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We’re all scared of something. Whether you have nightmares where you find yourself trapped on top of a skyscraper or you shriek every time a spider crawls by, you’re far from the first person to be straddled with that fear. In fact, there are dozens of phobias out there that you may not have even heard of.
Are you familiar with megalophobia, pandas? This is the extreme fear of large objects, and there’s an entire subreddit dedicated to sharing photos that will trigger it. So enjoy scrolling through the photos below, whether you consider yourself to be a megalophobe or not, and be sure to upvote the ones you find most unsettling!
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#1
Clouds Called Undulatus Asperatus And Were Spotted In Gorham, New Hampshire
AgingBull 1 year ago
This reminds me that when I lay down and look up at the sky I often feel like I am looking down at the sky and could fall into it at any moment
Cool crow 1 year ago
When I forget the word asperatus, I remind myself with 'asperagus'. : )
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#2
This Looks Like The Cover For A Movie
Christopher Crockett 1 year ago
If A.M. Cassandre designed graphic art for the apocalypse, this would be it.
#3
Megalophobia And Thalassophobia: You're Welcome!
cerinamroth 1 year ago
Same! I remember walking to the edge of a coral reef off Okinawa and looking over the edge into the black depths of the Pacific - never, ever again!
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Ozymandias73 1 year ago
Something could come up and grab them at any given moment. AND ONE WOULD HEAR THEM SCREAM
Abdullah Abd Rahman 1 year ago
In the bowels of the ocean no one can hear you scream....
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MaryWinDenver Notgiven 1 year ago
For Pete's sake I'm at home. In Denver. I gasped in horror at a tiny photo.
Max Robitzsch 1 year ago
If it was a video game, the cliff would be alive, too - some sort of mega-creature.
While I don’t personally have megalophobia myself, I can certainly understand why others might. It’s not exactly pleasant to imagine myself as a tiny ant next to a massive ship, building, mountain or whale. And clearly, lots of people around the world either have this phobia or are captivated by images of it, as the Megalophobia subreddit has amassed over 949K members.
This community is a great place to be exposed to images and videos of massive things if you’re trying to conquer your own fear. Or, if you just want to learn more about some of the huge objects out there in the world, you’ll certainly find plenty of interesting pics! In fact, we’re big fans of this group at Bored Panda and have covered it several times in the past. It seems like they’ll never run out of colossal content!
#4
Tokyo Flood Tunnels
TribbleThinking 1 year ago
Elegance and function. Things like these just feel right on so many levels.
GhostlySnail (she/her) 1 year ago
Only one on the list that made me go NOPE. I could never be in there for a second without thinking of it filling up with water around me.
Sand Ers 1 year ago (edited)
Being in there would give me the wìllies. I don’t care how sunny it is outside. You never know when a typhoon is going to spontaneously manifest over the city, and dump a few billion gallons of water.
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#5
The Pacific Ocean
Sue Denham 1 year ago
That green thing under the cloudy bit? That's New Zealand! Can you see me waving at you all?
Corinna Weisz 1 year ago
So I'm not the only one who gets the creeps, looking at earths other side, where's just the giantic ocean?
Marie Adamson 1 year ago
Oh wait, so NZ does actually exist? I thought I was living in a simulation lol.
sofacushionfort 1 year ago
At the very top is Vancouver BC. New Zealand is in the lower left. It’s only a 13 hour flight. I’m amazed
#6
Statue Of Bodhisattva Kannon
Full of Giggles 1 year ago
I can’t remember the name of it, but there’s an interesting documentary on YouTube about the construction of this statue.
MonicaChicagoGal 1 year ago
There is simply no way I could be in this thing's presence had to scoot the picture up so I couldn't see the face 😔
Janelle Collard 1 year ago
Might be useful for directions: "Go 5 ft. to the right of Kannan's left foot + we're right there." Or: "We're directly under his right hand."
If you’ve never heard of megalophobia before today, that’s completely understandable. After all, it’s not a word that most people are throwing around in daily conversation. According to the Cleveland Clinic, this phobia is “a type of anxiety disorder in which a person experiences intense fear of large objects.”
Things that typically trigger megalophobia might be tall buildings, large statues and monuments, huge or vast formations in nature (for example, mountains, lakes, oceans or volcanoes), massive ships, large vehicles such as buses or trains, vast spaces like stadiums and massive animals. And while it’s impossible to know exactly how many people struggle with megalophobia, the Cleveland Clinic notes that between 7 to 10% of the population has a specific phobia.
