40 Times People Posted Pics That Kindled Our Fascination With The World, As Shared On This Online Group

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And then they had a delicious treat to celebrate!

This one is clever.

wooooooooah

Can switch the route to Bro F***ing Nice Meme…

Every time I read (about) The Hobbit's Lonely Mountain, I think of this. Inspiration much ?

we have this at cape point in south africa.

The 22 countries that weren't invaded are Monaco, Mongolia, Marshall Islands, Mali, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, Kyrgyzstan, Ivory Coast, Andorra, Bolivia, Belarus, Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, Central African Republic, Guatemala, Chad, Paraquay, Vatican City, Tajikistan, Sweden, Uzbekistan and Sao Tome and Principle.

I've seen more close up views, often including penguins

Wow, you can really see why it is it’s own sub-continent from this view!

Boop

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Could have been worse given the shape

The square island on the left is the city's historical cemetery, housing the remains of Ezra Pound, Igor Stravinsky, Canova, Tiepolo and others. On the far left corner it is barely visible Murano, the glassmakers island where Venetian's glass makers were moved in 1290 after a string of fires that ravaged the city.

Topographical maps are just so pretty, it feels so real.

That's cool!

Pretty much where the southern end of the front line in Ukraine is at the moment, between the villages of Oleksandrivka and Stanislav.

I don't know why this blows my mind, but it does

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Nah, we are just getting ready to build a wall to keep them down south if it gets any weirder down there :P

Looks like mars.

Is there one for Istanbul and Isn'tTanbul?

I don't know. Things are too crowded as it is. Let's just keep the continents where they are, please.

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Well it IS called Iceland.

WOW I forgot how deep Lake Baikal is

Omggg that's BEAUTIFUL!!!!

That's nuts!

Oh no :(

It's incredible at sunset. Changes colours. (BTW, you don't need to put Ayers Rock afterwards - it's like writing Mumbai (Bombay))

I wish I could stand in one place in this picture, for example, Nepal, and then have two other people stand in India and Bangladesh, and then light fireworks and see if we could see each other.

I'm in the yellow 10%

I was surprised at the UK one, as I am sure that I have seen the flag in historical dramas, but according to wikipedia, the diagonal red cross of Northern Ireland was not added until 1801. Previously it just consisted of the red cross of St. George and white saltire of St. Andrew from 1606. The cross of St. George (England's flag) dates back to somewhere around 1190, and is still the current flag for England, and if Nicola Sturgeon gets her way, will soon be the flag for the Disunited Kingdom!

Giza is world famous for the sheer size of the pyramid. Pyramids as a form of construction was common in many cultures, including south american, european and asian ones

Because it was more of a nomadic migration than a proper empire, lacking consolidation and with a military push which lost steam as soon as it encountered the outskirts of the european kindgoms at Wien. It failed to transition to a well structured and controlled empire, and lasted less than 100 years, fractured in a myriad of warlord states, leaving barely any cultural impression in Europe. This, compared to an empire spanning 6 centuries (or 12, depending on how you count it after the split) who laid the foundation for most of today's European nations and introduced major technical and cultural advancements still in use today. That said, the Mongol empire and the golden horde are definitely taught in school.

Reckon it is too late for that wall you guys wanted

Did the whiskey drown and the beer chase your blues away?

And a prickly gesture from the cactus

so... the edge of continental plates. got it.

Liechtenstein and Uzbekistan are the 2 double landlocked countries

If you wonder about the Brazilian flag in France, it's because of French Guyana. ;-)

Putin keeps talking about that Ukraine belongs to Russia and that he wants it back, but completely ignores that this piece of land is Germany's actually - and he'd throw a temper tantrum of the millennia if Germany claimed it back the same way he does it with his neighbor countries.

These are usually the places where those vengeful ancient creatures reside. So please keep it lost

There were twin volcanoes originally that simultaneously erupted, now we have twin harbours. This is Banks Peninsula and the harbours are Lyttelton and Akaroa. Above is Pegasus Bay where Christchurch is located. This is my hometown!

We have a lot, A LOT, of cedar trees in Washington. Like, everywhere you look. They provide nice shade though (branches), good firestarter (bark), and the smell of cedar (every part of it)

Or you can stand at Four Corners and do a quick little hop in under a minute with 0 miles traveled.

Where’s Santa’s village?

The sea 😂

Thought it would be bigger

I've been lucky to have been to 4 of these. Not been to Crete.

No surprise that this is where Athens is located.

The highligted area is the Tyumen Oblast. A region with lot of gas and oil extraction and mining activities. It includes the Samotlor Field, the largest oilfield in Russia. Despite being a rural region with lot of swamps and lakes, it is the richest district in Russia.

Ireland becomes the Republic of Islands

I recently learned that Maine is the most forested state, and has more coastline than California.

This should be way higher

Why?

I love these!

If you click through to the original reddit post, it is the Miccosukee Indian Village, apparently.

North America turned out to be an eagle

*THAN.

Wait.... they speak English in the United States?

That little circle includes Calcutta, and the country of Bangladesh.

Mmmmhhhh... Poland is pretty important, if not else for the blitzkrieg stuff. Balkans, Austria and Czechia too, for this little kerfuffle in 1914-1918.

*me wondering why you'd really use it for one season there, while in New Mexico and Arizona, you use the pool every day of the year*

My guess is that these are settlements formed around churches with a tower. Since that was the most noticeable thing from a distance, directions like "head towards the tower" soon became "head towards Tower".

Beach with a steep slope... Green is where plants were able to get a foothold (those areas are probably slightly elevated), white is where the collecting rain water becomes too much and too forceful and regularly clears the path from debris as it flows down into the lake/sea.

I don't know if you can call them territories but the US has various Wargrave in Europe, like Margraten in the Netherlands where I live, which is technically US soil.

Unless you are a government official (or have military intelligence connection) you can absolutely visit North Korea today (well, not today because of covid, but before 2020 and, hopefully, one day soon). You need a visa and must use a local tour operator, you tour will be limited by the officially approved itinerary, but it is completely safe.