Get Premium
Dark mode theme is available exclusively for premium users. Learn more about the benefits of subscribing.
No fees, cancel anytime.
Dark Mode 
No fees, cancel anytime 
then open in external browser
and click "Open in External Browser" 
We as a species love fascinating and interesting things. Sometimes we even need to suspend our disbelief upon seeing an unbelievable picture. Surely, that bonsai can't be just growing randomly in the middle of a lake!
There is a community for enthusiasts of those kinds of pictures. It's called r/CantBelieveThatsReal and has amassed over 47k members since its inception in 2020. It features real pictures from nature, history, and many different parts of the world. Some are spooky, some mind-blowing, others might make you say, "How is this even possible???" Let us know which entries you find the most fascinating and unbelievable by upvoting them!
This post may include affiliate links.
#1
Frozen Bamboo Path In Kyoto
Agfox 2 years ago
The Bamboo Forest at Arashiyama in Kyoto. The bamboo makes eerie sounds if there's even a slight breeze, I imagine it would be uncomfortable after dark, otherwise it's an amazing place to walk through
Jeffery Roy 2 years ago
Walked through it with the family in 2006 during a fun day at Arashiyama, featuring those macaques up the hill and some good affordable food.
Load More Replies...
Couragetcd 2 years ago
This is astoundingly beautiful, but my first thought was wondering how many young girls have sunk Let It Go there
Pamelot 2 years ago (edited)
?? ? !! Your FIRST thought?! It's been 5 days -- what are your 1st thoughts NOW, Buster?
Load More Replies...
Pamelot 2 years ago
Verrry insightful inquiry. I like the way you think. 👌
Load More Replies...
RELATED:
#2
The Glasswing Butterfly. One Of The Most Delicately Beautiful Creatures To Exist
Ryan Mercer 2 years ago
The word is "exquisite", and it's the only way that word should be used.
#3
DMX Wearing Anti-Paparazzi Scarf That Ruins Photos By Affecting Flash Photography
PeeledPotato 2 years ago
that would be amazing for celebrities to wear to ward of unwanted paparazzi
Clown fish 2 years ago
Daniel Radcliffe wore the same clothes for 6months so paparazzi couldn't use the pictures
Load More Replies...
Pyla 2 years ago
I wonder if it would be safe out walking the dog or biking. Do headlights activate it?
Vanessa Richardson 2 years ago
That’s exactly what it is, actually. I make shirts and I absolutely love using reflective vinyl—it comes in all colors, including rainbow! It slightly reflects in normal lighting but glows like crazy with a flash of light.
Load More Replies...
Some things we can't believe are real due to their aesthetic value. "The beauty found in art and nature is so intense that sometimes you just have to pause and take it in," psychologist Gema Sánchez Cuevas writes for Exploring Your Mind.
A beautiful landscape, a fascinating work of art or a moving poem have the power to trigger a positive emotion in us. Professor at the University of Barcelona Rafael Bisquerra refers to them as "aesthetic emotions." According to him, "art – or any object creating beauty – can spark numerous responses in people, both positive and negative – which have their roots in emotional response."
#4
This Bonsai Tree Naturally Growing In The Middle Of A Lake
Sawdust 2 years ago
You almost a made it a haiku! :-) Beautiful bonsai / I'd love to just sit and stare / ...
Load More Replies...
Glen Elliott 2 years ago
Being small doesn't make it a bonsai. It has to be in a pot to be a bonsai.
Breadcrumb. 2 years ago
Fairy Lake on Vancouver Island! I've seen it many times in person since it's close to my home.
Lucky2BAlive 2 years ago
Anyone else see the face of an Otter, and a caterpillar? Or is it just me.
Starry starry night 2 years ago
I hope the photographer goes back, saves and then replants this beautiful tree before it’s log rots away
#5
The Moon Looks Like Saturn
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 years ago
And some flerf out there is going to see this and claim the clouds are behind the moon. LOL. Flerfs.
WindySwede 2 years ago
C-G-I! /JK (they also claims the same with the sun and clouds..)
Load More Replies... Lucky2BAlive 2 years ago
The universe liked it so it put a ring on it. (Yeah I know there are several rings, just seemed funny)
#6
This Polish Statue Looks Like Darth Vader After A Snowy Day
Kaz (they/them) 2 years ago
Doo doo doo doo do do doo do do doo doo doo doo do do doo do do
Load More Replies...
mulk 2 years ago
no: https://www.boredpanda.com/darth-vader-monument-jakub-weiher-wejherowo-poland/
Load More Replies...