#7
Mount Saint Michel
cerinamroth 1 year ago
Mont St Michel is lovely to look at from this distance - no need to add to the tourist hordes on the actual island, though. It's distinctly underwhelming and overpriced.
Celestial Phalanx 1 year ago
One of the most stunning places i've ever had the pleasure of visiting.
LokisLilButterknife 1 year ago
Stunningly gorgeous. Definitely on my ever increasing bucket list of places to visit.
Salty_Sasquatch 1 year ago
I was in Europe back in the 80s and I definitely made time to explore. I took part in a group tour and that was definitely worth it. I hope you get to go.
Load More Replies... Jack McHue 1 year ago
Is that the same place where the road is covered and uncovered by the tide every day?
cerinamroth 1 year ago
You might be thinking of Holy Island in the UK. (Where you really have to careful of the tides.) Mont St Michel was like this in the past, too, but now there is a bridge. Rarely, it can also be covered by the water, but it is quite unusual. Last time I went was before the bridge was built though!
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Colleen Glim 1 year ago
Mont in French, mount in English. Both are correct
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#8
If Andromeda Was Brighter This Is How Big It Would Appear In The Night Sky. Reminder This Is Heading Towards Us At A Speed Of 300km A Second
Annabelle 1 year ago
Treat first what kills first. I think this is really low on our priority list. We still have 2,5 million years to figure out a solution.
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Graham Chapman (He/He) 1 year ago
Actually, 110 Km per second so, we've got plenty of time to prepare.. about 2.5-4 Billion years... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andromeda%E2%80%93Milky_Way_collision
Floeckchen 1 year ago (edited)
Galaxies are also incredibly empty. The chances of anything coliding are miniscule
SolitaryIntrovert 1 year ago
I wonder what people who live somewhere in the Andromeda Galaxy think about this. 🤔🤔🤔🤔
Cooking Panda 1 year ago
Of all places on Earth, I bet it will crash somewhere in California. As always
Apatheist Account2 1 year ago
This is not true. It's nothing like that big, otherwise we'd see it with the naked eye. It's about half the size of the moon at the moment, but it will get bigger.
Gandalf the Pink 1 year ago (edited)
You are mistaken, this picture is accurate actually. It's not "half the size of the moon", Andromeda is 3 degrees across the sky and the moon is only 0.5 making Andromeda SIX times larger than the moon on the sky. And you can in fact see Andromeda with the naked eye. It's just much much dimmer in real life, so you might just see the galactic center if there's light pollution. Maybe that's what you're thinking of?
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#9
The Coast Of Namibia
Salty_Sasquatch 1 year ago
You'd sand off all the pants on your bum and end up bleeding and bare butted into the water filled with sharks.
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Now, you may be wondering if you have megalophobia yourself but just never knew there was a name for it. If you feel intense fear and have anxiety around large objects, it’s possible that you’re a megalophobe. You might also have a rapid heartbeat or shortness of breath when you see something massive. Other symptoms include feeling dizzy or lightheaded, feeling nauseous or having a strong desire to get away from the huge object as soon as you can.
#10
Setenil De Las Bodegas, Spain. A Town Literally Built Under A Rock
C.Stith 1 year ago
It’s always said unless you live under a rock! Well, , yes, in fact I do. But, I don’t think i could.
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Koalafied to komment 1 year ago
Since mountains etc are moving (like, you know, the processes building them are still going onward) I ask myself, if this town has to adapt to the rock from time to time O.o
Miss Mali 1 year ago
The rockies are actually coming down. There are spots where the rock is collecting. Luckily it's gonna take a very very long time and others will have negun their journey up.
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Ozymandias73 1 year ago
"Have you been living under a rock your whole life?!" "Why yes, yes I have. How did you know?"
#11
The Motherland Calls Statue In Volgograd
Lewis KR 1 year ago
I think this is the only statue to give me goosebumps. Such a powerful design
cerinamroth 1 year ago (edited)
I do love this one, although I have very little love for the Russian Motherland at present. One that always gives me goosebumps personally is the one in Hamburg that I love of a mother reading to her child on her lap. Such a tender, peaceful moment, passing down the knowledge of generations.
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Analyn Lahr 1 year ago
Beautiful statue. Glad they changed the name of the city, apparently it used to be Stalingrad. Too bad their government still needs a kick in the pants and more. I just wish we could be peaceful about it, you know? Russia needs to work on fixing themselves and leave other countries, who were doing just fine without them, alone.
Lorraine R 1 year ago
Will we be surprised if one day the name gets changed to Putingrad?
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Spittnimage 1 year ago
At least they didn't stick it in the middle of a city like the other statue.
