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Beyoncé sang it best in her hit song Ego when she declared, “It’s just too big.” Anyone who is seriously scared of large things might very well relate. While it’s considered an irrational fear, it’s a very real part of life for those with megalophobia. Tall buildings, huge trucks, vast lakes and even gigantic animals can send them into a flat spin of anxiety. Or have them avoiding situations and places altogether.
Trigger warning: If you’re wondering whether you're a megalophobe, the answer might just lie below. Bored Panda has put together a list of photos of freakishly big objects and living beings that people have spotted in the wild. They were posted by an online community called Megalophobia. It's somewhat of a virtual support group for anyone with a fear of large things, and a safe space to test your triggers if you suspect you may suffer from the phobia.
We also take a look at the bigger picture... What are the causes, the symptoms, and how can you overcome it? You'll find that info between the images.
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#1
Sequoia National Park In California
Ell Bee 9 hours ago
Right! No fear. It inspires awe and wonderment. This is a true temple.
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Billo66 2 days ago (edited)
I hope I get to come back and experience all of natures beauty anew once again. Unless I come back as a Dung Beetle. Then just slap my ass and call me Sisyphus I guess. Edit: Do you remember the wonderment it filled you with as a kid? I do. Do you still have it? I don't and I don't know where I lost it. I want to see life through a childs eyes again. Sorry, my existential crisis is hanging out. I'll get it tucked back in.
marianne eliza 3 days ago
There used to be. Only pressure from the public and new parks and laws saved the 2% that are left.
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If any of these images make you want to run for the smallest hill you can find, you might just have megalophobia. It's a type of anxiety disorder in which a person experiences intense fear of large things.
Massive objects like large buildings, statues, vehicles and even living creatures can stir up fear and anxiety when a megalophobe merely thinks about them, or is around them. It's for this reason that people with the disorder will often simply avoid situations or places that have large objects.
While researchers aren't 100% sure of what exactly causes megalophobia, they believe it could have something to do with having negative or traumatic experiences involving a large object.
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#2
This Aurora Over Norway
Brian Droste 1 day ago
I have seen plenty of pictures of Aurora Borealis and have got use to them but this stunning.
#3
Yosemite National Park
Nikki Sevven 3 days ago
We have such a beautiful country, and I'm so angry at Trump for trying to sell off national lands for oil drilling.
Vivian McBride 12 hours ago
And for putting his ugly face on the new park passes!
Load More Replies... Saltypepper 3 days ago
Absolutely gorgeous..I'd frame a picture of this and hang it on my wall
Spittnimage 3 days ago
Beautiful, clear water. The rock formation in the background ain't bad either.
Vivian McBride 12 hours ago
El Capitan is only one of the amazing rock formations in Yosemite. I've been there many times and I am always impressed. Go in the spring or fall to avoid the massive crowds of summer.
Some of the symptoms of megalophobia include feeling intense fear and anxiety, experiencing a rapid heartbeat, having shortness of breath, feeling dizzy and lightheaded, and/or nauseous, and having a strong desire to escape the large object or situation.
Just because one or all of the images on this list freaked you out, it doesn't mean you're definitely a megalophobe. To confirm that, you'd need a diagnosis from a health professional, and according to the Cleveland Clinic's experts, you typically have to have experienced persistent fear and anxiety of large objects for at least six months in order to be diagnosed with megalophobia.
#4
Pyramids On The Horizon
Jrog 3 days ago (edited)
It's also very fake. It's an image by Egyptian instragrammer Karim Amr, who does not make a mystery of using heavy postproduction, compositing and generative AI for his images.
Load More Replies... marianne eliza 3 days ago
Fake photo. They don't line up like that. BTW, want to see something sad? Look up the area on google earth. Houses and modern cemeteries push right up to the edges.
Peter Bear 3 days ago
Probably taken from the window of a McDonalds, sadly. Cairo is *right there*.
#5
The Slănic Salt Mine In Romania
L.V 3 days ago
It makes me think of the Lord of the Rings "The Dwarves delved too greedily and too deep..."
Samantha H 3 days ago
Very interesting pic, I like to see the interior of places very few people do.
marianne eliza 3 days ago
As an armchair geologist I love the twists and folds. The earth is amazing. Hope humans don't ruin it anymore.
Lotekguy 55 minutes ago
Great idea. That should be the lair in the next Bond movie. Saltfinger? Saltfall? Dr. NaCl?
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QuincyForrest 3 days ago
I think those might be viewing overlooks. That's what come to mind for me.
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#6
Volcanic Eruption From Space
Jossh Nine 3 days ago
Look at how it blasted the clouds away. I wonder if it trapped that ball of white cloud or if that's just a natural phenomenon of an eruption.
Spencer's slave no longer 1 day ago
This is the Sarychev Volcano in Russia's Kuril Islands. The white cloud is volcanic gas.
Highwaytozen 3 days ago
This is actually a pic of me exhaling my first puff of a ciggie after a 12 hour work shift, from space.
BeesEelsAndPups 3 days ago
Does that mean Krakatoa was Mother Nature after Taco Bell?
