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60 Pics That Show Why Extremely Large Things Can Be So Scary
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
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#2
This Aurora Over Norway
#3
Pyramids On The Horizon
#4
Yosemite National Park
#5
The Slănic Salt Mine In Romania
#6
Volcanic Eruption From Space
#7
This Husky Next To A Wolf Looks Like A Puppy Next To Its Mom
#8
Dragon Bamboo Compared To Normal Human
#10
Antarctica Seen From Space
#11
Mt Taranaki In New Zealand. The Large Dark Green Circle Is A National Park
Caffeinated Ape 10 months ago
Moving away from there it took me a very long time to adjust to not having it always on the horizon.
#12
A Large Anubis Statue On Display
#13
Visually, Japanese Spider Crabs Really Are The Stuff Of Nightmares
#14
Mt Fuji, Japan From Above
#15
An Old Swedish Warship
#16
A Mountain Shadow
#17
The Largest Leaf That's Ever Been Found
#18
That's Not A Vampire, It's A Golden-Crowned Flying Fox
#19
The Mother Of All Leaves
#20
Mont-Saint-Michel In Normandy France
#21
Just A Spiral Fire Escape
#22
Always Forget How Massive These Supercarriers That America Builds Actually Are
#23
The Albatross Is The Largest Bird That Can Go Years Without Landing
#24
Infrared Photo Of Cyclone Storms At Jupiter’s North Pole
#25
Los Angeles Sky Cowboys Of Ironworkers Local 433
#26
Archelon Is One Of The Largest Known Turtles, Which Lived During The Cretaceous Period
Daisydaisy 10 months ago
I would LOVE to go back to the Ice Age and see all the amazing animals!
#27
A Super Typhoon Is Approaching Vietnam And South China Today
#28
Giant Swords In Norway
#29
Standing On The Edge Of A Giant Spillway. This Is A No From Me
#30
No Wonder Horses Can Run For A Long Time, Look At The Size Of Their Lungs
#31
Solar Farm In Chile; One Cell Pictured At The Bottom
Leg less In Minneapolis 10 months 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.
#32
Mitsubishi Cement Plant : Kyushu, Japan
#33
A Boat Under A Very Large Bridge
#34
Imagine Seeing This Massive Face In The Clouds
#35
The Chicxulub Asteroid That Impacted Earth 66 Million Years Ago And Wiped Out The Dinosaurs, Projected Against Downtown Manhattan
Speak easy buttercup 10 months ago
Boy that really puts it into perspective! Now imagine that massive rock hurtling at us at 25000 miles an hour!!
#36
Skeleton Coast In Namibia
#37
The Door Of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory In California, USA
#38
“Devil's Tower, Wyoming. A Large Butte, It Reaches 5112 Feet About Sea Level.”
Bani Daniell 10 months ago
For some reason, whenever I see pictures of the devils tower, I hear a particular five notes…
#39
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
#40
Scimitar Canyon, Nahanni National Park
#41
A Girl Inside The Bucket Of A Huge Excavator
#42
Does This Count?
#43
Log Cabin Built In Portland, Oregon In 1938
#44
London vs. Tokyo Actual Size
#45
Giant Cranes Being Delivered To Liverpool Docks
#46
The Hindenberg Disaster
#47
Tallest Statue In Africa
#48
From Dashcam Footage Of A Plane Crash
#49
The Size Of These Anchor Chains Is Definitely Unsettling
#50
Tire Graveyard Located In Kuwait
#51
When Chicagos Willis Tower Had A Black Out
#52
A Leaf From A Plant That Can Be Found In The Amazon Rainforest
#53
Ellison's Cave Features The Deepest Unobstructed Pit In The Continental Us
#54
A Man Standing In The Lumberyard Of Seattle Cedar Lumber Manufacturing, 1939
#56
The Hoover Dam Spillway Tunnel, Basically A Brutalism Hole
#57
It’s Not What You Think It Is
#58
F-22 And F-16 In Poland Over A Power Plant In Bełchatów
#59
Leeza Soho Tower While Under Construction
#60
NYC In 1933
#61
Mysterious Giant Screw Washed Up At Port Talbot, West Glamorgan During The Late 80s
Chich the witch 10 months ago
went down a bit of a rabbit hole. It is apparently part of an Archimedean S***w Pump
#62
Shanghai Tower, A 632-Meter-Tall Skyscraper In China
#63
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
#64
Aerial View Of A Train Yard
#65
Russian Tsar Alexander’s Confusingly Large Bathtub
#66
The Inside Of A Nuclear Cooling Tower
#67
A Unique View Of Los Angeles
#68
Train Station In Nanjing, China
#69
The Aftermath Of An Earthquake In Kobe, Japan 1995
Brian Garcia 10 months 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.
#70
Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam Power Station Accident In Russia
Analyn Lahr 10 months ago
My eyes must be tired. I read ancient Russia and was confused for a moment.
#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
#72
Alyosha Monument, Murmansk, Russia
Analyn Lahr 10 months ago
Alyosha is typically the nickname for Alexei . So who is this too? A saint?
#73
Man Made Mountain In Germany Because Of Mining
#74
Northrop Grumman’s Massive New Underwater Drone
#75
So Much Firepower In One Photo
Bored Sailor 10 months ago
Right up front, USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, both me and my son sailed on her, ~twenty years apart.
#76
Shanghai China
Brian Garcia 10 months 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.
#77
Stone Mountain, A Giant Granite Monolith Near Atlanta, Georgia Is About 514 Meters Above Sea Level
FreeTheUnicorn 10 months ago
Unsurprising that bigots think they evinproved on an otherwise beautiful place by defacing the mountain.
#78
That Is A Very Large Parking Lot
Chich the witch 10 months ago (edited)
It is a painting : “The World’s Greatest Parking Lot” Ethel Greene, oil on canvas 1969
#80
Alone In The Silence
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Caffeinated Ape 10 months ago
This list has managed to reinforce that I don't have megalophobia, buuuut it has thrown my acrophobia into sharp relief. 😳
Caffeinated Ape 10 months ago
This list has managed to reinforce that I don't have megalophobia, buuuut it has thrown my acrophobia into sharp relief. 😳
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