In reality, we're not only moved or interested in things that are pleasing to the eye. "The brain is also fascinated by mysterious things that arouse an intense interest in us," psychologist Valeria Sabater writes.
When there's a stimulus that combines the known with the unknown, it inspires, interests and arouses our brains. Our minds love a mystery and strive to solve it. Let's take that picture of the frozen bamboo in Kyoto. It automatically makes us ask: "How does this happen?"
#7
A Single Drop Of Sea Water Under A Microscope
Blue Bunny of Happiness 2 years ago (edited)
Thinks of all the seawater she’s accidentally swallowed over the years….
Sam Skywalker 2 years ago
Oh my gosh. How many of those things have I swallowed at the beach🤢🤢🤮
#8
A House In Iceland
Turtlehead 2 years ago
I would LOVE to live there. Haha I want to live there more than you😛
Load More Replies...
Deirdre McGoldrick 2 years ago
I think it's amazing, I'd like to vacation here for a few months, but living here looks to be too isolating.
Load More Replies...
Lady Perkele 2 years ago
This is the little Chapel next to the Commonwealth farm in the south coast of Iceland
Poison Ivy/Boo 2 years ago
I thought the title said Ireland, til I read your comment and went back to check. I need new glasses 🤦
Load More Replies... #9
Srirangam Temple,india!!
Starry starry night 2 years ago
I would love to be the one to constantly repaint this
Load More Replies...
TheUndeadOfNight726 2 years ago
It looks like a bismuth crystal cluster. download-6...b4ac4f.jpg 
Kesav Ram.S 2 years ago
I'm from this place, this is really incredible It is the largest temple complex on Earth!!! The core temple is atleast 2000 years old toooo
How else can we describe this feeling of fascination? It's definitely positive: it makes us feel happy, joyful, inspired, interested and amazed. Sabater calls this "a psycho-physiological state of great transcendence."
#10
Freeze, Thaw And Refreeze Caused This Icicle To Look Like A Hummingbird
LauraDragonWench 2 years ago
What does it say about me that, as I scrolled down, I actually saw the Grim Reaper? Nm, I don't wanna know. 😨
#11
Butterfly Eggs Of The Species Nymphalis Antiopa
Danish Susanne 2 years ago
I couldn't help thinking, that laying these eggs must have hurt the poor butterfly.
#12
A Frozen Windshield After A Windy Night
Dave Nalesnik 2 years ago
Fractal geometry is the mathematics of nature and I’m HERE FOR IT! (The fractals, not the math. Math gives me hives😝)
LauraDragonWench 2 years ago
I'd love to be talented enough to translate this image into a stained glass piece - it's gorgeous!
Why is fascination so powerful? As Sabater puts it, "every stimulus that generates fascination in us almost instantly activates our limbic system." That's the part of our brain that regulates our behavioral and emotional responses. "Once this area is stimulated, endorphins (pleasure hormones) are released, which can even help people focus and flow with new ideas," Sabater writes.
#13
Hyperion, The World's Tallest Living Tree (379.7 Feet)
Id row 2 years ago
Until some callous and entitled asshat destroys it for a gender reveal or something equally stupid.
Alecto76 2 years ago
That's why the US National Park Service won't disclose its location.
Load More Replies...
Frank Hassler 2 years ago
Sad that they cut down all its kin of similar height. There once was a forest of them.
#14
This Is A Crack In Steel Through An Electron Microscope
Cat Chat 2 years ago
I live in Utah so was thinking it was somewhere in our many southern hiking parks
Load More Replies...
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 2 years ago
Ok, I want to go camping in that crack. Build a nice fire, roast hot dogs and marshmallows. Watch two cats knocking their water over. Good times.
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 years ago
Artificial color added in post. Electron microscopes can't see color.
Ryan Mercer 2 years ago
Electron microscopes are grayscale, so the color has been added. Likely not true color, also not sure why there is a blue sky with wispy clouds in the background. Kinda sus.
PeeledPotato 2 years ago
i thought it was some far away land from a tv show til i saw the title
Trent Carriere 2 years ago
Not sure about this one. Blue sky and cloud; flat surface with no numbs. I call BS
Donald Holder 2 years ago
Electron Microscope is incredible. You should see what a individual single cell of a human embryo looks like.
#15
The Pathways At Ohio State University Were Paved Based On The Routes Students Took Before There Were Paved Paths
John Powers 2 years ago
This is actually common. There's a term for it, but I do not remember what it is.
