“Worked As A Photographer For NASA”: 74 Cool, Curious, And Unexpected Pics People Took At Their Jobs

We spend a lot of time at our jobs. For most of us, they’re a routine part of life, something we’re used to as we go about our days and tackle the tasks on our plates. But there’s a whole world of work out there that looks nothing like what we experience, and seeing it through unfamiliar eyes can be genuinely fascinating, even if for those doing it, it’s just another Tuesday.

Across the internet, people have been sharing photos of interesting and curious things they’ve spotted during their workdays, and we’ve gathered some of the coolest ones here. From vets having fun with their animal patients to NASA workers casually capturing rocket launches, scroll down to check them out and don’t forget to upvote your favorites.

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My Sister Is A Vet Tech And Took My Dog With Her To Work, I Asked Her How He Was Doing And She Sent Me This

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My Sister Is A Vet Tech And Took My Dog With Her To Work, I Asked Her How He Was Doing And She Sent Me This

Took This Photo Recently Of The Magnificent 300 Year Old Cedar Tree In The Garden Where I Work

My Mother (Left) Was A Flight Nurse During The Vietnam War

This Delta Flight Was Piloted By A Mother And Daughter Flight Crew. Pretty Inspiring

Technical Crew Watching Lord Of The Rings During A Disturbed Concert

Police Dog Is Given Retirement Presents From The Community On His Last Day On The Job

Someone Draws Pictures On The Whiteboard At My Hospital With Dry Erase Markers Every Week Or So

Ducks - I Used To Work On A Duck Farm And This Is My Coolest Picture

Here’s A Baby Skunk. My Friend Works At A Native Wildlife Rescue In VA

Uuno Works As A Game Developer. When You Pat A Good Boy In Your Game, You Could Be Patting Uuno

I Work On The 10th Floor Of An Office Tower. I Have A Friend Who Stops By Daily

This Dog Followed The Google Earth Guy

176 Animals Are Sleeping In A Home Tonight. Cleared The Shelter Was Successful

I Work At A Hatchery And This Duckling Came Out With 4 Legs

Uncles Wife Worked As A Photographer For NASA. Found These Pictures She Sent My Dad

I Am A Wind Turbine Technician. I Often Get Asked What It Looks Like From The Top. Well, This Is A Glimpse Of What I Get To See Nearly Every Day

I'm An Air Traffic Controller Working The Overnight Shift On Christmas

Friend Of Mine In The Coast Guard Just Posted This On Facebook

Ricky And Evy After They Passed Their Helicopter Proficiency Training For The US Coast Guard

My Friend Is A Pilot In The Air Force. He Posted This Picture This Morning Of A Sunrise From The Cockpit

My Aunt Works For A Vet And This Guy Was Booked In For A Check Up

My Wife Took Our Cat To The Vets, & My Son Told The Vet His Toy Dinosaur Was Feeling Poorly, So The Vet Gave It An X-Ray

Found This Little Guy At Work Today

This Tortoise Getting X-Rays At My Work Yesterday

The Work Of This Plumber Is Something To Be Admired

Couple Panels I Wired Yesterday

My Kids Make Me Take Pictures Of Their Toys While I'm At Work

The Restaurant I Work At

Night Shift On The Roosevelt Fire

This Wall Of Fog Rolling In At My Work

We Got A New Meat Cutter At The Restaurant I Work At, And I Love The Way He Arranges Our Display Case

I Got A Job At A Secondhand Book Exchange, This Is One Of Three Warehouses Of Books

Mounted Police Taking Pictures At The Beach

When You Clean Out The Tablesaw After A Few Jobs It Looks Straight Up Geological

Day 1 Of Wearing Weird Hats At Work Until Someone Says Something

The One Time I Wore My Halloween Costume To Work

It Is -45°f (-43°c) Where I’m Working Today. (South Dakota)

Almost Gave Up Art But Managed To Get My Work In A Gallery. Couldn’t Be Happier

Driveway I Just Finished Working On. I Do Decorative Concrete Work For A Living. 3655 Square Feet Total. Almost A 1/4 Mile Long In Length

I Finally Got My Dream Job As A Park Ranger In Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska! The Karmic Gods Must Have Made A Clerical Error

An Iowa Master Electrician Showed Me How He Cooks Lunch On The Job

Inside An Air Traffic Control Tower

Break On The Night Shift

Firefighters Push A GT350 Out Of A Burning Home In California

The Floor At My Work Is Tiled With 3k Work Of Pennies

A Bigger Than Average Snail I Picked Up At Work. It’s Sea Water, I Farm Oysters

At The Post Office Where I Work, Someone Mailed A Bunch Of Bees

My 6-Year-Old Son Asked Me If I Could Touch The Clouds When I'm At Work, So I Showed Him This

At My Job We Have 2 Of These Foam Things Hanging, Specifically For People To Poke, So That The Other Ones Don't Get Destroyed And We Don't Have To Throw Them Away

This Lady’s Job Is To Ensure Bags Land More Gently On The Carousel

This Guy Whose Whole Job Appears To Make Coffee And Tea For A Metal Band While They're On Stage

This Job Site Has A Vending Machine Just For Cables

After Months Of Work I’m Finally Having My First Art Show

A Snapshot Of A Welder In Action

My Workplace Decided To Wash All Our Legos Today

This Old Anesthesia Machine At My Workplace

Ice Stalagmites At One Of My Clients Cottages I Was Doing Work For Last Winter

My Job Puts Molten Iron By The Break Area To Keep Warm When It Cools Off Outside

SpaceX Support Member Is Airborne While Working To Lift The SpaceX Dragon Capsule

My Company Is Sending Work From Home Employees New Laptops. I Somehow Ended Up With All Of Them

Security Guard At His Post After A Rainy Night

My Favourite Colleague At Work

Firefighters Working On Roof Of Apartment Building

In The Process Of Installing 21 "Privacy Pods" At My Office Job

The Amount Of Staples I Amassed After 2 Months Of Unstappling And Scanning Documents As My First Summer Job

Temperature Working On The Roof Today

I'm Working For My States Abandoned Mines Program. Here Are Some Of The Interesting Stuff

My Dad Started As A Dishwasher When He Moved To The US. 27 Years Later He Is Now A Successful Welder

As A Secondary Escape Route, Air Traffic Controllers Evacuate Down A Netted Chute

Golden Gate Bridge View From A Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules. Hold On Tight

The Crosswalks At The Biotech Campus Where I Work Are Double Helixes

This "Ice Grass" That Forms At My Jobs Sites

This Wear Pattern On My Work Laptop After 3 Years

The Library At My Work Has Books Ordered By Color Rather Than Subject

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