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Digital manipulation can do amazing things to your photographs even if they're not the most interesting photos (as seen here), but sometimes the most amazing pictures are the ones that haven't been Photoshopped. Take a look at the unbelievable pictures below to see what we mean.
Compiled by Bored Panda, the photo gallery showcases some of the most amazing real pictures we could find. Some of them are surreal, some are creepy, and some will positively blow your mind, and all of these cool photos serve to remind us that a good picture has nothing to do with your computer skills and everything to do with perfect timing, location, and a keen eye for detail. Don't forget to vote for the best!
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#1
The Thousandth Of A Second
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#2
Levels Of Sunset
#3
Amazing Photograph Of A Plane
#4
This Is A Single Photo
Amanda Panda 8 years ago
This took too long for my eyes to figure out what i was looking at due to eye fuckery
#5
Wheat Field Next To A Lavender Field
#6
Lava That Formed To Look Like A Pile Of Bodies Being Sucked Into The Fiery Void Of Hell
#7
This Picture Of Sutro Tower In San Francisco Makes It Look Like The Top Of The Flying Dutchman's Floating Ship
#8
A Man Feeding Swans In The Snow
#9
Confusing Perspective
#10
The Road That Stopped The Fire
#11
Every 10,000 Miles Of Driving Or So, I Get To See Something Like This
Grace Barclay 8 years ago
Beautiful photo. Storm of that magnitude - I am under the bed with my four cats. Very scary..
#12
This Sunflower Doesn't Want To Face East
#13
Took This Shot Through The Windshield Of My Car (At A Stop Sign) But I Had To Get This Picture!
#14
Out Of Body Experience
#15
Glowing Base Of Tree Made By Arranging Leaves
#16
A Rock Created Bird Shaped Window Art On My Car
Amanda Panda 8 years ago
If I hadn't read the caption, I'd of definitely thought this was one fabulous looking bird flying across the sky!
#17
Yosemite Firefall. It's Actually Not Lava But A Ray Of Sunlight. This Only Happens For 1-2 Weeks Near The End Of February If There Is Enough Snow And Semi Clear Sunset. It Only Last For 10mins Or Less
#18
Rare Cloud Phenomenon Over Eastern Victoria, Australia
#19
Cool Ice Effect After Flood
#20
Boat Looks Like It's Floating In The Air
Just a Purpler 8 years ago
Does this picture make anyone else thirsty? I don't know what it is.... That water just looks really tasty
#21
Under A Wave
#22
Shining Mountain
#23
1,400 Year Old Ginkgo Tree Drops A Carpet Of Golden Leaves Within The Walls Of The Gu Guanyin Buddhist Temple In The Zhongnan Mountains In China
#24
Devil's Bridge, Germany
#25
Found This Chili With A Perfect "Mild To Hot" Gradient
#26
A Crack In The Earth
#27
Methane Bubbles, Abraham Lake
#28
Antarctica, 4 Shades Of Blue
#29
These Dogs Blend Right In
#30
Teeth Of The Sea
#31
Perfect Forest
#32
Hermit Crab Using A Skull For A Shell
#33
The Chinese Art Of The Crowd
#34
Was Playing Around With My Camera And Some Broken Glass, And I Captured This
#35
14 Wind Turbines Lined Up, Nevada
#36
This Snowflake Center Looks Like The Star Wars Imperial Crest
#38
I Kinda Created A Sandbear When I Crashed Into The Sand
#39
This Spectrum Reflected Off The Dining Room Window Through A Chair Back
#40
Extreme Waves In The North Sea
#41
A Split Of Two Worlds Between The Architecture Of The City And The Green Of Central Park, New York
#42
Flickering Beauty
#43
Asperatus Clouds Over New Zealand
#44
The Pit, A Dive Site In Tulum, Mexico
#45
The Highlight Of My Visit To Schonbrunn
#46
To See Flower In Water Drop
#47
The Camera Focused On The Reflection Of The Tree Instead Of The Watch
#49
A Gate At A Balinese Temple
#50
I Took This Photo Of A Reflection In A Puddle And The Gravel Looks Like A Starry Night Sky
#51
Power Washed Building In New York
#52
Wisconsin This Week
5redflowers 8 years ago
Lol that's Canada everyday. -5°C is freaking warm here. That's 23 fahrenheit I believe.
