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
A Minnesota Woman Recently Captured A Cloud Formation That Appeared To Look Like An Ocean In The Sky
If I looked up from my phone, in the passenger seat, I would immediately p**s myself so badly-
Angel Oak, The Oldest Tree East Of The Mississippi
Pyramids On The Horizon
Ukrainian Helicopter Flying With Freeway Traffic To Avoid Russian Radar
Clever - but it must be terrifying for the truck driver. Imagine thinking you might be hit by a Russian missile!
Imagine This Showing Up In Your Hospital Room
Worlds Without End
A Towering Thunderstorm As Seen At 37000ft Over Panama
Temples In Thailand
Anyone Else See A Bear?
An Iceberg Underwater
Standing Over 7 Feet Tall And Weighing A Massive 2600 Pounds, “Big Jake” Is Currently The World’s Largest Horse
Rare Jellyfish Red Sprite Lightning Found 30-90km In The Atmostphere
Remember "Paranorman"? Yeah, I think you know who I'm talking about in that movie
40 Feet Of Snow, North Dakota (1966)
I Hate Hot Air Balloons In General, But These?? With Faces?? Looking At Me?? Absolutely Not
Point Nemo, The Spot Farthest Away From Any Land In The World, Where You Are Closer To Astronauts Aboard The Iss Than Humanity
Just A Spiral Staircase
Just Something About This Being Able To Float Is Stressing Me Out Somehow
A Giant Statue Of Chinese Warrior Hero Guan Yu
Just A Frozen Waterfall
Quetzalcoatlus, As Tall As A Giraffe, The Largest Known Flying Animal In History. Imagine This Flying Towards You
Excuse me do you have a moment to talk about our lord and savior Quetzalcoatl?
Supercell Forming In Wyoming
It looks like one of the four elephants has stepped off the giant turtle onto Earth :o
The True Size Of The Easter Island "Heads"
A Blanket Of Mammatus Clouds Dwarfing A Plane
The Fog... Oh God
How I imagine the Mary Celeste may have looked, minus the people of course.
Face In The Clouds
Ominous and unsettling. Pareidolia, of course but I'd still run away from it as fast as I could.
Mosquito Flying Over Camera Lens
Earth Next To Jupiter
Oil Rig Platform Being Towed Into The Sea. The Platform Itself Is Dwarfing The Luxurious Hotel On The Left
Like this! Here's a video explaining the entire process https://youtu.be/bJrdvjyJnN8
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This looks like an artist rendering it is so huge compared to everything else!!
Yes. It's not actually a platform, it's called a jacket and the platform is mounted on top of it.
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The tugboat has the size of said luxury hotel. That doesn't fit. You can't believe imagery any more, today. Like the picture of the princes of the sea, the liner isn't even finished yet.
That IS a big a** tugboat! I find these big tugs more interesting than whatever they are towing actually. Definitely worth reading up on if you like random facts.
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I bet its surprisingly light-weight for its volume to be transported by boat!
You'd be surprised at what a few of those little boats can pull out to sea (or in).
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just wow! no wonder they need those billions in profits every year... oh wait.....
As a forklift operator, I see something like this and weep. Hoooooooooooooly fuuuuuuuuuuuck.
150 Ft Iceberg Floating By A Small Town In Newfoundland, Canada. Gives Me The Heebie Jeebies
Recently Got A 17 Hour Ferry And Looking Out Into Nothing At 3am Was Terrifying
Looking up and seeing the milky way in all of its glory is breathtaking though.
A Cave
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"
Statue Of Unity In India. The Biggest Statue In The World At Present
Mount Saint Michel
The Biggest Bug Known To Ever Live. The Arthropleura Millipede That Predates The Dinosaurs And Grew Up To 100 Pounds.
Toy Story Room Size
150 Meter Aluminum Sea Serpent Skeleton Sculpture In Saint Brevin Near Nantes
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!
The Vastness Of Fishermen’s Nets
Ponte City Apartments In Johannesburg, South Africa. The Tallest Residential Building On The African Continent
Hong Kong From A Different Perspective
Each Frame Of Interstellar's Black Hole Took Over 100 Hours To Render
Nooope
Burning Man Festival
Burning man used to be cool. Now, not so much. When a kardashian attends your festival, it's a sign of lame.
Never Realized These Were That Big
Inside Of A Windmill
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
“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
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 Inside Of 160 000m³ Long Containment Tank
First Direct Image Of Another Planetary System Located About 300 Light-Years Away Around A Star Like Our Sun
Rough Scale Of An Atomic Bomb Mushroom Cloud
Tokyo, Japan
Anchor Hole To A Sunken Us Warpship
How Large A Megalodon Would Have Been
Comet Compared To Los Angeles
The comet in this picture is Churyumov–Gerasimenko, that was the destination of the European Space Agency's Rosetta mission (launched 2004). Rosetta rendezvoused with Churyumov–Gerasimenko in August 2014 and entered orbit in September 2014. Rosetta's lander, Philae, landed on the comet's surface on 12 November 2014, becoming the first spacecraft to land on a comet. On 30 September 2016, the Rosetta spacecraft ended its mission by landing on the comet in its Ma'at region. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/67P/Churyumov%E2%80%93Gerasimenko
Saint-Michel Castle, France
Argentavis Magnificens (Literally "Magnificent Argentine Bird") Is The Largest Flying Bird Ever Discovered
What about the before mentioned Quetzalcoatlus? Edit: Thanks for clarifying this is the largest bird, and Quetzalcoatlus was the largest flying animal.