#12
Coast Of England
Salty_Sasquatch 1 year ago
I tried looking up this on google to see if they're part of the white cliffs of Dover. I'm thinking no, but please correct me if I'm wrong. Actually let me know if I'm right?
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TribbleThinking 1 year ago
FWIW for the international Pandas, they have suicide patrols on these cliffs,
Anne Jones 1 year ago
Yes they do. There are volunteers who patrol Beachy Head ( a famous suicide spot) and if you are there alone they approach you and ask if you’re ok, or need help etc.
Load More Replies... Kelly Scott 1 year ago (edited)
In the US, they'd have to have fences 30 ft high to keep the idiots from falling over the cliffs trying to take a selfie and to keep family from suing when that happened. I'm American, by the way. Very familiar with those kinds of idiots. Edit to add: you couldn't drag me to within 20 feet of the edge.
MP Deco 1 year ago
totally agree!! i am panting like a lizard just looking at that edge!😨....still...very beautiful.
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Paul C. 1 year ago
Those cliffs have a habit of regularly crumbling and large chunks breaking off, so those people are genuinely not in the safest position.
Privateer 1 year ago
The winds are crazy up there too. The trees grow horizontally. Sometimes people get blown over the edge when they get too close.
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Ricardo SCFC 1 year ago
'Quadrophenia' filming location, although 20 miles away from Brighton. An old Vespa would not have gone that far without breaking down!
Barbara Wilcock 1 year ago
Only national park where there is a phone number for the samatitens
Colleen Glim 1 year ago
But note the lack of safety rails. Because if you’re stupid enough to get too close to the edge, that’s a you problem
When it comes to what causes megalophobia to develop, Medical News Today notes that it’s not always easy to pinpoint the root cause. It could have been past trauma involving a huge object or a vast space, or it could just be learned behavior from seeing how others react to massive objects. For example, if your parents were always terrified of huge things, they might have unintentionally passed that fear onto you. Genetic factors and cultural influences can also be at play.
#13
The Storage Space Of A Tanker Ship Carrying Liquefied Natural Gas
james stevenson 1 year ago
I was thinking the Danger Room or the Holodeck
Load More Replies... Max Robitzsch 1 year ago
I thought this was mis-labelled and showed some sort of Neutrino detector or similar mega-science apparatus. Wonder why it's greebled like that?
Kangaroo 1 year ago
According to Reddit, it’s to reduce stress due to thermal contraction of natural gas. This picture is correct, you’re thinking of another one that appears on BP from time to time.
Load More Replies... Luis Hernandez Dauajare 1 year ago
It must be a nightmare to clean. Any sailors or engineers to say how is this done?
#14
Submarine
TotallyNOTAFox 1 year ago
This looks like a soviet / russian "Taifun" class, the biggest submarine type ever build
Spencer's slave no longer 1 year ago
It certainly is a Russian Typhoon class sub, one only 3 ever built and all 3 are now decommissioned.
Load More Replies... Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago
*sings* We all live in a purple submarine, a purple submarine, a purple submarine.
TotallyNOTAFox 1 year ago (edited)
People interested in military vehicles probably have an even better day, though it would depend on the location of the beach (Wouldn't want to see that on the coast line neareast to me)
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Game Guy 1 year ago
That's a Typhoon. Russian. Made famous in Hunt for Red October.
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Bisha Moten 1 year ago (edited)
Typhoon class ballistic missile submarine. Carries 20 nuclear tipped ICBM's that can reach most all locations in the continental US. The ICBM's are in the 10 megaton range of damage. One would be enough to flatten New York city. If converted to a cruise missile carrier, it holds some 192 cruise missiles, each that can carry a tactical nuclear device in the 1 kiloton range. (roughly the same damage that hit Nagasaki.) 574 ft 2 in long, 75 feet wide, 12 foot draft. 160 crewmembers. "reported" max depth of 1300 feet.
#15
Deepest Pool In The World, Dubai
james stevenson 1 year ago
I'll say! Who just leaves a perfectly good Mercedes down there?!?
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Diana Lucas 1 year ago
It's an attraction designed to look like a sunken city. I had to look it up.
Barbara Wilcock 1 year ago
I have no idea why people go here. Human rights are probably at the bottom of this pool
arthbach 1 year ago
Sue, they have different things in the pool for divers to explore.
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Like any phobia, megalophobia certainly isn’t pleasant to have. But with some hard work and therapy, it may be possible to overcome. Verywell Mind recommends cognitive behavioral therapy as one approach to conquering this phobia. This is where a patient is encouraged to replace their fearful thoughts with healthier ones. The goal is to change their perspective and view the huge objects through a less scary lens.