#53
This Is One Picture...
#54
Perfect Red Line In A Hungarian Forest Marking The High Point Of A Toxic Aluminum Sludge Spill
John L Kelly 8 years ago
Good thing it wasn't high enough to drown the cow on the right of the picture. ;)
#55
Sky Over Citifield After Intense Storm Before Game
DancingToMyself 8 years ago
Never ever seen heaven like this. In this stupid era of photoshoping everything, photos like this are losing its values 'cause every body thinks they are "touched". Shame.
#56
This Butterfly Has A Number On Its Wing
#57
This Is A Weird-Looking Rabbit
#58
These Roots Grew Around The Sidewalk Blocks
#59
Church In Georgia With A Mountain Behind It
#60
This Iceberg Looks Like Batman
#61
Japanese Flower Phi At Its Finest
#62
Perfectly Aligned Glasses
#63
Train Station In Denmark
#64
This Tree Still Has Its Leaves Because Of The Light Shining On It
#65
Frozen Pond In Switzerland
#67
The Crooked Forest
#68
The Sunset Under The Clouds
Just a Purpler 8 years ago
Now that is an interesting perspective... Oh how I'd love to be a bird....
#69
Africa’s Super Park
#70
Square Cloud
#71
The Gradient In This Coffee
#72
Aurora Uncoiling
#73
Lenticular Clouds
#74
Birdy Hurricane
#75
Some Ice Spider Webbed My Car
#76
Maple Ridge In Japan
#78
A Pole Holding A Mountain
#79
This Watusi Bull Looks Transparent Through Its Spots
Ricky Couture 8 years ago
So no one's going to make a "holey cow" joke?...No? ...Just checking.
#80
Solar Eclipse In Canyon
#81
Under The Icebergs
#82
Sheep Going Through San Boldo Pass, Italy
#83
A Hotel In The Netherlands
#84
Doorway To Heaven
#85
The Eruption Of Mount Ararat
#86
Model Anja Rubik In A Dress From Viktor & Rolf 2010 Spring/Summer Show
#87
I Washed My Car
#88
This Fallen Tree Is Holding Back The Duckweed
#89
Zhangye Danxia Landform In Gansu, China
#90
Galaxy Image Created With The Help Of Cosco Ball And Water
#91
Looks Like One Of The Buildings Is Draining Energy From The Other
#92
New York City Just Witnessed An Absolutely Massive Lightning Strike Completely Spanning The Hudson River. I Happened To Have My Camera Set Up To Capture It
#93
Picture I Took Last Night Of The Philadelphia City Hall, Felt Like I Was In Gotham
#94
Fires And Tornadoes Aren't Bad Enough On Their Own
Vlad Horobet 8 years ago
I just love the stance of the firefighter : "well, darn, look at that. A fire tornado. What ya gonna do? Huh. "
#95
Mammatus Clouds
#96
The Way This Ice Froze
#97
A Building In Paris
#98
The Gulf Of Alaska, Where Two Oceans Meet But Do Not Mix
Chris Zielecki 8 years ago
Nope. That's Iceland with the black beach of Vík. You can even see the mountains in distance of the right corner. 20161018-D...4a457a.jpg 
#99
Sun Curling Up A Wave
#100
My Coworker Had This Picture Taken At A Dodge Charger Meet-Up He Helped Organize
#101
Inverted Icicles - Flipped A Drainage Pit Grate At Work
Johnny Slapstick 8 years ago
Impressive that it was able to be lifted and flipped without breaking any of them.
#102
Frosted Trees
#103
Bent Rail Tracks After A New Zealand Earthquake.
