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“Nature Never Ceases To Amaze”: 69 Fascinating Photos That Show A Different Side Of The Great Outdoors
When did you last step outside and absorb all that nature has to offer? Many of us are so busy scrolling through our phones and liking photos on Instagram that we forget the world is a giant, ever-changing art gallery just begging to be admired.
Every inch holds a piece of magic. No filter, no Photoshop, and no algorithms to pull it all together. Just fascinating, beautiful, strange, and sometimes even scary scenes playing out in real time, reminding us that Mother Nature is undoubtedly the most talented artist on the planet.
Bored Panda has compiled a list of the most interesting photos people have managed to capture in the wild. From frost patterns on a windscreen that might impress the most renowned realism painters, to flowers that look like 3D-rendered chickens auditioning for a Disney movie, these nature pics will hopefully inspire you to take a closer look at the great outdoors when you need a reboot.
We also take a deep dive into the many mental and physical health benefits of being in nature and reveal some truths you might not have known before. You'll find all that between the images.
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#1
Hummingbird Feather! I Had Never Found One Before, Thought It Was Neat
Jeff White 8 months ago
It is neat. I have never seen one before or perhaps never thought about hummingbirds feathers before. Thank you for posting.
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#2
These Flowers Look Like A Group Of Tiny 3D-Rendered Chickens Wearing Glasses And Holding A Cake
Jeff White 8 months ago
Your description of the flowers is most impressive. I would have made a large wager that I would never read the sentence "Group Of Tiny 3D-Rendered Chickens Wearing Glasses And Holding A Cake." Ever. In my whole life.
#3
The Snow Froze Like Flowers In The Parking Lot
#4
The Shining Eyes Of Gators In The Everglades
#5
The Way My Windscreen Froze
#6
These Vines In My Neighborhood Look Like An Elephant
#7
This Swirly Dandelion I Found
#8
A Photo Of Trees Growing Out Of Other Trees
#9
The Variety Of Colors In The Eggs My Friend’s Chickens Laid
Zig Zag Wanderer 8 months ago
In my experience most chickens have quite individual preferences for food, and thus free range shell colours are different. These are extraordinary, however!
#10
Found This ‘Veiled Lady’ Mushroom On A Hike This Morning Near Seoul, South Korea
#11
This Tree Fell Over And Grew 4 More Trees Out Of Itself
#12
My Grandad Showing Off His Gigantic Homegrown Cabbage
#13
My Rhododendron Looks Like It's Trying To Run Off
#14
The Petals Of This Camellia Flower
#15
A Salt Crystal I Grew At Home
#16
5-Day-Old Hedgehogs
#17
My Aunt's Cat Has The Word No Circled In His Fur Pattern
#18
Oak Tree Split In Three By Lightning
#19
Had No Idea Owls Have Such Long Legs
Beak Hookage 8 months ago
I've seen this picture before and it always slays me by just how g0ddamn goofy it looks.
#20
The Beautiful Tail On This Lizard I Saw
Toujin C'Thlu 8 months ago
These guys are common where I live, particularly during the warmer months of the year
#21
Found This Fossil Today
#22
A Freshly Hatched Baby Snapping Turtle
#23
My Daughter Had A Flower Headband On And A Butterfly Landed In It!
#24
Frost Pattern On A Car This Morning
Jeff White 8 months ago
I would like to know WHY the ice forms in this pattern. At the same time, I am more worried that figuring it out or knowing would destroy the absolute beauty and charm of this semi-miracle
#25
The Way The Light Hits This Spiderweb Makes It Look Like A CD
#26
This Tree I Found Grows Into Itself
#27
This Morning I Found By Far The Smallest Frog I Have Ever Seen In My Entire Life (My Average-Sized Fingernail For Scale)
#28
This Is The Size Of Tree They're Cutting Down In Canada, This Is Why People Are Getting Upset
#29
Flower Encased In Ice
#30
This Cat That Lives At The Parking Lot At My Job Has Extra Toes
#31
Our New Kitty Has 24 Toes
#32
This Rainbow Vine Started Growing In My Backyard
#33
My Cactus Has Grown A Strange-Looking Flower
#34
I Saw The End Of The Rainbow Today
#35
What A Flying Fish Looks Like Up Close
#36
Large Rainbow After A Storm Yesterday
#37
This Big Leaf. Wife For Scale
Beak Hookage 8 months ago
Well let's be fair; maybe the wife is very very small. A banana might be more reliable.