Load More Replies...Your doctor will most likely ask you a series of questions regarding your history, experiences and symptoms. They'd have to rule out any other physical or mental health conditions that could be causing your symptoms. And if you're in the United States, they'll use the criteria listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) to confirm a diagnosis of megalophobia.
Cleveland Clinic's site notes that generally, phobias have at least four criteria for diagnosis. The first is intense and unreasonable fear, meaning the fear of the object or situation is "persistent and out of proportion to an appropriate level of fear."
#7
Dragon Bamboo Compared To Normal Human
xolitaire 3 days ago (edited)
Now I know what to secretly plant in my toxic neighbours garden. Not only is bamboo super hard to get rid of, but gigantic bamboo? SCORE!
#8
This Husky Next To A Wolf Looks Like A Puppy Next To Its Mom
L.V 3 days ago (edited)
They are friends, and the big one is most likely a high content wolf dog. Link hidden below
Earthquake903 3 days ago
Probably a wolf rescue that also has a husky. Only thing that makes sense to me.
Load More Replies... FreeTheUnicorn 3 days ago
Would be interested to see a Malamute with a wolf, huskies can be pretty small. They are around human knee height at their shoulder, significantly smaller than a golden retriever.
R1MV4Superleggera 3 days ago
This Husky is making his peace with....whoever is in charge out there!
FranSinclair 10 hours ago (edited)
The wolf's like the aunt you see 1x every 6 years whos really excited to see you and keeps touching you too much for someone you think of as a stranger 😆 her name is Dena and she's my Aunt. Husky definitely looking off at their mom like "do something!"
Sheena Leversedge Wood 39 minutes ago
looks a lot bigger than the wolves I've seen. what type is this?
Grumpy old man 7 hours ago
Dogs are smaller because they pair with humans and dont need to be or do everything to survive. We have rocks, spears, and fire.
#9
Antarctica Seen From Space
Detroit Citizen 2 days ago
I would love to know what is under the ice. What grew there, what animals, people if any. And the ice is like three miles or 27272.727273 bananas thick. (yes i googled bananas into 3 miles lol)
Peter Bear 3 days ago
Now that is a very cool photo of a part of the earth we rarely get to see in this way. I love different perspectives like this!
WindySwede 3 days ago
flers: "cgi!" (it's a religion and distrust in any autorian or sceience, or anything that they can't understand)
Load More Replies... Grumpy old man 7 hours ago
Heres something I dont understand: Why dont Canadians trap polar bears, transport them to Antarctica, and bring penguins back? Rinse and repeat
The next is what's known as anticipatory anxiety. "An individual who has a phobia tends to dwell on or dread future situations or experiences that will involve the object or situation they are afraid of," explains the clinic's site.
Those diagnosed with a phobia will also exhibit avoidance. Basically, they'll actively avoid the thing they fear and won't put themselves in a situation where they might encounter it.
The fourth criterion one would have to meet to be diagnosed with a phobia is that it interferes with day-to-day activities. The fear they experience would have to limit their everyday life in some way.
#10
Rain Cloud Near The Beach
WindySwede 3 days ago
Reminds me of the christmas trees in Paris, se pic below.
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Bored Sailor 3 days ago
Growing up in South Florida this was about every day. I remember trying to ride my bike just outside the rain wall in front of me.
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Russell Bowman 3 days ago
a cumulonimbus cloud, such as this, can weigh as much as 1.1 million pounds
#11
Mt Taranaki In New Zealand. The Large Dark Green Circle Is A National Park
Caffeinated Ape 3 days ago
Moving away from there it took me a very long time to adjust to not having it always on the horizon.
BrunoVI 3 days ago
It may LOOK like it's on an island, but it's really on the edge of... OK, it IS on an island, but a very big island, the New Zealand "mainland" if you will. Well, one of two mainlands. The North Island, I'm trying to say. It's also known as Mt Edgemont, but like many of the most prominent mountains in the Anglosphere, governments are shifting from its "c*******r" name. (See Baxter Peak/Katahdin, Mt McKinley/Denali, etc.)
BrunoVI 3 days ago
c0l0n!zer is censored? Does some program think the work has to do with a large intestine?)
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Blackmoon The Dragon 3 days ago (edited)
Yes, but have you seen what farming did to that land that WAS farmed??? All the areas outside of the green circle is probably farmed or urbanized land. Our problem as a society isn't not having enough farmable land, it's that we aren't using our current land for the right usage. If we used land for purely growing plants and vegetables, and a smaller amount of animals, then we would have enough food to feed anyone, with the right transportation. Another solution is tall farms instead of outward with fertilizers and good drainage systems that don't increase runoff, but its just better to do natural farming with better land use practices in the first place, and then we have some land that we can use for natural beauty!! Having the mindset of "hey, that land can be farmed" is very capitalist in mindset, which will eventually ruin our environment and wipe us all off the earth. If we don't protect our environment now then it'll come back to bite us in the b**t later.
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#12
A Large Anubis Statue On Display
Rafael 3 days ago
I thought he ascended already and was locked into eternal fight with Oma Desala.
Caffeinated Ape 3 days ago
"If you immediately know the candlelight is fire, the food was cooked a long time ago..."
