space Shuttle
He had nothing but his manned maneuvering unit keeping him from drifting into the unknown. First person in history to do something like this.
Sendai Daikannon, One Of The Tallest Statues In The World
I am fascinated by the optical effect of the design. The statue is not at full body length, it's around 3/4, missing the bottom 1/4. This makes the brain believe that the statue goes lower (like if the legs of the statue extended down), therefore it's perceived longer than it actually is. How cool!
The Color Of My Kitten's Foot Is Split Down The Middle
This Red Only Rainbow I Saw At Midnight In Finland
This Majestic Emerald Mallard
My Cactus Has Grown A Strange-Looking Flower
ahh, a dead rubbish bin plant. my mother used to grow one of these in the bathroom when I was a child. the flower smelt like a unwashed rubbish bin that had been left in sun for a week...
In Case You Haven't Seen Spider Feet Up Close
We Got These Giant Screws In At Work Today For Mounting Solar Panels
The UK Is Full Of Charming Crinkle Crankle Garden Walls
In England you sometimes see these "wavy" brick fences. And curious as it may seem, this shape uses fewer bricks than a straight wall. A straight wall needs at least two layers of bricks to make it sturdy, but the wavy wall is fine thanks to the arch support provided by the waves.
The Back Of Da Vinci's Mona Lisa
This Lizard I Found "Standing" On Water In My Pool
In Case You Have Not Seen What A Clump Of Dna Looks Like
Giant Puffball Mushroom My Sister Found In The Woods
Mosaics Of A Roman Villa Were Found Under A Vineyard In Negrar, Italy
This Device Is Used To Measure Lengths On Maps. Simply Roll It Along Streets You Want To Use And It Tells You The Distance
My grandad worked for British Ordnance Survey in the 1950s and 60s, he went out, measured the landscape and then hand drew maps. When he died, we cleared out his home studio and I found at least 6 of these in various draws, boxes etc. I remember sitting with him as a child running them over maps to see where we were in relation to landmarks etc. I still love looking at maps 30 years after his death as it reminds me of the gentle, kind soul he was.
Ants Gutted My Almond To Make Their Own Almond Flour
When My Cat Got Spayed, The Shaved Area Grew Back Chocolate Coloured
A Hand Of A Koala
Koalas have human-like fingerprints. They are almost identical, and even under a microscope, it is hard to distinguish the difference between theirs and those of humans.
This Apple's Flesh Is The Same Colour As It’s Skin
I made cider from apples like this. It came out bright pink and checked in at a hefty 8.5% abv. We named it “Prider”, put it in a rainbow box and served it up during Pride Week about 6 years ago. 60 pints sold out in about an hour! 🙂
414-Pound Gorilla On The Exam Table
$12,000 Worth Of Cancer Pills
That's disgusting. Charging so much for life saving medication is sick and twisted.
Note: this post originally had 214 images. It’s been shortened to the top 49 images based on user votes.
Wow! that was so cool thanks 🥰 World is full of so many strong people and panoramic views .
I cried, I smiled, I laughed, I called my 16 year old over and we looked at this whole thing together. Thank you ❤️
I kNow something THAT SHOULD BE ON THIS LIST! THE BACK SIDE OF WATER!
I thought you could only see the backside of water if you took the Jungle Cruise at Disneyland.
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I just love looking at and learning new facts! I’m of the opinion if we just look…..we could learn something new everyday!
Whoever who had the mindset to put this together is brilliant! Everything was beautiful and awe inspiring! I could not stop looking at it! There was so much stuff that I had never seen.... it just blew my mind! I can't thank you enough!!
A crystal out on my front porch sent a rainbow of color across to the far side of my living room to my hour glass.. Only lasted a minute. IMG_202310...9527e7.jpg 
The wavy walls are also used for planting sensitive fruit trees. The waveform protects the plants from the wind and the masonry stores the heat of the sun and gives it off during the night.
This is the new pics lol. The first was sad but this ones happy and I like it,
It was a beautiful and unexpected treat for my eyes to see such beautiful creations of illusion.
Wow im shocked i actually got a fright with the koala and spider hand lol😂
Wow! that was so cool thanks 🥰 World is full of so many strong people and panoramic views .
I cried, I smiled, I laughed, I called my 16 year old over and we looked at this whole thing together. Thank you ❤️
I kNow something THAT SHOULD BE ON THIS LIST! THE BACK SIDE OF WATER!
I thought you could only see the backside of water if you took the Jungle Cruise at Disneyland.
Load More Replies... I just love looking at and learning new facts! I’m of the opinion if we just look…..we could learn something new everyday!
Whoever who had the mindset to put this together is brilliant! Everything was beautiful and awe inspiring! I could not stop looking at it! There was so much stuff that I had never seen.... it just blew my mind! I can't thank you enough!!
A crystal out on my front porch sent a rainbow of color across to the far side of my living room to my hour glass.. Only lasted a minute. IMG_202310...9527e7.jpg
The wavy walls are also used for planting sensitive fruit trees. The waveform protects the plants from the wind and the masonry stores the heat of the sun and gives it off during the night.
This is the new pics lol. The first was sad but this ones happy and I like it,
It was a beautiful and unexpected treat for my eyes to see such beautiful creations of illusion.
Wow im shocked i actually got a fright with the koala and spider hand lol😂
