Amazing Pictures (50 pics)
“The Hand of the Desert in the Atacama Desert in Chile.”
“In 1984, Bruce McCandless hovered 320 ft away from the Challenger and made it back safely using a nitrogen jetpack called Manned Maneuver Unit.”
“This is Jonathan. This week he celebrated his 188th Birthday. (Born circa 1832). He has lived through the Spanish Flu, both the World Wars, the Moon landing, the Russian Revolution, Chernobyl, and so much more. Happy Birthday!”
“Lisboa Hotel from the streets of Macau.”
“A rare white rainbow over Rannoch, Scotland.”
“This is how they recorded the opening roar of the MGM films.”
“This tree on my Aunts property has a story to tell. I asked my aunt if she knew anything else, she said it used to be a complete circle until a piece broke off, but other than that it’s a mystery.”
“This scorpion chair looks like it’s straight out of a villains lair.”
“Details on a Pillar of Ancient Hindu Temple in India... 9th Century Temple... Such detail!”
“Here are my removed & genetically modified white blood cells, about to be put back in to hopefully cure my cancer! This is t-cell immunotherapy!”
“This bottlebrush leaf eaten by sawfly larvae is a stunning work of art.”
“Beehive, honey and sunlight.”
“Ancient petroglyphs carved on a secret rock in California.”
“Stunning 19th century teapot.”
“36 years was taken to make this accurate model of ancient Rome.”
“First ever drawings of the moon made by Galileo Galeili after observing it through his telescope in 1609.”
“Kodak made k-24 used for aerial photography in WW2.”
“This was how the Golden Gate Bridge was opened for public, by cutting a silver chain.”
“Spotted a rainbow cloud from my balcony. Not as beautiful as Aurora but pretty rare to see such phenomena in India.”
“Insane perspective on just how immense The Great Pyramid of Giza is.”
“Rare BLACK leopard is spotted drinking from a pond and stalking its prey at an Indian reserve.”
“This shows my progress taking space photos of the Elephant's Trunk Nebula starting with the first one 4 years ago when I couldn't even find it, to my latest picture that earned me a NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD). Not easy, but perseverance pays off.”
“The place in Iceland where blue sea, black beach, yellow river and green land meet.”
“Remnants Of An Old Neighbor.”
“Moroccan Oldman with two scorpions on his forehead in Ouarzazate, he loves his scorpion, and yes, the scorpion follows him everywhere like a little puppy.”
“This is a unique Quartz crystal from Bahia, Brazil, with small needles of Golden Rutile crystals trapped in it!”
“All of the different colors of carrots.”
“The lines of code that were written for the apollo 11 mission.”
“A 2000 year old green serpentine mask found at the base of a pyramid in Mexico.”
“Hummingbird egg compared to elephant bird egg (left) vs ostrich egg.”
“This is how cashew nuts grow!”
“Oregon Fossil leaves Discovered near Eugene. These fossil leaves are about 34 million years old and record the transition between the Eocene and Oligocene time periods, which is marked by dramatic climatic change.”
“Rosetta's comet compared to Los Angeles.”
“Pablo Picasso painted this when he was 15 years old.”
“The Oval walkways at Ohio State University were paved based on the students' desire paths.”
“Giant 16th-Century ‘Colossus’ Sculpture In Florence, Italy Has Entire Rooms Hidden Inside.”
“This Bonsai Treehouse.”
“Giant thunder clouds formation over Miami.”
“Mt Saint Helen before and after eruption.”
“Perfect weld.”
“What you would need to carry in the 1980’s to cover what your phone now does.”
“A large statue located in Sendai, Japan.”
“When it's cold enough to see the melody.”
“This is what the night sky would look like, if the Andromeda Galaxy would be bright enough for the naked eye.”
“The footprint of a Roman toddler has been preserved on this tile for 2000 years.”
“This chunk of wall which was taken from a wall of graffiti in LA, shows just how many times the wall has been repainted.”
“The new model of SUE the T. rex made by Blue Rhino Studios. It's one of the most up to date representations of T. rex and even has scars on the leg where the SUE fossil had an injury.”
“City lights of Nagano,Japan seen through the thick fog at night.”
“An x-ray of a Hammerhead shark head!”
“Harpy eagle, one of the biggest rapine birds in the world with 2.5 meters of wingspan, it's name is a reference to the greek mythology harpies.”