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persephone134 3 days ago
Does anyone know where this statue is located? (It looks rather AI to me.)
Chich the witch 3 days ago
I'm here to chew bubblegum and kick a*s...and I'm all out of bubblegum.
TheBadHalfofHel 22 hours ago
All Eygytian history of the God Wars in 4 words ... 'And Set got jealous .... ' That is Seth.
R1MV4Superleggera 3 days ago
Me looking down and having a little laugh at my barely 6' foot SIL....and she immediately saying "Are you calling me shorty ya overgrown Ape?" 😆
Desensitization/exposure therapy, on the other hand, will put you face-to-face with the objects that trigger your fears, hopefully helping you to overcome them.
"If you have megalophobia and participate in exposure therapy, your therapist or psychologist may begin with talking about large objects. They may then gradually move on to showing you pictures of large objects," explains the Cleveland Clinic site. "Next, they may have you look at and be near a large object in person. The process of exposure therapy is slow and gradual. Your therapist or psychologist will tailor the pace of the therapy to your needs."
Then there's also traditional talk therapy, or even group therapy.
#13
Visually, Japanese Spider Crabs Really Are The Stuff Of Nightmares
olaff 422 2 days ago
As an Amazon warehouse worker that is indeed not a crab, I don't quite get this super edgy (?) jab at capitalism.
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Saltypepper 3 days ago
PURE NIGHTMARE FUEL ..IM GONNA HAVE NIGHTMARES FOR SURE TONIGHT..I hate spiders...of any kind
Pieter LeGrande 1 day ago
No, we prefer Christmas Island coconut crabs - now they're the stuff of nightmares.
Load More Replies... Rafael 3 days ago
I BET this guy proceeded to pick stuff of shelves and tables as a gag as soon as he was off frame!
Tyranamar Seuss 1 day ago
But how do they taste? That's what I want to know. If it's as delicious as regular crab I could dig this.
#14
A Mountain Shadow
#15
Mt Fuji, Japan From Above
2 days ago
Interesting tidbit: Mount Taranaki, higher up the rank, is sometimes used as a stand-in for Mount Fuji. Both have a similar shape and structure.
Auntriarch 2 days ago
But only one of them is visible from my aunty Audrey's kitchen window
Load More Replies... R1MV4Superleggera 3 days ago
It always makes me smile seeing mountain Fuji before landing in the majestically gorgeous Japan!
"While it’s tempting to avoid the large objects that cause fear with your megalophobia, this strategy will only make it more difficult to cope with your condition in the long-term," warns the Healthline site. "Instead of avoidance, it’s best to expose yourself to your fears little by little until your anxiety starts to improve."
Relaxation can also help you to cope. So, if you encounter a large object and feel your anxiety start to rise, you could try some deep breathing and visualization to calm yourself down.
#16
That's Not A Vampire, It's A Golden-Crowned Flying Fox
Barong 3 days ago
According to 7 upvotes so far, either people agree with you and think that you are weird, or that they want to pet it. I’d want pet it.
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Pyla 3 days ago
Harmless fruit eaters. Check out Batzilla or Megabattie on youtube, these guys rescue Australian flying foxes. The sweetest things you'll ever meet.
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Jan Rosier 3 days ago
50 years ago a travelling zoo passed by my primary school. They had one. Incredible animal/
#17
An Old Swedish Warship
Chich the witch 3 days ago
Wonder if the had the word "DOH!" back then :p
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#18
The Largest Leaf That's Ever Been Found
ABC NrTen FCK CENSORISM 9 hours ago
There's a warship, so I don't quite get your point. ;)
Load More Replies...Cleveland Clinic's site reports that only about 10% to 25% of people who have a specific phobia seek treatment for their condition, and that's because the rest choose to rather just avoid the object or situation that they fear. But experts warn against this...
#19
The Mother Of All Leaves
ƒιѕн 3 days ago
Yes, but the leaf you are referring to above is the biggest leaf found from a specific plant.
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detective miller's hat 3 days ago (edited)
Chilean rhubarb. Some døuchbag brought it over to Ireland and it is hella invasive, and almost impossible to get rid of once it gets into your garden. Parents would send us kids out to burn whole fields of it.
Brian Droste 1 day ago
Now that is a leaf Adam Eve should have used after they had sinned instead of sown fig leaves together.
#20
Always Forget How Massive These Supercarriers That America Builds Actually Are
Sunshine 3 days ago
And when the supercarrier just looks like a cigar floating on the water, you realize how massive the oceans are.
LUCKY DUCK 3 days ago
and when there like all next to each other just imagine
Load More Replies... Daisydaisy 3 days ago
It looks like the bit in the water is about half a metre wide! That surely can't be right - looks like it would just tip over!
Bored Sailor 3 days ago
The bottom right below that line is a big bubble running the length of the hull. But yes after being under them for years while on security boat or in dry dock is something that in real life well never be comprehended in picture, even with a banana for scale.
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emlab kerba 3 days ago
you can really tell how big it is in comparison to Queen Elizabeth in her Kayak
Reemerger 17 hours ago
And rightly so. In Britain the official scale reference is not bananas - it's Queen 'Beths.