Standing On The Spire, Wilshire Grand, Downtown Los Angeles
Man vs. Spaceship
Can You Imagine?
Jesus Christ I thought this was just a statue for the longest time. That’s a whole arm/leg.
Largest Salt Mine In Europe
Just think of the amount of time it took to deposit this amount of salt...
1,3km Tall Mountain In Norway (House For Scale)
Olympus Mons, On The Planet Mars. It’s The Largest Mountain In The Solar System And Is About 22km High
Just Truly Shows You The Size Of Battleships
Looks Like It Might Rain
Somebody Tell Me This Isn't Real
i’ve had a phobia of waves after almost drowning in a wave pool over the summer, and i’ve always been scared of tsunamis. this is.. absolutely terrifying.
Giant Scary Blanket
Tokyo Flood Tunnels Are Huge
Twin Towers, New York City
See, I was going to make a joke here. But I then realized that joke is very, very, very offensive. I have determined that the best course of action is to just shut up.
This Hallway To Single Restroom At A Shop I Was At
Salt Mines
Lakewood Church In Texas Capacity 45,000 People. Is This Really Necessary?
Excessive. Unnecessary. God is found in the small places, and in the silence of the heart.
Attack On Titan Statue
Funny Yet Terrifying
General Sherman Tree: 83.8 M (275 Ft)
Eagle Demi-God Jatayu (Kerala, India)
This Scares The Crap Outta Me
The Duomo In Florence, Italy
The Statue Of Liberties Face Before Being Installed
Warner Von Braun Next To The Engines Of The Saturn V Rocket Used For The Apollo Lunar Missions
Gather round while I sing you of Wernher von Braun, A man whose allegiance, is ruled by expedience. Call him a Nazi, he won't even frown. "Ha, Nazi Schmazi," says Wernher von Braun. Don't say that he's hypocritical, Say rather that he's apolitical. "Once the rockets are up, Who cares where they come down? That's not my department," Says Wernher von Braun. Some have harsh words for this man of renown, But some think our attitude Should be one of gratitude, Like the widows and cripples in old London town, Who owe their large pensions to Wernher von Braun. You too may be a big hero, Once you've learned to count backwards to zero. "In German oder English I know how to count down, Und I'm learning Chinese," says Wernher von Braun. - Tom Lehrer
The Uss Gerald R. Ford In Her Drydock
1920's Fiat Built A Racetrack On Their Production Warehouse
... and people complain about someone walking on the floor above them.
This Sculpture That The Pope Apparently Sits In Front Of
Absolutely Ugly. Looks like an overgrown, out of control hedgerow has trapped a passerby.
Belaz 75710
This Cave Entrance At The Bottom Of A Sinkhole In Guizhou, China. See The Four Guys On The Rock For Scale
Boat Under The Bridge
I feel like the floor under my feet aren’t really THAT solid
Yes. That Is Actual Fog
“The World’s Greatest Parking Lot” Ethel Greene, Oil On Canvas 1969
Amoco Cadiz
So I Finally Found Someone Who Was Selling A Previously Owned 12ft Skeleton From Home Depot. As You Can See Here, I Started Putting The Bottom Half Of The Skeleton Together Just To Get A Better Scale As To How Big This Thing Is And Yeah
Siemens Gamesa's Sg 14-222 Dd Operational Prototype - The Largest And Most Powerful Wind Turbine In The World
This Almost Half A Kilometer Long And Over 65m Wide Cargo Ship
"Join Us, Play With Us... Forever"
The Statue Of Unity In India Is 182m Tall
That Huge TV In Mike Tyson's Abandoned Mansion
A 1 Million Seater Stadium Concept Made And Designed By American Artist Paul Pfeiffer
The Tallest Clock Tower (Abraj Al Bait) Compared To Big Ben
The Widest Highway In The World Is Interstate 10, Located In Katy Texas, It Serves Over 219,000 Vehicles Daily
My First Thought When I Hear "I Wish Pokémon Were Real Sometimes"
I Wonder If You Could Hear It Creaking
Now Imagine The Titanic
Giant Crocodile Found In The Philippines With A Length Of 20+ Feet
The Infinite City
Monument To The Revolution Of The People Of Moslavina
A Reoccurring Nightmare Of Myne.. Cool Or Absolutely Fking Not?
Would You Slide?
Just A Tantive In Dry Dock
Human Terrarium
wasn’t this on an earlier thread, it was the lighting for a movie?
Alex Dawson's Scuba Diving Photos
The Architectural Designs Of Étienne-Louis Boullée (12 February 1728 – 4 February 1799)
"The Line Is A Proposed Smart Linear City In Saudi Arabia In Neom, Tabuk, Currently Under Construction, Which Is Designed To Have No Cars, Streets Or Carbon Emissions"
A place for the rich to hide from the effects of global warming. Paid for with money made from selling oil. The same oil that is causing global warming.
With 2% Of Its Annual Defense Budget, The Us Could Afford To Construct A Colossal Obsidian Sphere In The San Francisco Bay, Visible Throughout All Of Northern California And Emanating An Ominous Hum!
That's Absolutely Terrifying
The Line
A Comparison Of The Us And Jupiter’s Storm Credit: Nasa
Digital Illustrations By Stuart Lippincott
And even if I do sleep... best believe it'll be with serious nightmares!
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I wrote a song about his list, it’s called OH MY GOD WHY DID I CLICK ON THIS and a one and a two…… AAAAAAAAAAAA
And even if I do sleep... best believe it'll be with serious nightmares!
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