Load More Replies...
liam newton-harding 2 years ago
Desire Paths. Most decent architects now do this. Leaving public areas unpaved for 6 months, and then coming back and paving the paths that people actually take, rather than the ones they want to force them into.
This Face Believes You 2 years ago
It’s obviously very effective too. I can only see one desire path in the bottom photo.
Kevin Sutton 2 years ago
I'd put high odds on engineering students doing that on purpose to mess with the theory
Load More Replies...
ConstantlyJon 2 years ago
Careful, those damn buckeyes will be offended if you don't say "THE Ohio State University." Go Blue.
Ryan Mercer 2 years ago
The grounds keeper ain't no fool. That's him in the lounge chair sipping on the lemonade.
The psychologist also pulls out an interesting fact related to the origin of the word "fascinate". It has its roots in the Latin word "to bewitch." It had a negative connotation in the past and people associated it with controlling a person against their will. However, nowadays the word "fascinate" has a light-hearted connotation, referring to feelings of well-being.
#16
Valonia Ventricosa, Also Known As Bubble Algae Or Sailor's Eyeballs Is A Species Of Alga Found In Oceans Throughout The World In Tropical Regions. It Is The Largest Single Cell Organism. That's Right. What You're Looking At Here Is A Single Cell
Ryan Mercer 2 years ago
I get these in my reef aquarium. They start out the size of a pin head. Or at least, that when you can first see them, since they grow from a spore. One this size would take years to grow, and they aren't always so perfectly round. There isn't much way of eliminating them but they are easily plucked from surfaces. Have to be careful not to pop them though, because they are full of fresh spores. That said, you could probably bounce this once like a tennis ball.
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 years ago
Well an unfertilized chicken egg is a type of single cell too if you think about it.
TheHappyGoose 2 years ago
I told my Bio teacher about this a couple weeks ago!! We were talking about cells and shenwas talking about how all unicellular organisms were microscopic, so I told her about this one :) She was actually pretty fascinated with it!
whaaaaaaaaaa 2 years ago
POP IT. I couldn't find videos of large bubble algae like this one being popped if you got any please send
A B C the Third 2 years ago
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/TO4koYSIrV4 << here ya go
Load More Replies...
#17
This Photo Of Cemetery Looks Like 2 Photo Put Together
oddly_informed_raven 2 years ago
is it really a jigsaw puzzle if you didn't curse once while pputting it together?
Load More Replies... Faith Nicole 2 years ago
When I zoom in a little on the photo it flows as one image, until I zoom back out, then it's still one photo, but one that confuses my brain until I zoom back in
Shirley Heyn 2 years ago
So, lack of planning when plotting the burial sites, or creative genius in getting extra graves in the allocated space. . .?
#18
A Copy Of The Mona Lisa Painted Alongside Da Vinci By His Apprentice. Unlike The Original, The Paint Was Preserved, Showing What The Iconic Painting Would Have Looked Like In 1517
iseefractals 2 years ago
While i doubt it applied to davinci, there's a lot of evidence that many of the so called "masters" used Camera Obscura to aid in creating their work. Camera Obscura, are pin-hole camera's, which project an inverted image onto a surface, such as a canvas, allowing you to easily trace out the image. The first recorded description of Camera Obscura dates back to 400bc.7
Load More Replies...
Quirinus 2 years ago
How come I see the difference in the shape of her face but I can't put my finger on it?!
Donkeywheel 2 years ago
Exactly. They are not the same at all but it’s hard to figure out how. That’s the difference between a very good piece of art and a masterpiece.
Load More Replies...
Hippopotamuses 2 years ago
Amazing to see the actual colours. I'd always assumed that the picture had always been... well, drab.
cerinamroth 2 years ago
Looks like Da Vinci had at least a 3-pack-a-day habit
Load More Replies...
David 2 years ago
In most places the preserved one shows more detail, as you would expect. And in general it appears to be a very close copy. But I find it interesting that in the background the road on the left and the aquaduct on the right show more detail on the faded one. It makes me wonder if those details were enhanced during some prior restoration process.
pep Ito 2 years ago
It is not preserved. it is restored Although there are dozens of surviving copies of the Mona Lisa from the 16th and 17th centuries,[3] the Prado's Mona Lisa may have been painted simultaneously by a student of Leonardo in the same studio where he painted his own Mona Lisa,[4] so it is said to be the copy with the most historical value.[5] Among the pupils of Leonardo, Salaì or Francesco Melzi are the most plausible authors of the Prado's version, though other experts argue that the painting could have been executed by one of Leonardo's Spanish student
xolitaire 2 years ago
It was a comissioned portrait, so there is not much about it that would "speak" to anyone except for the recipient. (Funny enough Da Vinci never fulfilled the comission but liked it so much that he kept it and took it with him wherever he traveled.) The "hype" stems from the techniques he used, the way he worked with light and shadows and how he painted her expression. Another part of the hype is due to the fact that for a very long time no one knew who the model was.