#16
The Famous Tanker Amoco Cadiz, Sinking Off The Coast Of Brittany In 1978
Uncanny 1 year ago
Do the residents of that house close the shutters when they want to catch a few zees? 😴 😉
Sand Ers 1 year ago
The wreck is fully underwater. This would have been the view for a few weeks while the ocean tore it apart.
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While Feeding, A Whale Shark’s Mouth Can Stretch To Over A Meter (4ft) Wide
Schnitzel 1 year ago
Wonder if it would spit a human out? If said human would accidentally end up "down there" I mean.
Salty_Sasquatch 1 year ago
There was a story and film not too long ago about a kayaker being accidentally swallowed by a whale shark (I believe) and immediately spit out again. Obviously she was terrified but it was a very short encounter.
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#18
St. Pauli, Hamburg - The Feldstrabe Bunker
JustAnotherBoredPanda 1 year ago
Has a much greener roof now and contains a popular music club and other companies. Has definitely put to use.
Nitka Tsar 1 year ago
Sure. I lived in Hamburg and always thought it is ugly. It looks better now though.
Load More Replies... Corinna Weisz 1 year ago
If anyone is interested, there are some old Flaktürme in Vienna, and one got used for an aquatic zoo. Search for 'Haus des Meeres'. It's not as big as this one in Hamburg, but in the middle of the city and very interesting to visit.
Exposure therapy can also be helpful for some megalophobes. This is when patients expose themselves to the objects that are causing them fear repeatedly until they become desensitized to them. For example, scrolling through this list full of massive objects might be the perfect way to expose yourself to some megalophobia-triggering content! You’re in a safe environment, where you know these items can’t actually harm you, and you have the chance to see them for what they are.
#19
Pyramid Of Giza, Egypt
cerinamroth 1 year ago
That be the air pollution. Cairo's dreadful for it.
Load More Replies... Christopher Crockett 1 year ago
Khufu's Pyramid (the biggest one) was the tallest man-made structure on earth for over 3800 years, though the height of its successor, Lincoln Cathedral, is disputed. Stripping the outer limestone casing and erosion has taken some seven meters, or 25 feet, in height from the structure.
Foxglove🇮🇪 1 year ago
I hate that the city has crept so close. When I was there 25+ years ago there was still clear space between them
Blah Blah Blah 1 year ago
They're legit MASSIVE in person. Flat out shocking how actually large they are.
zerofoxgiven 1 year ago
I was 6 when we visited. Never felt so tiny in my life. 20+ years later still remember the feeling.
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German WW2 Flak Tower In Vienna Austria
Dani M 1 year ago
Fun fact: they have considered taking it down but don't know how. One of them is now an amazing aqua zoo and the other can be climbed.
cerinamroth 1 year ago
The one in Hamburg has an amazing nightclub at the top (or used to, I think it still does - my clubbing days are behind me). You could walk out onto the roof in the early morning hours and watch the sun come up after a sweaty night of dancing. No one can complain about the noise if the walls are 6-metre thick concrete! I think there's a hotel in there now and there's a rooftop garden, which was being worked on the last time I went there.
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Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago
The Germans probably got a lot of flack about this tower.
james stevenson 1 year ago
Aww, it's adorable! *get's violently separated by flak*
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keyboardtek 1 year ago
Many of the Nazi mega structure were built by the slave labor of concentration camp prisoners. As was much of America's progress was built by black slaves and Chinese labor.
Bisha Moten 1 year ago
These typically weren't. The flak towers were built between 1940, and 1941, though many date from as early as 1939. They were built as part of the Reichsarbeitsdienst (RAD), or national labor service.
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#21
Inside The Eye Of Category 5 Hurricane Beryl
Sian E 1 year ago (edited)
The US Air Force/and government weather agencies working with them have planes capable of monitoring hurricanes by flying right into the heart of them. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_reconnaissance#:~:text=The%20Lockheed%20C%2D130%20Hercules,venerable%20aircraft%20for%20weather%20reconnaissance.
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DennyS (denzoren) 1 year ago
Hurricane Beryl really powered up. We were lucky that it just missed us.
Thriveworks also recommends grounding techniques to help combat megalophobia. This can involve naming physical objects in your surroundings, identifying calming sensory experiences and listing items. For example, you might help ground yourself by listing all of your favorite films or albums alphabetically. Distracting your brain can help anxiety dissipate. And of course, getting in touch with your body by taking deep breaths or doing breathing exercises can make a huge difference too.
