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From nomophobia, an irrational fear of being without a mobile phone, to xanthophobia, a fear of the color yellow, countless phobias exist out there. Now this time, we’re delving into the mind of megalophobes, people who are in fear of anything large, like skyscrapers and jumbo jets.

In fact, there’s a whole corner of Reddit dedicated to sharing examples of this phobia known as megalophobia. “A place to post images of all things large, particularly ones that are 'triggers' for those with megalophobia,” the group’s description states.

Below we rolled up some of the most interesting examples shared on the group, so scroll down. Also, when you’re done reading this one, make sure to check out part 1 of the article.

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The Tallest Tree In Wales Got Damaged By A Storm And Was Supposed To Be Cut Down, Instead Chainsaw Artist Simon O’rourke Found A Better Solution To Symbolize The Tree’s Last Attempt To Reach The Sky

The Tallest Tree In Wales Got Damaged By A Storm And Was Supposed To Be Cut Down, Instead Chainsaw Artist Simon O’rourke Found A Better Solution To Symbolize The Tree’s Last Attempt To Reach The Sky

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A Minnesota Woman Recently Captured A Cloud Formation That Appeared To Look Like An Ocean In The Sky

A Minnesota Woman Recently Captured A Cloud Formation That Appeared To Look Like An Ocean In The Sky

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Cheese and rice, Moony!
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If I looked up from my phone, in the passenger seat, I would immediately p**s myself so badly-

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Angel Oak, The Oldest Tree East Of The Mississippi

Angel Oak, The Oldest Tree East Of The Mississippi

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Ukrainian Helicopter Flying With Freeway Traffic To Avoid Russian Radar

Ukrainian Helicopter Flying With Freeway Traffic To Avoid Russian Radar

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Margaret Hooper
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Clever - but it must be terrifying for the truck driver. Imagine thinking you might be hit by a Russian missile!

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#6

Imagine This Showing Up In Your Hospital Room

Imagine This Showing Up In Your Hospital Room

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#11

An Iceberg Underwater

An Iceberg Underwater

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Standing Over 7 Feet Tall And Weighing A Massive 2600 Pounds, “Big Jake” Is Currently The World’s Largest Horse

Standing Over 7 Feet Tall And Weighing A Massive 2600 Pounds, “Big Jake” Is Currently The World’s Largest Horse

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#13

Rare Jellyfish Red Sprite Lightning Found 30-90km In The Atmostphere

Rare Jellyfish Red Sprite Lightning Found 30-90km In The Atmostphere

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Remember "Paranorman"? Yeah, I think you know who I'm talking about in that movie

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#14

40 Feet Of Snow, North Dakota (1966)

40 Feet Of Snow, North Dakota (1966)

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#15

I Hate Hot Air Balloons In General, But These?? With Faces?? Looking At Me?? Absolutely Not

I Hate Hot Air Balloons In General, But These?? With Faces?? Looking At Me?? Absolutely Not

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#16

Point Nemo, The Spot Farthest Away From Any Land In The World, Where You Are Closer To Astronauts Aboard The Iss Than Humanity

Point Nemo, The Spot Farthest Away From Any Land In The World, Where You Are Closer To Astronauts Aboard The Iss Than Humanity

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#18

Just Something About This Being Able To Float Is Stressing Me Out Somehow

Just Something About This Being Able To Float Is Stressing Me Out Somehow

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#19

A Giant Statue Of Chinese Warrior Hero Guan Yu

A Giant Statue Of Chinese Warrior Hero Guan Yu

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#21

Quetzalcoatlus, As Tall As A Giraffe, The Largest Known Flying Animal In History. Imagine This Flying Towards You

Quetzalcoatlus, As Tall As A Giraffe, The Largest Known Flying Animal In History. Imagine This Flying Towards You

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Excuse me do you have a moment to talk about our lord and savior Quetzalcoatl?

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#22

Supercell Forming In Wyoming

Supercell Forming In Wyoming

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Deborah Harris2
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It looks like one of the four elephants has stepped off the giant turtle onto Earth :o

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#24

A Blanket Of Mammatus Clouds Dwarfing A Plane

A Blanket Of Mammatus Clouds Dwarfing A Plane

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#25

The Fog... Oh God

The Fog... Oh God

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Solid Pileo
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How I imagine the Mary Celeste may have looked, minus the people of course.

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#26

Face In The Clouds

Face In The Clouds

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Solid Pileo
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ominous and unsettling. Pareidolia, of course but I'd still run away from it as fast as I could.

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#28

Earth Next To Jupiter

Earth Next To Jupiter

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Oil Rig Platform Being Towed Into The Sea. The Platform Itself Is Dwarfing The Luxurious Hotel On The Left

Oil Rig Platform Being Towed Into The Sea. The Platform Itself Is Dwarfing The Luxurious Hotel On The Left

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#30

150 Ft Iceberg Floating By A Small Town In Newfoundland, Canada. Gives Me The Heebie Jeebies

150 Ft Iceberg Floating By A Small Town In Newfoundland, Canada. Gives Me The Heebie Jeebies

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#31

Recently Got A 17 Hour Ferry And Looking Out Into Nothing At 3am Was Terrifying

Recently Got A 17 Hour Ferry And Looking Out Into Nothing At 3am Was Terrifying

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Jaguarundi
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Looking up and seeing the milky way in all of its glory is breathtaking though.

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#33

A Cave

A Cave

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love caves, but at the same time, despise them with all my being. Looking at this, I feel waves of calm and wonder, and also "HOLY S**T F**K NAH NOPE S**T GET IT AWAY"

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#34

Statue Of Unity In India. The Biggest Statue In The World At Present

Statue Of Unity In India. The Biggest Statue In The World At Present

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ThatG
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It’s not carved. It’s made of 1000s of precast bronze plates and cladding that were assembled and hoisted into place.

