Who needs Alice In Wonderland when we have Mother Nature? As crazy as it sounds, there are too many mind-boggling things happening just outside the comfort of your home. Like, did you know that... goats have accents and owls don't have eyeballs? Nature has surely been generous with throwing its weird gifts at us to think about.
And often, you don’t need to go far to realize there’s a bunch of (mildly) interesting stuff happening right at your doorstep. From an odd tree that has a single branch of an apple tree to a frog so tiny, your fingernail looks like Everest in comparison, these are some of the most amusing examples spotted by people and shared in the Reddit community r/mildlyinteresting.
Whether it’s mildly or overwhelmingly interesting remains a subject of debate, but one cannot argue just how crazy nature can be.
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A Rare Desert Bloom In The Atacama Desert In Chile
My New Petunia Looks Like A Galaxy
This Icy Bird Umbrella
Remember the days when you were a kid playing in the back yard, never ready to come home for dinner? It’s because spending time in nature was an adventure most of us were already ready to take on. From finding odd colorful bugs hiding in the greenery to catching your first fish in the neighbor’s pond, these were the moments full of excitement that you may still carry to this day.
But these days, Americans are spending less and less time outdoors. A 2019 Outdoor Foundation study showed that nearly half of the US population doesn’t participate in any outdoor recreation at all, and only 17.9 percent got out at least once a week in 2018. As a result, there have been one billion fewer hikes, climbs, rides, and outdoor excursions than a decade ago.
Albino Deer I Spotted Walking Into Work Last Week
If this is not a majestic deer goddess of sunshine, I'm a goose. I mean, LOOK at that rainbow.
Mt. Fuji Today - Rare Lenticular Cloud
This Shadow From Two Different Trees In My Parking Lot
I'm wondering if this is by design though?its clearly floodlight at the required angle for the effect...still brilliant though.
A similar Yale study from 2017 suggested that the lure of technology and places people work, live, and go to school “do not encourage contact with the natural world," and "myriad competing priorities and activities push experiences in nature to the side.”
“In particular,” the report said, “older adults were concerned that younger generations are overly reliant on electronic media, unaware of how the natural world works, and unacquainted with the simple enjoyment of being outdoors.”
Here at Bored Panda, we hope that showing the little wonders nature can bring us will bring back everyone's interest in going outdoors and spending some time in the sunshine. Not only does it help to boost your immune system, lift your mood, and make you more active, it also gives you the sense of curiosity we all had in childhood and lost somewhere in our hectic schedules.
The Smallest Maple Tree Leaf I’ve Ever Seen
This Twisted Driftwood I Found On The Beach
This is actually manmade, created in Aarhus by Jorn Ronnaus in 1993 and is called “Tanden-The tooth” also known as “the unicorn”.
Sunflower Growing Out Of The Sidewalk - Parent Patch Visible In Background
Vietnamese Mossy Frog
Colour Gradient Moss
This Red Only Rainbow I Saw At Midnight In Finland
When the sun is very low in the sky (e.g. at midnight in high-latitude summer), its light has to pass through a lot of atmosphere because it comes in at an angle. The shorter wavelength light such as blues and greens have had to pass through so much atmosphere that they get scattered. Longer wavelength light has the greatest chance of making it through the atmosphere without scattering. So here you see a rainbow that overwhelmingly red-light as its source. It's the same reason that the sun goes read at sunset.
But god obviously found a workaround for these effing printers that say “You wanna print black? Sorry, can't do, yellow ink is empty.“
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I took a photo of a red rainbow like that in by back garden a while ago. IMG_2530-5...23c930.jpg 
when someone makes a homophobic comment and the leprechauns hear about it
I didn't know there was such a thing! I'm as excited as when I learned of Brocken Spectres.
wouldn't eating your dog be some sort of bad omen??
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Amazing that you are out on a boat at midnight while it's raining lightly. I want to do that right now. So refreshing.
And suddenly all I can think of is this is a precursor to the events of Death Stranding.
Lapland, where the sun never sleeps 😎 Except at winter, from morning to night...
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A Cherry Just Grew Alone In The Middle Of My Tree
This Tree That Was Burnt In A Bushfire Continues To Live
The River By Me Flooded, Then Froze, Then The Water Receded Leaving These Hovering Ice Shelves On The Trees
This Tibetan Cherry Tree At My Local Park Looks Like Copper!
I think you mean this copper pole really resembles a tree. Nice try though.
This Cabbage In My Yard Showing It’s Fall Colors
This Baby Grasshopper Army In My Friend’s Garden
This Sorry Sap Of A Rock Formation
The New Growth On This Fir Tree
This Morning I Found By Far The Smallest Frog I Have Ever Seen In My Entire Life (My Average-Sized Fingernail For Scale)
This Tree Grew Inside An Old Silo And Finally Made It To The Top!
The Parrot Waxcap Mushroom. Found Across Northern Europe
My Wife Found This Tiny Skink In Our Garden, Some Much Needed Brightness On A Grey, Smoky Day
Squirrel With A Blonde Tail
Don't patronize her, do you guys have any idea how much it cost her to get that done at the squalon???
Left: A Painting From 1892, Right: The Same Spot In 2020
The Way The Condensation Formed On My Blackberry Plant This Morning
This Tree In My Neighbourhood That Has 1 Branch Of An Apple Tree And The Rest Is A Normal Tree
A Whole Colony Of Fairy Inkcaps
Now that's truly natural and much more amazing than the grape of grapes displayed above.
This Geyser Right Before It Blows
Every Year We Get A Single Red Rose Growing Through The Wall Of Ivy In Our Garden
Beautiful Elephant Hawk Moth Found In My Garden, UK
Whole Other World I Found In A Beer Bottle Laying In The Woods
Snow Had Just The Right Conditions So That It Rolled Up Like A Carpet
These Bunches Of Grapes Are Growing Into A...bunch Of Grapes
Just image if that whole thing fell and hit someone, it would be pretty bloody heavy.
Close Up Of My Chameleon
I Found This Leaf That Looks Like A Weather Radar
"today forecast for most of the regions is AUTUMN with a chance of leaf fall"
The Patterns On This Palm Frond
This Orchid Really Looks Like An Eagle
Found A Face On A Tree Today
My Grass Is An Inch Lower...and Got Frost. My Neighbors Did Not
3 Ears I Grew From The Same Heirloom Corn Variety
My Apple Looks Like Its Still Loading
This Bird That Looks Like Danny Devito
The Way These Succulents Grow In The Wall
A Tree Inside Another Tree
This Rock Inside A Rock
I Found A Cicada With The Mcdonald’s Logo On It
These Tumbleweeds That Piled Up In Front Of My Brother's House
Note: this post originally had 90 images. It’s been shortened to the top 50 images based on user votes.
This compilation is worthy of an exhibition. Quite wonderful. Thank you.
I loved it! Would love to see more of stuff like this! I don't get out much since my stroke!
What's with the article title? "Mildly interesting stuff" sounds quite patronizing
I actually appreciate how mellow it is - not "These 50 amazing sightings in nature will change your life forever!"
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This compilation is worthy of an exhibition. Quite wonderful. Thank you.
I loved it! Would love to see more of stuff like this! I don't get out much since my stroke!
What's with the article title? "Mildly interesting stuff" sounds quite patronizing
I actually appreciate how mellow it is - not "These 50 amazing sightings in nature will change your life forever!"
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