#22
Elephant Foot Glacier In Greenland
Sara Frazer 1 year ago
... maybe I'm feeling snacky but my first thought was that it looks like ice cream melting off a warm brownie 😅
LokisLilButterknife 1 year ago
That’s a wonderful analogy and now I’m craving brownies and ice cream. 🍨
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The A23a Iceberg Weighing 1,000 Billion Tons, 4,000 Square Kilometers Wide, 3 Times Bigger Than New York 😲
Pandarosa 1 year ago
If there was a problem yo I'll solve it, check out the hook while the DJ revolves it.
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Mgtow Smurf 1 year ago
Ladies and gentlemen take my advise, pull down your pants and slide on the ice.
I'm.Just.A.Girl 1 year ago
How do they determine weight?? I'm sure there's mathematical formulas.. it's incredible the things that we can figure out.
Sand Ers 1 year ago (edited)
They know the size. They know its density. After that it’s straightforward math.
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Chewie Baron 1 year ago
All of it. It’s still in cold waters, as it’s currently stuck in a vortex north of South Georgia.
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Jack McHue 1 year ago
Is this the one they said was going to calve and destroy the world (I'm exaggerating, but not by much), but now they're saying it won't?
Luis Hernandez Dauajare 1 year ago
Imagine the captain of that ship: "Oh, shucks! Now we will have to go around it..."
#24
Entrance To The Great Pyramid
Cat Chat 1 year ago
How dare you silly cats (and Shyla) get a downvote. Fixed it.
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Corella Fleabane 1 year ago
IIRC the entrance is here but the giant hole around it was hacked/blasted into the pyramid at several points in time (after the limestone casing stones were removed for use as building stones elsewhere)? In the early 1800s a couple of English guys blasted here to expose more of the interior, one example of the destructiveness that passed for archeology for far too long.
Jack McHue 1 year ago
There's a recently discovered chamber behind that, but it's probably nothing notable other than weight relief. I bet other chambers like it exist all around the structure's interior.
Are you enjoying these photos, pandas? Or have we unlocked a new fear within you? Keep upvoting the pics that give you the heebie-jeebies, and feel free to share which large objects you fear in the comments below. Or if you have a different phobia, let us know what really freaks you out! Then, if you’d like to check out even more photos that megalophobes hate, we recommend reading this Bored Panda piece next!
#25
Wushan Airport, Chongqing, China
Sara Frazer 1 year ago
What?! It's just on a mountain like that?!! Aaaaahhh so many phobias of mine triggered at once!!
Kesam 1 year ago
The picture is grossly distorted. The airport is on a hill but it's a lot less steep than it looks here.
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AtMostAFabulist 1 year ago
That would be a bad place to go sliding off the runway. Regardless of how steep it is.
#26
Earth Compared To The Sun
Sand Ers 1 year ago
The sun compared to a red giant. IMG_1979-6...57-png.jpg 
#27
First Wind-Powered Cargo Ship
Kee-Bak 1 year ago
Fairly sure that sailing ships have already taken cargo all over they world?
Full of Giggles 1 year ago
True, but traditional sail ships can only carry a fraction of this ships payload.
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#28
Clermont-Ferrand Cathedral, France
Strahd Ivarius 1 year ago
it is a real case of "the floor is lava", since the stone used for that church is volcanic stone from Volvic area
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MC C 1 year ago
wait till they get a load of the Washington National Cathedral National-C...aled-1.jpg 
Sand Ers 1 year ago
I loathe cathedrals, but that one is even worse because every aspect of its appearance is fake.
Load More Replies... Paul Pink 1 year ago
Because it’s not dirty, the stone it was build from is called „Pierre de Volvic“. It‘s color goes from grey to a dark grey. It is the stone wich was/is located near the construction site.
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Toni Ahlgren 1 year ago
Just some random cathedral that doesn't even make it to the top 100 list of biggest churches.
#29
The Sphere In Las Vegas, Nv
detective miller's hat 1 year ago
for sure, but not gonna lie, it looks pretty cool in that photo. I didn't even know that thing existed. Just looked at it on google maps and it looks like a total eyesore.
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keyboardtek 1 year ago
It looks larger than it is due to the compression effect of a telephoto lens.
Damned_Cat 1 year ago
It must be compressed because Palos Verdes St and the Siegel Suites (in the foreground) are a few blocks away from the Sphere and not as close to each other as the photo suggests.
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Jeannine Pope-Carter 1 year ago
My brother was in L.V. for a convention. He was 7 miles out of town and you could STILL see it. Nightmare for sure!