Load More Replies...
pep Ito 2 years ago
Previous to its restoration, the painting was catalogued as an anonymous copy from the first quarter of the 16th century. However, it usually hung in the Prado alongside masterpieces of Italian artists such as Raphael or Andrea del Sarto. A lithograph of the painting also exists,[9] which is unusual for an anonymous copy. Although there were elements that clearly distinguished the copy from the Louvre's version, the most striking point was the fact that until the restoration of the Prado's version, no landscape background was visible. That landscape was fully recovered through the restoration carried out by the Prado between 2011 and 2012,[10] for a request to include the Prado's work in a temporary exhibition in the Louvre called Leonardo's last masterpiece: The Sainte Anne, from 29 March to 25 June 2012.[11] The oxidized varnishes indicated that the black repaint had been made 200 years after the copy was painted, that is to say, not before 1750.[12] During this restoration process,
Kira Okah 2 years ago
Restored, not preserved. The Mona Lisa is covered in dirty varnish that has yellowed over time, and is believed too delicate to restore. The apprentice's painting has been restored - the yellowed varnish has been removed and a new archival (and fully reversible) varnish has been added, showing the original colours of the paint. If curious about the process involved in fine art restoration, Baumgartner Restoration on youtube does documentaries of the process.
pep Ito 2 years ago
They restored the painting by recovering the original background that was behind a black background painted later.
Load More Replies... Bad Alchemy 2 years ago
The face on the left looks somehow to me much younger, more innocent, and open.
Fascination's not-so-distant cousin awe also has its own impressive amount of research. "People can experience awe when confronted with a vast natural landscape, like Zion or the Grand Canyon, or when listening to extraordinary, complex music. People might also feel awe when witnessing an extraordinary act by another person or while viewing art that changes how they see the world," according to the Arizona State University.
#19
The World's Biggest Horse, Brooklyn "Brookie" Supreme
Jeevesssssss 2 years ago
And I bet that bastard rolled in the mud and plastered his back and quarters whenever he got the chance! Stunning. I'll stick to my 12.2hh ball of mud with hooves though, at least I can reach all of her!
xolitaire 2 years ago (edited)
I always feel sorry for this horse when I see pictures of Brooklyn, because as spectacular as it looks, it's massively overweight. The extreme thickness of the neck is because of fat, not just because it is a draft horse stallion. Brooklin Supreme had a weight of 1,451 kg at 198cm, which made him the worlds heaviest horse. Some owners of horses like these just let this happen because it makes a stallion look even more impressive.
Auntriarch 2 years ago (edited)
Oh dear, I just thought it was muscles for pulling
Load More Replies...
Stephen Smith 2 years ago
How do I not know if they are just two small men? where's the banana?
Dr. Skulhamr (Skulhamr) 2 years ago
You can see that the horse gets all the food in the house.
Lisa Sanders 2 years ago
You could never make him do what he didn’t want to do. Beautiful animal.
I'm.Just.A.Girl 2 years ago
EVERYTHING about this horse is massive! The hooves, the neck... When they calculate horsepower, this should be the standard. 😉This picture is amazing!
#20
Mount St. Helens Before And After Its 1980 Eruption
Bidango Smith 2 years ago
We were living in Nanaimo, BC and I still remember hearing it and not understanding what had happened until the evening news report.
Lesley Robinson 2 years ago
We were living in Smithers, BC, and we got ash that far away. Amazing that you could hear it. I remember so clearly when it happened, hard to believe it was so long ago.
Load More Replies... DEW 2 years ago
We got some of the ash here and could see the ash plume. There is a really cool indian legend about the love between Mount St. Helen's and Mount Rainier.
Hippopotamuses 2 years ago (edited)
There is a Māori legend within New Zealand that Mounts Ruapehu and Tongariro had an affair. In anger Ruapehu's husband, Taranaki, moved from the North Island's Volcanic Plateau, to the west coast. As a child I was told that Māori would not live between Tongariro and Taranaki, for fear that the two volcanos would reconcile. I'm not sure of the veracity of this part of the legend.
Load More Replies...