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steven mayes
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What a huge waste of money and resources. Why not build hospitals, schools or anything useful?

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Matias Marczak
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well, tourist bring money to build hospitals and schools, but it's often way more complex

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Stardust she/her
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I went there just 1 month ago. The sole of his slippers are as tall as the average person. I recommend you go there

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the Return of Bruno
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As an American and a Catholic, I have an affinity for the Statue of Liberty and Christ the Redeemder, but I do like that the largest statue in the world is of such a humble human. Of course, it's of the DEPUTY prime minister, Patel. (Sorry, I'm not going to attempt his first name) He served under Gandhi. So I guess the fact that the statue is of him not Gandhi means Gandhi wins the humble contest. (deliberately ironic.)

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Stardust she/her
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Unity of the whole country. This man was responsible for bringing all the indivisual kingdoms to form the country of India. Pakistan decided to go its own separate way as Muslims felt that they would not get any equality in the largely Hindu population of India

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DEW
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You could make a 3 story house in the big toe alone!!

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Liz-ard
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

All these gigantic statues like this, the other pic of an Chinese hero and the Jesus statue in Rio, how were the built/made and how the heck did the got placed???

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Neal Evans
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

At what cost? imagine how many lives could've been improved with sanitation and affordable power

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Mickie Shea
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yowsi. This is bigger that the next tallest statue, for sure.

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Timbob
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Now don’t try to tell me that’s made of Chocolate.

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David
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My brain is making jokes about how strong the roof of that building is.

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Robert B
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

All it needs to do is wiggle its toes. Just a bit. Then when the collective fear shits stop it just looks down a bit and says “YOU CAN DO BETTER!” All problems cease. No war, no hunger, just 8 billion people helping out muttering “ don’t p**s off the statue don’t p**s off the statue”

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Gustav Gallifrey
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

'Now that we've solved ALL of our social problems, what will we do with all this surplus money?'

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Amy E
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ah yes, the most elaborate and opulent statue in the world, Gandhi would have loved that

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absolutechaos
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

imagine the architects looking up one day and realizing the head was too big or the ears were in the wrong spot 😓

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Demongrrrrl
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Locals don't like it. Foreign companies take all the tourism money. https://scroll.in/article/1036493/modi-said-the-statue-of-unity-would-change-local-adivasis-lives-most-say-it-has-for-the-worse

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Manuel Delgado
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Populist money waste on a country that has millions suffering from hunger.

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Jaye Rodger
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love seeing a statue representing an ideal of humanity, instead of a single persons ego

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Missmegs
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I recognize your sarcasm and you shouldn't be downvoted for it, here's an upvote

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Beck
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

All I hear is rick james when I hear the world unity. Dave chapell is awesome.

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How ugly.. Everything is wrong with this nonsense

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#36

The Biggest Bug Known To Ever Live. The Arthropleura Millipede That Predates The Dinosaurs And Grew Up To 100 Pounds.

The Biggest Bug Known To Ever Live. The Arthropleura Millipede That Predates The Dinosaurs And Grew Up To 100 Pounds.

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#38

150 Meter Aluminum Sea Serpent Skeleton Sculpture In Saint Brevin Near Nantes

150 Meter Aluminum Sea Serpent Skeleton Sculpture In Saint Brevin Near Nantes

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

damn. even though i know it’s fake, i still think it’s amazing. the sheer size of the beasts in the past never fail to amaze!

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Ponte City Apartments In Johannesburg, South Africa. The Tallest Residential Building On The African Continent

Ponte City Apartments In Johannesburg, South Africa. The Tallest Residential Building On The African Continent

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#42

Each Frame Of Interstellar's Black Hole Took Over 100 Hours To Render

Each Frame Of Interstellar's Black Hole Took Over 100 Hours To Render

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#44

Burning Man Festival

Burning Man Festival

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Jerry Mathers
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Burning man used to be cool. Now, not so much. When a kardashian attends your festival, it's a sign of lame.

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A Research Team Surveys A Remote Area In Antarctica Where There Have Been Historical Accounts Of An “Ancient Giant Frozen In Ice”. Its Exact Size And Location Were Never Given. If Real, Scientists Suspect The So-Called “Giant” To Be A Mummified, Prehistoric Animal. The Team Is Looking For Traces

A Research Team Surveys A Remote Area In Antarctica Where There Have Been Historical Accounts Of An “Ancient Giant Frozen In Ice”. Its Exact Size And Location Were Never Given. If Real, Scientists Suspect The So-Called “Giant” To Be A Mummified, Prehistoric Animal. The Team Is Looking For Traces

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#48

“Duga” Was A Soviet Radar System Used As Part Of The Soviet Anti-Ballistic Missile Early-Warning Network. These Things Were So Powerful It Interfered With Radio Signals Half Way Around The World

“Duga” Was A Soviet Radar System Used As Part Of The Soviet Anti-Ballistic Missile Early-Warning Network. These Things Were So Powerful It Interfered With Radio Signals Half Way Around The World

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#49

The Typhoon Is A Class Of Nuclear-Powered Ballistic Missile Submarines Built By The Soviet Union. With A Submerged Displacement Of 48,000 Tonnes, The Typhoons Are The Largest Submarines Ever Built

The Typhoon Is A Class Of Nuclear-Powered Ballistic Missile Submarines Built By The Soviet Union. With A Submerged Displacement Of 48,000 Tonnes, The Typhoons Are The Largest Submarines Ever Built

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The Inside Of 160 000m³ Long Containment Tank

The Inside Of 160 000m³ Long Containment Tank

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yoshi
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not big enough to fit all the banana for scale comments ever made on BP

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