#38
Found A Moose Tooth In The Creek
#39
This Is What A Pregnant Guinea Pig Looks Like
#40
Water Droplets On The Tips Of Rose Bush Leaves
#41
This Bonsai Plant Has A Hexagon Branch Structure
#42
This Tomato Looks Like A Rubber Duckie
#43
Red Corn From Georgia
#44
This Is An Emu Egg
#45
This Fallen Tree Is Holding Back The Duckweed
LakotaWolf (she/her) 8 months ago
Duckweed was the bane of my existence when I used to have planted aquariums XD I never purposefully acquired duckweed, of course, but sometimes the aquatic plants I'd buy would be contaminated with duckweed, and then it would take over my tank D:
#46
The Cactus In My Daughter’s Room Grew A Flower Crown
#47
I Saw Some Ants Carrying A Glove Up A Lamp
#48
The Inside Of This Tree Looks Like A Fish
#49
This Is How Giant Galapagos Tortoises Sleep
#50
This Tree In My Neighbourhood That Has 1 Branch Of An Apple Tree And The Rest Is A Normal Tree
LakotaWolf (she/her) 8 months ago
That's grafting! Very common with fruit trees. You take the branches from a fruit-bearing cultivar and graft them to the rootstock (base) of a stronger, hardier cultivar that would not produce viable/edible fruit itself, but is otherwise strong and vigorous. Sometimes different species of fruit tree can be grafted onto the same rootstock, so you'll get a tree that grows both pears AND plums, or apples and pears, etc :)
#51
This Bumble Bee Lined Up Perfectly With The Stitches On My Shoe
#52
This Is What A Tumbleweed Looks Like Before It Dries And Roams The Land
#53
A Storm Literally Picked Up And Moved This Road
Beak Hookage 8 months ago (edited)
That kept happening with a section of asphalt bicycle path here. Once it got lifted right onto the grass verge. Eventually the local council gave up and replaced it with a concrete drainage thingy.
#54
This Is What The Start Of A River Looks Like
#55
Grandma's Backyard Is Filled With Jabuticabas, A Fruit That Sprouts From The Tree Trunk
Jeff White 8 months ago
I've never heard of or seen these tree / fruits before. Thank you for posting.
#56
This Plant That Has Exactly Two Branches At Each Node
#57
This Weird Lemon That Grew On Our Lemon Tree
#58
Seals And Sea Lions Have Nails
#59
A Plant In My Garden Grew A Mutant Leaf/Branch Hybrid
LakotaWolf (she/her) 8 months ago
This is called "fasciation", and it's an abnormal growth of the plant's tissue. This is usually caused by either hormonal issues, genetic problems, bacterial infections, fungal infections, viral infections, or environmental causes.
#60
The World's Most Dangerous Plant
#61
We Found This Pink Grasshopper In The Garden
#62
This Is What An Elephant's Tail Looks Like Up Close
#63
Baby Octopus, Thumb For Scale
#64
A Live Sand Dollar vs. Not So Alive Sand Dollar
#65
There's A Cloud Casting A Shadow In Front Of The Setting Sun
#66
Pulled A Paper Wasp Nest From The Corner Of My Shed And It Left A Perfect Cross Section
#67
My View From A German House Doesn’t Look Real
#68
A Creek Full Of Glacial Till And A River Full Of Sediment Not Mixing Near My Work
Beak Hookage 8 months ago
Boy, I wish my workplace was that picturesque. And also that I had a workplace or indeed a job. *mutter mutter*
#69
Frozen Flower I Found In Austin During The Texas Winter Storm
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Liliana Spiro 8 months ago
Wonderful pictures! It's always so humbling to see examples and be reminded of how ingenious and spectacular nature truly is!
Liliana Spiro 8 months ago
Wonderful pictures! It's always so humbling to see examples and be reminded of how ingenious and spectacular nature truly is!
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