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nm 1 day ago
Ships float because of Archimedes' Principle: they displace a volume of water that weighs the same as the ship, creating an upward buoyant force that balances the downward force of gravity. This is achieved by their hull's shape, which pushes aside a large amount of water, and by being mostly hollow, filled with air, making the ship's overall density less than water, allowing it to float.
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Rali Meyer 2 days ago
I once stood on the flight deck of the USS Enterprise. We looked down(!) onto a huge container vessel sailing past
nm 1 day ago
USS Enterprise is 342 m long, while Emma Mærsk length is 397 m. The largest container ships are the MSC Irina class, with 400 m length.
Load More Replies... Grumpy old man 7 hours ago
Rich people hate to pay taxes bc of the me!me!me mentality, but these exist for THEM, not the other 99% for some reason, they cant understand thay
#21
Mont-Saint-Michel In Normandy France
Jrog 3 days ago (edited)
IIRC the famous tides do not happen every day, they go in cycles of about 6 days of high tides alternating with 10 days of low tides. Animals and tourists can safely stay on the sandbanks when the tide forecast is 70 or lower because the plains won't be flooded, there will be just some extra water in the ditches.
Load More Replies... Peter Bear 3 days ago
If this isn't the inspiration for Minas Tirith, I don't know what else could be.
Sheena Leversedge Wood 23 minutes ago
interesting with the name, because although the architecture is quite different, this has a similarity to St Michaels Mount in Cornwall.
"If you have megalophobia, avoiding situations that involve large objects can prevent you from enjoying certain things in life like traveling and can lower your overall quality of life," cautions the site. "This is why it’s important to seek treatment. Everyone deserves a high quality of life."
It adds that people who have a specific phobia and don’t seek treatment are twice as likely to develop an anxiety disorder and depression.
#22
Just A Spiral Fire Escape
Adam Zad 2 days ago
Some people are like Slinkys... basically useless, but they do bring a smile to your face when you push them down the stairs. 🙃
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Niels AirMax 3 days ago
Sooooo....engulfed by flames and dying a horrible death it is... 🤷🏼♂️
Shark Lady 3 days ago
Oh hell no. Knowing my luck I'd miss a step and end up careening down at a vast rate of knots.
xolitaire 3 days ago
Or your knees turn into jelly long before you are even a third of the way down. I had that happen when climbing down the stairs of Cologne Cathedral. 600 spiral stairs down and your knees just nope out.
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The Albatross Is The Largest Bird That Can Go Years Without Landing
Mark Howell 3 days ago
Water, water, every where, And all the boards did shrink; Water, water, every where, Nor any drop to drink.
Scott Rackley 3 days ago
What I want to know is how do you wear that around your neck?
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Pyla 3 days ago (edited)
Not years, but a long time. The famous Laysan Albatross Wisdom at ~70 years old has flown to the moon and back at least twice. And I say not years, because they do lay eggs every year and raise a chick. ................ Edited to add that they are all having issues with plastic debris on the ocean, since they skim the top to feed and don't dive.
nottheactualphoto 2 days ago
The Laysan Albatross Wisdom has never flown to the moon. Of this I am certain.
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Spencer's slave no longer 1 day ago
That is Albert, a Southern Royal Albatross, being released back out at sea, in 2005. The man holding Albert aloft is Robert Webb from the Native Bird Recovery Centre in Whangarei, Northland, New Zealand.
Kerry Borthwick 3 days ago
Let me tell you all a story 'bout a mouse named Lorry Yeah, Lorry was a mouse in a big brown house She called herself "The H*e" With the money, money flow But f**k that little mouse 'cause I'm an Albatraoz (whoo)
#24
Los Angeles Sky Cowboys Of Ironworkers Local 433
Geobugi🇰🇷🇰🇭 3 days ago
Logicly, i know it does not make a big difference if you fall 20 meters or 200 meters, still some parts of my body shrink dramaticly by just looking at this 😰
Saltypepper 3 days ago
OH HELL NOOOOOO!!!!!.NOPE ,not enough money in the world to make me get up there ,my luck I plummet to my demise ...nope nope nope ..not afraid of heights but this give me major anxiety
Marissa Voleta 3 days ago
Thank goodness for people like this...cuz it ain't ain't ain't me....and if this intrigues and terrifies you, watch "The Fall".
#25
Infrared Photo Of Cyclone Storms At Jupiter’s North Pole
Salma Hernández 3 days ago
If we could only see somthing to compare could be more easy to imagine how giant they are
#26
Archelon Is One Of The Largest Known Turtles, Which Lived During The Cretaceous Period
Apatheist Account2 3 days ago
Last ice age - 11000 to 115000 years ago. Cretaceous: 145 to 66 million years ago.
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#27
Giant Swords In Norway
Analyn Lahr 3 days ago
I'm sure those are mortal made statues. Maybe. But the Aesir gods did have problems with giants.
#28
No Wonder Horses Can Run For A Long Time, Look At The Size Of Their Lungs
HF 3 days ago
you can see from the slight discoloration that this horse recently started smoking
#29
Standing On The Edge Of A Giant Spillway. This Is A No From Me
Ge Po 2 days ago
At the same time, if you know your gear and your co-worker can be trusted, and since you know what you are getting into, what to expect,, it is better than descending into some unfamiliar smaller crevice.