Chewie Baron 1 year ago
It’s in Las Vegas, they’ve already got light pollution.
Load More Replies... Colleen Glim 1 year ago
To be fair, you’re probably not in Vegas for the astronomy
Load More Replies... Beth Wheeler 1 year ago
WOW it looks like a planet in the pic. Just looked it up and would love to go but not at those prices
#30
Right When The South Tower Started To Collapse
Cat Chat 1 year ago
Me too. Just knowing it's not empty. Still remember the shock of the whole day. Wondering when/if the day's violence would stop.
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featherytoad 1 year ago
I was at work when this happened in a call center. I still remember where I sat and where everyone else sat around me. It's just burned into my memory.
Vampiresscrow 1 year ago
I was in bed when a friend called me claiming WWIII. I turned on the TV and watched in astonishment. Watching those people jump. Horrible. The days after, no flights in the air. It felt so surreal.
Wendy Miller 1 year ago
I was in bed at the time, too. I worked retail and had the day off. My husband was at his retail job at Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg, IL. My friend called me. I got up, turned on the TV, and watched for hours. We talked and cried together. When we heard about the plane going down in the field, I told her "They fought back. You mark my words. They fought back." Living in the Chicago suburbs most of my life, the planes were part of the background. You don't think of seeing or hearing them. It was incredibly weird seeing skies without planes. Considering we weren't far from O'Hare. I remember my husband came home since they shut down the mall. It was a really sad, surreal time.
Load More Replies... Rebekah 1 year ago
I just can't... I hate when I scrolling along and then 9.11 pics show up. It's like a punch to the stomach every time. This does not belong with giant statues, pools and whale pictures.
Pollywog 1 year ago
Doesn't go along with the theme. Feels cruel to have this amongst all these things we're making jokes about. It hurts my heart!
Load More Replies... Salty_Sasquatch 1 year ago
My daughter was 3 years old then. I was standing and staring in shock at the news and she said 'mom, why is that man falling in the air?' and it was extremely difficult to come up with an answer that wouldn't totally freak her out. (I can't remember what I said but it certainly wasn't the truth: "he's jumped from a building on fire because it was he didn't want to burn to death, he wanted to die quickly.) I turned off the TV as soon as she said that.
Johnnynatfan 1 year ago
The horror of that day will never not be with me. Especially the people jumping out of the towers.
Susan Teter 1 year ago (edited)
Where were you when the world stopped turning, on that September day...this song by Alan Jackson cut me to the core. Anytime I hear it, I break down - all of the lives taken so senselessly - breaks my heart.
#31
Empire State Building From Seen From New Jersey, 1930s
Mason Kronol 1 year ago
Always interesting to see skylines before. In 2017 my mom and I stayed on the 42nd floor of a hotel looking south and could barely see the Empire State Building because of all the other buildings. Just the top 1/4.
Robert Trebor 1 year ago
I came out of Penn Station once in the nineties and looked up and saw the inflatable ape up near the top. Proved the adage that if you stand and stare at something you will influence others to do so too. Got quite a crowd staring.
#32
Tokyo, Japan
cerinamroth 1 year ago
Oh, how I love Japan. Tokyo's not my favourite city - I prefer the smaller ones of Kobe and Hiroshima - but I do love spending a week or so there.
LokisLilButterknife 1 year ago
Japan is on my ever increasing list of amazing places to visit. I would love to visit Kyoto.
Load More Replies... I'm.Just.A.Girl 1 year ago
That's insane. I can never navigate something like that. I live north of Seattle and I despise trying to navigate Seattle.
#33
Just Thinking About It Scares Me
Herringbone 1 year ago (edited)
My friend and I walked round Devil's Tower - fortunately the almighty thunderstorm didn't start until the second we got back into the car. Handy travel hint: you can do Crazy Horse, Mount Rushmore, Deadwood, the Geographical Center of the US at Belle Fourche, and Devil's Tower in one weekend.
ByeFelicia 1 year ago
Its really not that big. You can walk around the entire perimeter in less than half an hour.
Willem Andries Oosterhof 1 year ago
"If everything's ready here on the Dark Side of the Moon... play the five tones.."
Sand Ers 1 year ago
I was just wondering if it was climbable. Any idea what technique is needed?
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#34
Hindenburg Disaster
Salty_Sasquatch 1 year ago (edited)
Back when broadcasters could actually express emotions like horror on the air.