Rosie 2 years ago
Just saw a documentary about the eruption. People complaining they were given no warning when there were instructions to leave for weeks & you could see (in real time, I remember!) the volcano's *NEW* bulge getting bigger & bigger. Certainly there were mistakes, like assuming the eruption would only go up &/or not making the danger zone bigger, but apparently some wanted a date & time scheduled eruption & that's just not possible. Famously, an elderly resident refused to leave & others complained he was allowed to stay. As if dragging him out kicking & screaming (& suing everyone) would have been acceptable. He didn't make it (of course) but at least he had a choice. Workers on some lumber company still had to show up & also died there. RIP everyone.
Jake B 2 years ago
It took about 2 weeks for the ash to circle the globe. Not sure how much you got. Seems like more in 2010?
Load More Replies...
Donald Holder 2 years ago
This shows the miracle of The World and it's true recuperative powers when uninterrupted by man. 43 yrs ago and the 'blast zone' eco area has made a better recovery that the Chernobyl Forbidden Zone. The Chernobyl disaster was 1986. Actually pretty incredible.
#21
This Building Has Cartoon Windows
no no 2 years ago
Looks a lot like a place called the Antisocial in Leamington Spa. The inside was equally weird - the chairs painted white with cartoon wood swirls, and an extra club room upstairs with fake grass and plastic toadstools to sit on. very weird. it failed and is now The Neighbourhood with street food style booths downstairs. very odd to see my hometown on bored panda!
Dave Nalesnik 2 years ago
Check out the Aha video for the answer (and a fun few minutes!)
Load More Replies...
Sheryl Thompson 2 years ago
Not just the building.....take a closer look at the car windows , the whole thing is a shot from a cartoon !!😂
Researcher Michelle Shiota says that awe is exclusively a human experience. "The capacity for awe relies on something that humans are certainly best at," she explains. "That is taking a mental map of things and people in the world and forming an internal mental representation of those things."
#22
Ancient Rome Aqueduct
crazy_stupid 2 years ago
Hey Plebus, pop down to B&Q and get a 90° swept tee so we can join up these suckers...
EarthGrowl 2 years ago
Almost want to say, "Stone Age PVC!" Lol.. Roman plumbers would be amazed at our pipes today.
Shaunn Munn 2 years ago
Roman engineers were renowned for straightness of line. That waviness has to be from Ma Earth flexing her back.
Mickie Shea 2 years ago
Can’t say in a tasteful manner, what this appears to be. So lets say it is left over from an dinosaur/
CharliAnn Olney 2 years ago
And to think it took 100s of years before some "genius" to discover piping.
#23
The Best Preserved Dinosaur Fossil Ever Discovered- A 110 Million Year Old Nodosaur
Dave Nalesnik 2 years ago
I wonder if the artists who created the modern Godzilla were inspired by this?
#24
In Germany You Can Play Pong With The Person On The Other Side Of Traffic Lights
A B C the Third 2 years ago
Thanks. The post makes it sound like that's on every pedestrian light all over Germany. 🙄
Load More Replies... A B C the Third 2 years ago
I think that's why the display background is red in the right picture. I guess it'll "trickle down" and when there's no red left, the light turns green.
Load More Replies...
Sheri Lytle 2 years ago
Our phones distract us enough crossing roads, I don't think this is any better
Bored something 2 years ago
You can't take that with you while you cross, you have to stay stationery and off the road whole you play. Of course it's better!
Load More Replies... 
"When we're in an awe state, part of what our minds are telling us is that prior experience doesn’t necessarily apply here," she continues. "What we think it's doing is promoting a cognitive and behavioral state – and perhaps even a physiological state – that makes it easier to take in information."
#25
A Bison Still Alive After Being Struck By Lightning
M O'Connell 2 years ago
I looked him up. He was struck by lightning in 2013, and after recovering (though having serious scarring) lived until the age of 14, passing away in 2018.
Load More Replies...
Trudi Clarke 2 years ago
That side eye! "Don't mess with me. Lightning messed with me, now lightning's dead!"
Lady Miss Pie 2 years ago
Poor thing. I hope someone helped him. He must be in tremendous pain
#26
A US Coin That's Been Cut Out
A B C the Third 2 years ago
My guess would be that they didn't cut it, but grind it.
Load More Replies...
#27
Children Living In Siberia Getting UV Light Exposure During The Long Dark Winter Months
Danish Susanne 2 years ago
I grew up in Denmark and my mother used a sunlight once a week, when we were children. The whole family, not just us children.