Lotekguy 33 minutes ago
That's a lot of ifs, and I think there should be a couple of others. Such as - If there's a d**n good reason, and if the pay is high enough.
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Learner Panda 2 days ago
Reminds me of the rubbish chute in Charlie and the Chocolate movie. It was Veruca Salt and her dad who fell.
#30
A Boat Under A Very Large Bridge
sudarsanforever 3 days ago
The fog makes the underside of the bridge look like the underside of a submarine
Zombie Andrew 10 hours ago
Lets add a LITTLE more perspective, though..that trawler (boat) is probably about 30 feet in length...still big bridge, but not BIIIIIGGGG bridge
#31
A Super Typhoon Is Approaching Vietnam And South China Today
#32
The Chicxulub Asteroid That Impacted Earth 66 Million Years Ago And Wiped Out The Dinosaurs, Projected Against Downtown Manhattan
Speak easy buttercup 3 days ago
Boy that really puts it into perspective! Now imagine that massive rock hurtling at us at 25000 miles an hour!!
Speak easy buttercup 3 days ago
Sorry just looked it up...it was going 45000 mph!!
Load More Replies... Nikki Sevven 3 days ago
The last words spoken by a dinosaur immediately prior to impact: "Oh, shît."
#33
Solar Farm In Chile; One Cell Pictured At The Bottom
Leg less In Minneapolis 3 days ago
Overview Chile's solar market is leading the way in South America ... Chile's solar farms faced challenges not because it was a bad idea, but because rapid, uncoordinated growth outpaced grid capacity, leading to energy curtailment (wasted power), financial losses, and conflicts over land use, impacting investments and creating issues with transmission and storage, despite the region's immense solar potential.
Rali Meyer 2 days ago
on of my team was there, developing. Always grid constraints, always...
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Purple Gurl 13 hours ago
I've often wondered how they clean those from birds having target practice
Austzn 3 days ago
The sun moves across the sky so they have to be adjusted to keep focus on the sodium can.
Load More Replies... Austzn 3 days ago (edited)
This ended up being not so great of an idea. Added: wow some of y'all are fans of the sodium can? That's cool, but they are a dumb idea because they cost a lot to build, require huge amounts of land to operate, have higher maintenance and operating costs than PV panels, cooks birds that fly into the area, and only average out to at most 5% better than PV panels despite having a higher thermal efficiency, and have limited areas where they can even be installed on land. Good effort, but dumb idea.
Joanne Hudson 3 hours ago
But there is so much space under them. Can't things be built under it?
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The Door Of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory In California, USA
UnclePanda 3 days ago (edited)
Fools! You can just unbolt the hinges and lift the entire door out!
DaisyGirl 19 hours ago
The "door of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory" refers to the world's heaviest single-hinged door, built in 1979, weighing 97,000 pounds (44 tons), and standing 8 feet thick and nearly 12 feet wide, used to shield the intense neutron radiation from the Rotating Target Neutron Source-II (RTNS-II) facility, a feat of engineering that allowed a single person to open it via special bearings.
Don't listen to me 3 days ago
You're probably right. But flares have been back a couple of times since then.
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#35
Scimitar Canyon, Nahanni National Park
#36
Mitsubishi Cement Plant : Kyushu, Japan
Chonky Panda 2 days ago
Me too!! I love industrial and brutalism designs and architecture
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#37
Imagine Seeing This Massive Face In The Clouds
Rafael 3 days ago
This is what will happen once ad companies figure out how to manipulate clouds.
#38
Biggest Mountain In The Solar System, Mount Olympus Mons Of Mars, 22 Km Tall (13.6 Miles) And As Big As The State Of Arizona
Dragons Exist 3 days ago
"Sahara" means "desert", so "Sahara Desert" is "Desert Desert"; humans do this a lot
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Jeff Anderson 2 days ago
It's so big that if you were hiking up it you wouldn't even realize there was a peak. You would just see the horizon.
#39
Skeleton Coast In Namibia
Teutonic Disaster 2 days ago
I zoomed in and those cars look to be proper offroaders, like Land Cruisers or Patrols. So I guess the answer is... no.
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Pyla 3 days ago
If you check out Ocean Conservation Namibia on youtube, you can see the videos of the people rescuing fur seals from fishing detritus. It's a big global fishing location, and the problem is that it's k*****g local fishing and dumping gear into the water making it dangerous for marine mammals and fish.
Jeff Anderson 2 days ago
An endless sea landing on an endless desert, well it's funny as hell but no one laughs when they get there
#40
“Devil's Tower, Wyoming. A Large Butte, It Reaches 5112 Feet About Sea Level.”
Bani Daniell 3 days ago
For some reason, whenever I see pictures of the devils tower, I hear a particular five notes…
LUCKY DUCK 3 days ago
Some say that a long time ago a large bear scratched it and thats why the lines are like perfect
Pyla 3 days ago
Native American legend about three sisters who climbed it to get away from a bear, who scratched it. It's basically, in real life, a basalt plume.