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A Man Standing In The Lumberyard Of Seattle Cedar Lumber Manufacturing, 1939. (Photo By Alfred Eisenstaedt)
Cara Vinson 1 year ago
I bet it smelled amazing. I love following the logging trucks with my windows open
#36
The Giant Flag Of The French Ship Le Genereux
#37
German Ww2 Bunker That Has Fallen From The Cliff, Normandy, France
Virgil Blue 1 year ago
That this thing is still in one piece shows how hard it was to break one. No wonder they went for the shooting slots and air vents to get past them.
#38
It's Not What You Think It Is
Beth Wheeler 1 year ago
Power Company working as hard and as fast as they can. They have 5 buckets in the air fairly close together with a lot of lines. My husband retired from a power company after 40 years. He spent a lot of time climbing poles and in the buckets in all kinds of weather.
#39
Olympus Mons, The Tallest Mountain In The Solar System At 21.9 Km (13.6 Mi; 72,000 Ft) High
Lorraine R 1 year ago
Yes, it's a shield volcano, like Mauna Loa and Santorini.
Load More Replies... Max Robitzsch 1 year ago
Fun fact - it has super-gentle slopes that, on earth, you could stroll up easily. It's just so high because it is also so enormously wide...
Luis Hernandez Dauajare 1 year ago
I read somewhere that, if that were on Earth, its base would cover half of continental United States and the top would be above the atmosphere...
#40
Chittagong Ship Breaking Yard, Bangladesh
Spencer's slave no longer 1 year ago (edited)
🎶 With a bucket and spade and a hand grenade... 🎶
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The Jarring Size Of Mount Rainier
Sky Render 1 year ago
Mt. Hood out here has a similar impact. I live a good 50 miles away from it and it still makes a striking landmark taking up half of the horizon on my commute home!
#42
Giant Hot Air Balloon Of A Head In Yoyogi Park, Tokyo, Japan
K- THULU 1 year ago
There's a Junji Ito story about big floating heads, sooo....Nope, nope, nope....
MonicaChicagoGal 1 year ago
Nope GIANT heads are NOPES there is a giant head in Seattle that's a NOPE too!
#43
Wernher Von Braun Standing Next To The F-1 Engines That Took The Man To The Moon (1969)
Max Robitzsch 1 year ago
Typical example of a person who didn't let morals come in the way of his ambitions.
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Sand Ers 1 year ago
That’s more than the F-1 engines. That’s the business end of a Saturn 5. It gives a good idea, but still doesn’t quite convey how insanely enormous it really is. Standing underneath one where he is and looking up is mind-boggling. I stood and stared with my mouth hanging open for a -long- time.
#44
Northrop Grumman’s Massive New Underwater Drone
Sara Frazer 1 year ago (edited)
Meh, not so scary, looks like a friendly mecha sea flap-flap (manta ray) ^-^
Anne Jones 1 year ago
I will always call rays sea flap-flaps from now on! 😂
Load More Replies... cerinamroth 1 year ago
Because my children love the Octonauts: Octo-Ray to Octopod, incoming Octo-report!
#45
WWII German Battleship Capsized
Spencer's slave no longer 1 year ago
That's the WWI, not WWII, German battleship SMS Prinzregent Luitpold being towed to Scapa Flow where it was raised and scrapped.
Sand Ers 1 year ago
Towed -from- Scapa Flow. She’d been scuttled there by her crew after the end of the war, then raised and towed away to be scrapped elsewhere.
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#46
The Scale Of Other Planets Is Insane. Imagine A World With Nothing And Nobody On It
Virgil Blue 1 year ago
Yes, that's the tell tale triangle toothed edge of the Russian Venera probes. The ones that didn't crash because of the violent atmosphere or mechanical problems lasted 50 to 120 minutes before being destroyed by Venus's extremely hostile environment. They were designed to minimally last 30, so well done designers.
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Mimi La Souris 1 year ago
What will remain of the human species after our disappearance? waste, everywhere.
Lorraine R 1 year ago
Good series: "Life After People". Examines what would happen if all humans suddenly disappeared from the planet. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_After_People
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The First Airlander 10 Will Enter Service In 2028
Schnitzel 1 year ago (edited)
I can guarantee you all, that I will never enter one of those! But then again, I probably won't be invited so I don't have to worry.
cerinamroth 1 year ago
You don't have to be invited; you'd just buy a ticket, like you would for a plane. I think they're supposed to be flying to Shetland, which is where my MIL lives, so I might get to have a ride! A darn sight better than a 16-hour ferry ride over the notoriously choppy North Sea!
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Graham Chapman (He/He) 1 year ago
Ah, the flying a**e, built near where I live in Bedfordshire!