Pille P 2 years ago
We had this in 80s in Estonia, we were told it is against parasites and skin diseases. I can still remember the specific smell of the violet looking lamp (I only saw through those almost black goggles of course)
Neuropotathy 2 years ago
Haha yeah it was so called quartz lamp: ozone smell and timer clicks.
Load More Replies... 
keyboardtek 2 years ago
I could use that to combat my Seasonal Affective Disorder, and I am just in North Carolina!
David 2 years ago
I have SAD but I don't find the lights do much for me. For me it isn't really about a lack of vitamin D or light. It's about it being too cold outside to go do things and crappy rainy weather when I do and stuff like that. Even if the bright light magically followed me around it would still be too cold to go to the beach, enjoy walks and bike rides, kneel down in my garden and so on.
Load More Replies...
EP 2 years ago
How long is one winter night in Siberia in hours? Where I am located in America it’s 14 hours of night (sunset to sunrise) in winter. Missing out on 3 extra hours of daylight because it’s winter is agonizing. 6pm feels like midnight and the evenings drag on forever bc of how the early darkness makes one feel. Saying this out loud that’s not a huge impact in comparison to other parts of the world but it feels like it. So I cannot imagine what these even longer winter nights feel like. Ouch.
liaqvist 2 years ago
It could be between 14h and 24h. Here in southern Sweden its 15h right now but will increase to 16. In northen parts there is only a few hours of daylight, so night is somewhere between 20-24hours during winter. Its the opposite in summer.
Load More Replies...
I'm.Just.A.Girl 2 years ago
I had no idea they had to do this, I mean now it all makes sense. Well I am so naive and ignorant of other geological locations and cultures. But I want to learn!!
#28
Motorcycle Built From An Old Tractor
Barry Meyer 2 years ago
My brother had a pickup with a tractor engine. Had to sit and idle for like 10 minutes on really cold days before it even moved. I asked him "man why the hell did you buy this" he says "a 200 dollar truck's a good deal"
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 years ago
Sounds like my family. My dad turned a tractor from 1935 into a backhoe back in the 80s.
Load More Replies... 
#29
Spectators At The Fagradalsfjall Eruption, Getting As Close As They Can To Lava Without Getting Singed
Mark 2 years ago
Icelandic people are just so chill. There’s almost no crime, and they’re even buddies with flaming pimples of the earth
Karma Black 2 years ago
I'm not sure that Grindavik is feeling particularly buddy-buddy towards the earth pimples right now...
Load More Replies...
Sigrún Hlín 2 years ago
Yes. This is very stupid and dangerous. Also, half of those are likely foreign tourists. It's just luck nobody was killed.
Load More Replies... LauraDragonWench 2 years ago
I so belong in Iceland because I'd totally be in that group of spectators. Plus I'm always hot as hell, so the cold would be most welcome.
Danish Susanne 2 years ago
I believe that if I got the chance to go there, I would have to remember some prior engagement, like having to go and buy stamps for Christmas cards. Meaning you would have to drag me that close to a volcano.
Sigrún Hlín 2 years ago (edited)
These people are stupid, you are quite right to keep your distance. There was one incident caught on film where more liquid lava (=hotter) broke through the top layer and covered a few meters in seconds. People had been standing there just a few minutes prior. Pure luck nobody was killed. First responders were also constantly telling people not to walk on the lava because it's very hot underneath and if someone fell in they *would not attempt a rescue* - it's just too dangerous. (Also, disturbing a lava field without permission is a crime).
Load More Replies... My O My 2 years ago
"A marshmallow" as 1 marshmallow? You do watch you diet...
Load More Replies...
Catharina Geerts 2 years ago
That's darn close. Did the lava flow that slowly, too? Seems very dangerous anyway
Ozymandias73 2 years ago
I'm surprised they aren't having a giant s'mores festival or something. At the least, roast some marshmallows.
#30
Basketball Court In A Cave
PeeledPotato 2 years ago
imagine the (maybe ) echoing of the ball THUMP (THump) (Thump) (thump)
Red PANda (she/they) 2 years ago
Combined with the echoing of the squeaky shoes 😂
Load More Replies...
So let yourself focus on these pictures from nature and elsewhere that we found on the r/CantBelieveThatReal subreddit. Don't be afraid to "stop moving", as Liota said, and bask in the awe that these images elicit. Apparently, it's really good for your well-being.
#31
Old Meets New In China
WindySwede 2 years ago
Even if it looks sad, you gotta ask yourself for ISO, f-stop, exposure time etc. If the shutter was open for 1/100 sek at ISO100, f8.. Or 60 seconds. ISO6400, f1.2?
Load More Replies...