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Gina Stanton WillWritten 2 days ago
Always wanted to make a model of it out of mashed potatoes like Richard Dreyfus 😊
David Houde 1 day ago
Went there a couple of years ago. Stood at the base (as close as I could get), looked up, though I saw birds nesting on the side. Got out my phone, zoomed in to get a better look. It was climbers. They were so far up I could barely see them. It's pretty much a vertical climb. Blew my mind. It's so tall, it messes with your perspective. And the people that climb that thing are nuts! 🤣
Christopher Dean 12 hours ago
Fun Fact - they say there is a separate eco system existing on the top.
Purple Gurl 13 hours ago
One theory I heard is that it is the stump of the World Tree, and that is why the gods have abandoned Humanity
#41
A Girl Inside The Bucket Of A Huge Excavator
Brian Droste 1 day ago
There used to be a picture of a high school band inside of a front end loader showing the size of it.
Rali Meyer 2 days ago
and the corresponding tipper truck take the full load (or multiples of it!)
#42
Does This Count?
Rob D 3 days ago
I saw a documentary on this It's a research vessel. The interior design that goes into having everything functional with both orientations is pretty neat.
Brian Garcia 3 days ago
Yep...FLIP (Floating Instrument Platform) operated by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego for Scripps and U.S. Navy research. Retired in 2023, but novel concept that proved exceptionally useful for ocean research. And to your point, virtually all interior berthing/lab elements either would fold into a different position or were on gimbles to reset as the ship "descended" its hull; in service for ~60 years.
Load More Replies... Teutonic Disaster 2 days ago
I like to be BY the sea. ON the sea, tho... let's just say these pics kinda freak me out, as much as I admire the engineering. I'll probably never go on a cruise, even if I had the money. Being in a confined space with 3000+ people also doesn't sound all that appealing.
Speak easy buttercup 3 days ago
Well that is TERRIFYING! Ive always had this weird fear of sinking ships! 😕
Giulia Fortunati 3 days ago (edited)
It's not a sinking ship, it's like a moving drilling platform, or a scientific station
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QuincyForrest 3 days ago
Goes vertical for studying marine environments at different levels without having to use remote submersibles, divers, etc.
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London vs. Tokyo Actual Size
Mimi M 3 days ago
TIL that NYC is the largest city in the world by land area. Map above made me look up 'largest cities'. Tokyo is number two.
Norfolk and good 3 days ago (edited)
I don't know what list you looked at but NYC is not the largest city in the world. London has a bigger area size than NYC.
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#44
Log Cabin Built In Portland, Oregon In 1938
QuincyForrest 3 days ago
Yes. But we can regrow trees. Trees are our only renewable natural resource. I can't think of how to create any permanent shelter for human beings without impacting the environment in some way. The alternative is to die from exposure and go extinct as a species. Building with wood can be managed so as to mitigate environmental impact to the greatest extent possible.
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David Houde 1 day ago
Bet they had to make an entire sawmill just to process all the wood in that monstrosity.
#45
The Hindenberg Disaster
Earonn - 3 days ago
Hindenburg! Is it so difficult to use correct names, even if they are so terrible foreign?
Hugo 3 days ago
For many people, one Hindenbög is as good as any other (unfortunately).
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#46
Giant Cranes Being Delivered To Liverpool Docks
Gina Stanton WillWritten 2 days ago
I live opposite these cranes on the other side of the Mersey 😆
Did I say that out loud? 3 days ago
They didn't. I saw a documentary about these. They basically rolled them off the ship..... very, very carefully.
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#47
Tallest Statue In Africa
Rafael 3 days ago
That's some seriously awesome pic. Saving it so I can recreate with wife and toddler and dad bod.
sudarsanforever 3 days ago
An enormous waste of money in a place like Senegal. The president who funded it (with taxpayer resources) basically passed a law stating that he was entitled to 35% of the profits because it was his idea. The construction was done by a North Korean Company.
TotallyNOTAFox 3 days ago
It also got criticism for how the woman is portrayed
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#48
From Dashcam Footage Of A Plane Crash
#49
Tire Graveyard Located In Kuwait
Cuppa tea? 3 days ago
See, that's the problem. It's not ours, yet we are doing as it is.
Load More Replies... Rali Meyer 2 days ago
they will be. If the investors can finally agree on ROI
Load More Replies... WindySwede 3 days ago
Looked on google maps, could not see any tires, maybe they "atleast" covers them with sand, so no ones starts an fire?
Load More Replies... LookASquirrel 2 days ago
Good news, they're gone thanks to at the time the upcoming 2022 World Cup! Kuwait began relocating and recycling these tires around 2021, with companies like EPSCO turning them into flooring and other products, aiming to transform the site for development.
Ece Cenker 3 days ago (edited)
Petroleum underground, rubber tyers on the ground. Looks like chickens have come home to Kuwait.
#50
Ellison's Cave Features The Deepest Unobstructed Pit In The Continental Us
Scott Rackley 3 days ago
Fantastic Pit! I've been to the bottom. It's one hell of a climb out.