#104
This Cloud Looks Like A Feather
#106
Light Pillars In Northern Ontario
#107
Spiral Pine
#108
Lava Skull Descending Into The Ocean
#109
Ice Age. Taken Atop Of Mt. Javornik, Slovenia
#110
A Pile Of Timber Reflecting In A Puddle
#111
Sky That Looks Like A Rough Sea
#112
Salar De Uyuni, The World's Largest Salt Flat In Bolivia
#113
Oceanic Flight
#115
Fish Trapped Inside A Jellyfish
Vlad Horobet 8 years ago
It ain't trapped. Actually there's a species of fish that deliberately go inside of a jellyfish so that they can be protected by predators. It's quite smart, as the fish goes in and out of the jellyfish as he pleases, while the jellyfish is used as a "secured armor vehicle"
#116
Clouds In Hampton Roads
#117
Smog Over Almaty, Kazakhstan
#118
Snail Riding A Baby Turtle
#119
The Fire Happening Now In California's Lake Isabella Area
#120
Fishermen Row A Boat In The Algae-Filled Chaohu Lake, China
#121
Thunderstorm Formation — View From A Plane From 11,000 Meters
#122
Mont Aiguille Et Chichilianne
#124
Little Bay Islands, Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada
#125
Welcome To September
#126
The Firefall In Yosemite
#127
The Wine Glass Projected The Flag In The Window On To The Table
#128
Shelf Cloud North Of Kearney
#129
Hot Water Thrown Into The Air In Antarctica
#130
Mirny, Yakutia, Russia
#131
Highway In Netherlands
#132
This Ship Looks Like It's Floating In The Sky
#133
Eruption Of The Cordon Caulle, Chile. This Was Taken From Antillanca Mountain
#134
Dispensed Some Dark Green Paint Into A Gallon And Made A Perfect Tear Drop.
#135
Burned-out Utility Pole
#136
Ladybower Is A Beautiful Y-shaped Reservoir On River Derwent Situated Between The Hills Of The Peak District National Park
#137
Spider Web Trees
#138
Winter Meets Spring, Russia
#139
A Giant Lava Bubble Releasing Volcanic Glass In The Air
#140
Itap Of A Man In Mask
#141
Dust Storm In Australia, 2013
#142
A Wind Blown Tree I Saw In Hawaii
#143
The Edge Of An Iceberg Floating Just Off The Coast Of Antarctica
#144
Shiva The Destroyer
#145
Hutt Lagoon
#146
Soldiers On A Morning Exercise In Sub-Zero Temperatures, Chinese Province Heilongjiang
#147
Snow Pattern
#148
Autumn Is Coming. One Single Shot Without Photoshop Layers. Just Saturated The Colors
#149
Lady Elliot Island, Queensland, Australia
Final score:
61points
#150
Microburst In Phoenix. Photo Taken By A News Helicopter
#151
New Photo From Gaza Today Looks Like Actual Hell On Earth
#152
Seven Ghosts In Indonesia
#155
This Cloud Looks Like A Breaking Wave
#156
Border Between Italy And Switzerland
#157
This Thin Streak Of Snow Across Ohio
#158
A Cloud With Two Very Straight Edges
#159
Neighborhoods Santosh Park And Uttam Nagar, Delhi, India
Shauday Smith 8 years ago
honestly... looks god awful... just a giant slab of dusty concrete... not nothin nowhere....
#160
A Temple Covered In Ash From The Ontake Volcanic Eruption, Japan
#162
This Guy At The Park Looks Like No
Easter Marie 3 years ago
He is holding his phone in the air. Yoooo people are wild. Great photo.
#163
New York
Beata Golcz 8 years ago
I have made to the end of tbis gallery. 38 minutes of brilliant experience. :)
#164
Celebrating The 100th Anniversary Of The Birth Of Kim Il-sung, North Korea’s Founder
#165
Canadian Diamond Mines
#166
Lake Natron, Tanzania
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