Donkeywheel 2 years ago
That’s not old and new. That’s a nightmarish road infrastructure that ruins the place and will be seen as a urban planning mistake very soon.
David 2 years ago
That looks pretty annoying. I like it dark at night. It also looks fake. Like if you saw that in a movie you'd think, "Oh, I can tell those houses on the right are miniature models. It's probably because of the lights make the shadows on them.
Kira Okah 2 years ago
It's Chongqing. Have been to the city, it is like this on the outskirts.
Load More Replies... 
#32
Comparison Of The Tip Of A Hypodermic Needle, Viper's Fang, Spider's Fang And The Stinger Of A Scorpion
#33
Port Jackson Shark
Marcellus II 2 years ago
These are very close to 'normal' ray teeth... who are of course relatives (rays + sharks are the cartilagenous fish). Most sharks you only see the outermost row with the next row ready to replace them as they keep losing teeth.
Shelli Aderman 2 years ago
This view looks like gramps without his dentures, but the holes are his nostrils! 🤣
Hippopotamuses 2 years ago
I'm assuming Port Jackson as in Sydney. Another reason to avoid Australian waters.
Gustav Gallifrey 2 years ago
Don't worry: PJ sharks are small, and harmless to humans.
Load More Replies...
Patsy Robins 2 years ago
They’re the puppy dogs of the ocean, harmless to humans, small & friendly.
#34
This Is What Two-Time Olympic Gold Medalist, Alex Gregory's Hands Looked Like After Rowing 600 Miles In The Arctic In 2017
Michael Largey 2 years ago (edited)
If I rowed 600 miles in the Arctic, my hands would look like that, just from slapping myself in the face saying "What the hell are you doing out here in a boat in the freezing cold, idiot???"
Sans Serif 2 years ago
Right? My hands look like that after just raking leaves...
Load More Replies...
lily jones 2 years ago
He would have had gloves, without them, his hands would've fallen off. But there's only so much even the best gloves can do in the arctic
Load More Replies...
Lotekguy 2 years ago
The chafing would make going blind a lesser concern.
Load More Replies...
#35
A House Built Under A Large Boulder (Portugal)
Chyppa Homer 2 years ago
The perfect excuse for being detached from world affairs. "Sorry buddy, I live under a rock." :D
Realistic Optimist 2 years ago
I would feel both safe and unsafe at the same time. Schrodinger's house.
Pink Taco Eater 2 years ago (edited)
The slightest hint of a creaking sound would put me into a panic attack lol.
#36
Ever Wondered How They Install Those Huge Power Line Towers ?
Kaz (they/them) 2 years ago
Fr I thought they built each one from the ground up
Load More Replies...
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 2 years ago
And here I was, imagining a huge erector set. BTW, Pandas, if you're using your phone, and have suggestions turned on, you don't really want to type out the words "erector set". Just a heads up (literally).
M O'Connell 2 years ago
Most of the time they are put up in sections by a crane. Helicopter installation is pricey, and reserved for situations where the soil conditions are unfavorable for building an access road and setting up a mobile crane.
Load More Replies... Alexej Dvorak 2 years ago
This is literally how you'd do it on your model train landscape, just scaled up to real life, lol.
Dave Nalesnik 2 years ago
I’m totally imagining myself making helicopter noises while guiding my toy helicopter to position my toy power pylon on my toy railroad table. That sounds like good times!
Load More Replies... Pat wisdom 2 years ago
Saw the craziest thing here where I live. They use helicopters with long lines attached to several spinning saw blades to trim trees down railroad lines.
Jaybird3939 1 year ago
They did this in my area, a hundred or so yards away from my house. There is a worker that has to climb on to the top of that tower after it's placed to hook/unhook the line to the helicopter. I watched and couldn't imagine just hanging around up there, waiting to hook up to the helicopter.
Donald Holder 2 years ago (edited)
Those 6 men sure have a huge amount of trust in that helicopter crew.
#37
Tree Bent As A Sapling Has Grown With A Twist
Cory Kent 2 years ago
No way he needs sympathy. We need to love him how he looks. He's not imperfect, he's perfect just the way he is.
Load More Replies...
Geoffrey Scott 2 years ago
There is a tree where I used to live we called "the elbow tree" Chippewa bent branch at a right angle long ago at a shallow crossing of the river. Grew that way. When I lived there in the 70's it was 70-80 yrs old.
Dave Nalesnik 2 years ago
Native Americans used bent trees as a way to mark trails. Ingenious Indigenous!
Load More Replies...