#51
When Chicagos Willis Tower Had A Black Out
Saltypepper 3 days ago
Yes we do,I have never called it that other name always be sears tower to me..
Load More Replies... Esther Williams 3 days ago
To those of a certain age it was, and will always be, the Sears Tower
Sara Frazer 1 day ago
There's a tourist attraction at the top; two glass boxes hanging out the side that you can step into and look at the city below. I've been a couple times, don't know how I managed as I get vertigo just going down stairs! 😂😵💫
#52
The Hoover Dam Spillway Tunnel, Basically A Brutalism Hole
Pyla 3 days ago
I think people toss around Brutalism like they know what it means. If ANYTHING it's more into the realm of late Deco Machine Age styling. But hey, throw Brutalism around.
LookASquirrel 2 days ago
The term originates from the use, by the pioneer modern architect and painter Le Corbusier, of ‘beton brut’ – raw concrete in French. So since that's made of concrete still curing and it's a hole I don't see an issue🤷🏻♀️
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#53
A Man Standing In The Lumberyard Of Seattle Cedar Lumber Manufacturing, 1939
deano sweat 3 days ago
not 100% sure but i think it ended up burning down in a massive fire
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A Leaf From A Plant That Can Be Found In The Amazon Rainforest
#55
The Size Of These Anchor Chains Is Definitely Unsettling
#56
Stavropol, Russia
Earonn - 3 days ago
All safe and sweet because unlike the Russians, the Ukraine doesn't attack civilian targets.
turk 3 days ago
Don't get me wrong, I'm for Ukraine, but they absolutely do attack civilian targets. I had actually just left on a train from Moscow to St. Petersburg in March when they attempted to drone b**b airports and train stations in Moscow, and they shut them down. And that was hardly the first time.
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#57
F-22 And F-16 In Poland Over A Power Plant In Bełchatów
TotallyNOTAFox 3 days ago (edited)
Now get this, if somebody says "Think of a plane from 50 years ago".... it's the F-16 you can use as example (it's from 1974)
#58
It’s Not What You Think It Is
#59
NYC In 1933
#60
Leeza Soho Tower While Under Construction
#61
The Abandoned Goldin Finance 117 Building In Tianjin China Standing At A Height Of 597 Meters (1,957 Ft) 134 Stries It Is The Tallest Abandoned Building In The World
TotallyNOTAFox 3 days ago
There are quite afew abandoned cities in China, mostly because the construction industry is tightly tied in to the government. They basically build stuff for nobody
Load More Replies... Pedantic Panda 2 days ago
Designed by P&T Group, construction began in 2009 but was twice halted. In April 2025, it was announced that construction would resume and be completed in 2027. - Wikipedia
#62
Mysterious Giant Screw Washed Up At Port Talbot, West Glamorgan During The Late 80s
Chich the witch 3 days ago
went down a bit of a rabbit hole. It is apparently part of an Archimedean S***w Pump
Norah Reilly 3 days ago
BP, your idiot AI censor program did it again, censoring a perfectly appropriate word. Sheesh!
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#63
Shanghai Tower, A 632-Meter-Tall Skyscraper In China
Ece Cenker 3 days ago
"A tuned mass damper (TMD), also known as a harmonic absorber or seismic damper, is a device mounted in structures to reduce mechanical vibrations, consisting of a mass mounted on one or more damped springs."
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Train Station In Nanjing, China
Don't listen to me 3 days ago (edited)
So how many is there? I get past 30 but then it gets too fuzzy. But there are no platforms. So it must be a garage of some kind.
#65
Russian Tsar Alexander’s Confusingly Large Bathtub
Analyn Lahr 3 days ago
Which Tsar Alexander? There were three of them. Maybe he liked extra company in the bath with him. Or he just wanted an indoor pool.
#66
Aerial View Of A Train Yard
#67
The Inside Of A Nuclear Cooling Tower
Ace 3 days ago
There's nothing to suggest anything "Nuclear" about this. Cooling towers like this have been in common use at coal, later gas, power stations for a hundred years or so.
JudyfromAccounts 3 days ago
Correct! Nothing "suggested" nuclear. Nuclear was made clear by OP's caption. Super easy to follow.
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UKDeek 3 days ago
"Brazil, where hearts were entertaining june, We stood beneath an amber moon, And softly murmured 'someday soon'..." IFKYK...
Andi 3 days ago
i love that film - work of absolute genius! A beautifully rendered world of nightmarish burocracy. Shows the banality of evil and with the growing automatic world its a lesson we shouldn't forget.
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Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam Power Station Accident In Russia
Analyn Lahr 3 days ago
My eyes must be tired. I read ancient Russia and was confused for a moment.
#69
The Aftermath Of An Earthquake In Kobe, Japan 1995
Brian Garcia 3 days ago
Exhibit A of what can happen w/a more vertical thrust in an earthquake. Concrete is great under compression, poor under tension...rope being the opposite. Upward thrust and concrete can "shatter"...same thing happened in 86(?) in Northridge. In SoCal we have a lot of freeway columns jacketed in steel so if a similar quake happened ideally there's no imminemt collapse.