#48
Satellite Picture Of The Widest River In The World, The Rio De La Plata
Max Robitzsch 1 year ago
Woot - been there! In the little town to the top left where the brown meet the blue (...which has 1.4m people, actually, being Montevideo, Urugay's capital).
#49
Al-Shaheed Monument, Baghdad
#50
Stone Mountain
Grenelda Thurber 1 year ago
It's a giant Confederate Memorial and the largest "high relief sculpture" in the world, featuring Stonewall Jackson, Jefferson Davis, and Robert E. Lee. Has long been associated with the Ku Klux Klan. It was first proposed in 1915 and completed in 1972.
Johnnynatfan 1 year ago
Screw that place. It’s a monument to the racist confederacy in Georgia.
Pollywog 1 year ago
I was there when I was young. They had an awesome laser light show in the evening.
brookeannsimmer 1 year ago
Yes, to bring to life and commemorate the confederate cause, what a horrible scar on an otherwise gorgeous mountain
Load More Replies... Freya the Wanderer 1 year ago
The name is Stone Mountain. It is in Georgia, just east of Atlanta.
#51
This Shrapnel From A Shot Down Iranian Missile
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ggus44 1 year ago
Really cool! It's amazing what humans can build. And in another post here on BP, afghan women are now banned from talking too loudly... I just don't understand how some can make these amazing things and others are here just to hate and cause pain. (Sorry for venting, I just read that post and then this one...)
Sky Render 1 year ago
That's the power of free will for you. Humans are capable of great good, great evil, and everything in between. Much of human history involves trying to suppress free will, ironically causing far worse devastation in its wake than free will itself does...
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Dumdum 1 year ago
Oh it's hard for me to describe. I don't think this big beautiful ore horrific things can describe, the horror of megafobia. It's not so much the mega, it is you can't esabe the mega. So you prefer too dig a hole ind the ground.
Jessica Wewer 1 year ago
I did not know I hated this until I did. It's amazing but weirds me out xoxo 😘
Megan Dee 1 year ago
Some of these things aren't really relevant for me. Usually it's things that are bigger than "usual". Things like cargo ships, redwood trees, large statues, mining/lumber vehicles. It's usually things that have smaller versions, things that are always bigger like mountains, landscapes and high rise buildings don't really freak me out as much
Jack McHue 1 year ago
Someone needs to post a photo of Lake Superior from a vehicle driving (or parked) down the hillside in Duluth. That drive always freaks me out.
Christopher Crockett 1 year ago
Even though I"m an atheist, I want to see that scale Ark that's in Kentucky, USA. Just the fact that someone engineered and built the thing out of wood at great cost is impressive. That their religious beliefs mean that there are dinosaurs in the ark just makes it that much cooler.
Sand Ers 1 year ago
Great cost to the taxpayers of Kentucky. It can’t burn to the ground soon enough.
Load More Replies... ggus44 1 year ago
Really cool! It's amazing what humans can build. And in another post here on BP, afghan women are now banned from talking too loudly... I just don't understand how some can make these amazing things and others are here just to hate and cause pain. (Sorry for venting, I just read that post and then this one...)
Sky Render 1 year ago
That's the power of free will for you. Humans are capable of great good, great evil, and everything in between. Much of human history involves trying to suppress free will, ironically causing far worse devastation in its wake than free will itself does...
Load More Replies... Dumdum 1 year ago
Oh it's hard for me to describe. I don't think this big beautiful ore horrific things can describe, the horror of megafobia. It's not so much the mega, it is you can't esabe the mega. So you prefer too dig a hole ind the ground.
Jessica Wewer 1 year ago
I did not know I hated this until I did. It's amazing but weirds me out xoxo 😘
Megan Dee 1 year ago
Some of these things aren't really relevant for me. Usually it's things that are bigger than "usual". Things like cargo ships, redwood trees, large statues, mining/lumber vehicles. It's usually things that have smaller versions, things that are always bigger like mountains, landscapes and high rise buildings don't really freak me out as much
Jack McHue 1 year ago
Someone needs to post a photo of Lake Superior from a vehicle driving (or parked) down the hillside in Duluth. That drive always freaks me out.
Christopher Crockett 1 year ago
Even though I"m an atheist, I want to see that scale Ark that's in Kentucky, USA. Just the fact that someone engineered and built the thing out of wood at great cost is impressive. That their religious beliefs mean that there are dinosaurs in the ark just makes it that much cooler.
Sand Ers 1 year ago
Great cost to the taxpayers of Kentucky. It can’t burn to the ground soon enough.
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