#38
500 Circulated $1 Bills Next To 500 Un-Circulated $1 Bills
Michael Largey 2 years ago (edited)
So I'm told, but we're talking about currency here.
Load More Replies...
Dave Nalesnik 2 years ago
Respectfully disagree with the folks saying it’s dirt and filth adding bulk. I think it’s the slight creases /wrinkles in the bills that creates more space between them than the flat new bills. (Y’all are 100% right about used bills being filthy though!)
AnkleByter 2 years ago
It's both, there's not really anything to disagree with, lol.
Load More Replies... 
Dane Smith 2 years ago
New bills in a register are horrible for getting stuck together and giving incorrect change. We use to dip one end in water and then hit them against the counter 5 or ten times to make the separate.
Marcellus II 2 years ago
Not sure why the difference would be so remarkable? Have you compared 200 used toilet paper leaves vs. on a roll... that is a far larger difference.
Panda Kicki 2 years ago
I once had a mystery shopping that required me to have 100.000 skr in cash and trying t make exchange places send them abroad for me. I didnt get a real bag of money, but had to read up on how much space that would take and make newspaperbundles with areal one on top. The mission failed (as it was supposed to, they are not allowed to do that) and I almost got arrested for fishy business :D My boss was ready by her phone ready to bail me out of trouble, I also carried my id and mission papers to prove my job in case of arrest.
Danish Susanne 2 years ago
I am not surprised. Danish money straight out of the bank fit fine in my purse, but there is not room for nearly as many when I get them as change from a shop.
#39
This Is What Happens To Aluminum When A 1/2 Oz Piece Of Plastic Hits It At 15,000 Mph In Space
David 2 years ago
Googled - In case you were wondering about the thickness - this was not in space. It is a land based test NASA did to show the damage. And another source said the projectile was 1.2 ounce, not 1/2 ounce. But that's still a big hole from a little thing moving really fast. -- Bonus info, to thig is " the act of begging". I typoed thing as thig and wondered why it didn't flag as a spelling error. I didn't know thig was a word.
Gustav Gallifrey 2 years ago
I had queried this the last time this image came up on BP. It seemed absurd, extravagant, and irresponsible to heft a chunk of metal like this into orbit, do something like this, then bring it back. But, there was no clarification forthcoming. Thanks for giving us the accurate info.
Load More Replies...
David Paterson 2 years ago
Which is why they are replaced with multi-layer systems. Multi-layer protection is far less damaged by fast projectiles than single layer systems.
Load More Replies... michael Chock 2 years ago
Fun thing is, this only really needs to happen once in earths orbit and it creates a net of destruction that will keep us earthbound until all junk orbits decay.
StumblingThroughLife 2 years ago
When you think of all the rubbish orbiting our planet, it's a wonder there aren't regular collisions (or maybe there are, but aren't, so far, the cause of death).
Mickie Shea 2 years ago
How di we get that little piece of plastic to go 15,000 miles per hour and what do=es this mean to a military unit.
EJN 2 years ago
Actually, almost anything that is moving at a high enough speed will produce a dramatic effect on whatever it hits. That is the basis for the development of kinetic weapons which sort of amount to dropping telephone poles from space and getting the blast result of an atomic weapon without the radiation.
#40
Salt Ponds In San Francisco Bay; Red From Algae That Thrive In Salty Water (Aerial By Nearmap)
michelle neugebauer 2 years ago
I lived just up the road from there , but was pale pink , nothing like here!
Stefaan De Clerck 2 years ago
Actually: this looks more like an infrared photo to me. Wrong photo?
Add New Image
What do you think ?
Meep-Meep 2 years ago
Tell me why Bored Panda now has pop-up ads, ads between posts, and content trying to sell everyone things? This is annoying
trollingergirl 2 years ago
Nature is unbelievable. So, my favorites are the Dragonsaur, the big Horse and the sapling with the twist.
Meep-Meep 2 years ago
Tell me why Bored Panda now has pop-up ads, ads between posts, and content trying to sell everyone things? This is annoying
trollingergirl 2 years ago
Nature is unbelievable. So, my favorites are the Dragonsaur, the big Horse and the sapling with the twist.
You May Like 49 Fascinating Photos Revealing What The World’s Capitals Looked Like Way Before Modern Times “Nobody Knows It Was Me”: 49 People Confessed Their Longest-Running Lies They've Kept Secret 49 Body Things That Make People Panic But Are Totally Normal, According To Doctors
Viktorija Strelciunaite
Mantas Kačerauskas
Justinas Keturka
Related on Bored Panda