Grumpy old man 6 hours ago
What SoCal needs is to roof over Death Valley and turn it into a cistern, like Constantine did 1600 years ago
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#70
A Unique View Of Los Angeles
Pyla 3 days ago
That is no trick, that is lens compression from a high magnification long lens.
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#71
The Largest Submarines Ever Built, Typhoon-Class Soviet Nuclear-Powered Ballistic Missile Subs Displaced 48,000 Tonnes Submerged, Stretched 175m Long, Had Two Reactors, Triple Hulls, And Were Designed To Survive Under Arctic Ice With Unprecedented Crew Comfort
Grumpy old man 6 hours ago
They cant refuel or repair them. Somewhere online is a Russian beach with rusted subs leaking radiation
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Earonn - 3 days ago
And if they are still in use, all they are used now is to help Putin get over his insecurity from his limp d/ck and his mantits.
Brian Garcia 3 days ago
He'll have to find something else, all since retired and out of service.
Load More Replies... Lee Gilliland 3 days ago
I don't think the words "submarine " and "crew comfort " tend to be seen together, never-ending the size of it.
#72
Alyosha Monument, Murmansk, Russia
Analyn Lahr 3 days ago
Alyosha is typically the nickname for Alexei . So who is this too? A saint?
Ursula S. 1 day ago
Looks like a military person due to helmet and rifle.
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Man Made Mountain In Germany Because Of Mining
Petra Schaap 3 days ago
you should see the holes they dig. Check the lignite mines between Cologne and Aachen.
Did I say that out loud? 3 days ago
Two years before I was born, but, I still knew immediately what you were referring to. The very definition of a tragedy.
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Northrop Grumman’s Massive New Underwater Drone
#75
Shanghai China
Brian Garcia 3 days ago
Little Fung Shui going on with the opening, but original design I believe called for a circle...resembled the Japanese rising sun far too much so design was altered. Can't see it here, but Jinmao tower is tucked between the two; sweet bar on I think the 86th floor with windows on the floor looking down the hotel attrium.
#76
Stone Mountain, A Giant Granite Monolith Near Atlanta, Georgia Is About 514 Meters Above Sea Level
FreeTheUnicorn 3 days ago
Unsurprising that bigots think they evinproved on an otherwise beautiful place by defacing the mountain.
detective miller's hat 3 days ago
My friend from Atlanta says this thing's "official" name is Racist Rock.
Load More Replies... Duh 3 days ago
Stone Mountain is a celebration of the Confederacy and honors white supremacy. It is an homage to racism.
QuincyForrest 3 days ago
Confederates: We have no problem treating some humans beings as if they were no better than a commodity, equivalent to, say, a used car or dishware in a yard sale. And some still believe it today.
Load More Replies... WindySwede 3 days ago (edited)
Google maps: (edit: look close on the link below, you can see stone work of three humans on horses!?)
#77
So Much Firepower In One Photo
Bored Sailor 3 days ago
Right up front, USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, both me and my son sailed on her, ~twenty years apart.
DawnoftheDead 3 days ago
You must have been tickled when he was assigned to her
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Grumpy old man 6 hours ago
Unfortunately, Federal law prevents scrapping just incase we need them, like Battleship. Sadly, the Enterprise will be scrapped because she has 8 reactors and removing them means cutting out huge sections
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That Is A Very Large Parking Lot
Chich the witch 3 days ago (edited)
It is a painting : “The World’s Greatest Parking Lot” Ethel Greene, oil on canvas 1969
Hippopotamuses 1 day ago
Thank you. I was going to look for its location.
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Jimmer 3 days ago
I routinely have dreams about not being able to find my car, and I don't often go to large parking lots.
Load More Replies... Peter Bear 3 days ago
Slightly relevant trivia bit: the parking lot(s) at Magic Kingdom, WDW Florida, is big enough to fit the entirety of California's Disneyland... four times over.
Philly Bob 3 days ago
Parked in section 8... where am I parked again? Your in 8. (That stupid pun helped me remember where my car was after a concert.)
#80
Alone In The Silence
Ace 3 days ago
Seen this one before, always puzzled me, what would a giant rocket be doing floating around in space with its engines off? Nothing, is the answer, this one is a fake.
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Keith Handly (Ike) 3 days ago
There are some very nice photographs here, even without meeting the criterion of this list.
Caffeinated Ape 1 day ago
This list has managed to reinforce that I don't have megalophobia, buuuut it has thrown my acrophobia into sharp relief. 😳
DawnoftheDead 3 days ago (edited)
I'm sure the orange menace has secret (as of now) plans to build a gigantic statue of his likeness somewhere in the US. I wouldn't be surprised if he tries to get his face on Mt. Rushmore
Load More Replies... Keith Handly (Ike) 3 days ago
There are some very nice photographs here, even without meeting the criterion of this list.
Caffeinated Ape 1 day ago
This list has managed to reinforce that I don't have megalophobia, buuuut it has thrown my acrophobia into sharp relief. 😳
DawnoftheDead 3 days ago (edited)
I'm sure the orange menace has secret (as of now) plans to build a gigantic statue of his likeness somewhere in the US. I wouldn't be surprised if he tries to get his face on Mt. Rushmore
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