50 Mind-Blowing Pictures That Look Extremely Fake And Photoshopped But Are Actually Completely, Totally, 100% Real
1.This is a REAL picture of the moon crossing in front of the Earth:
The image was taken by the DSCOVR spacecraft about a million miles away from Earth.
2.This man, Paul Karason, had his skin turn permanently blue after spending years ingesting colloidal silver:
He claimed that it cured many of his health problems, including arthritis and acid reflux.
3.There's a golf course right next to the Great Pyramid of Giza:
In 2009, a round there cost $15.
4.Clouds can be square:
Clouds: what can't they do?
5.A school bus looks like a tiny little baby next to a haul truck:
PUNY.
6.This is what an albino raccoon looks like:
Like a big ol' rat.
7.Termite hills can be absolutely gigantic:
No, thanks!!!!!!!! I'm all set.
8.This is the 2.7mm Kolibri, the world's smallest pistol:
9.Screws...screws can be really, really big:
They can apparently be used to mount solar panels. Also, presumably, for some really good dad jokes.
10.This is what the eye of a hurricane looks like from above:
Specifically, the eye wall of Hurricane Katrina.
11.This is what's underneath a fire hydrant:
I mean, it makes sense...but still. Weird, wild stuff.
12.This is what a fingerprint from a person born without fingerprints looks like:
Would love to commit a crime with this fella.
13.Oranges can have green skin in certain climates. Yet for some reason, they are not called "greens":
Neat!
14.This is what one of Shaq's championship rings looks like on a typical-sized human hand:
15.That giant thing in the distance is the Sendai Daikannon, the fifth-tallest statue in the world:
Formerly the tallest statue in the world, the 300-foot-tall statue depicts the goddess of mercy.
16.This is what an owl looks like without feathers:
Gremlin mode.
17.This is what color Venus is in real life:
It's not a big ol' orangey planet from the outside.
18.Entire houses can be moved on the back of a truck:
19.This is how incredibly small a hummingbird feather is:
20.Do not adjust your mobile phone. Avocados can actually be this huge:
This type of avo is a Yucatan butter avocado. Apparently, it tastes "weirdly watery and green." Not great, folks.
21.This is what the end of a rainbow looks like:
22.This is how big a moose is compared with a van:
23.When the sun is directly overhead, everyday objects won't cast a shadow:
You can read more about the phenomenon here.
24.There's a pink lake named Lake Hillier in Australia:
It's pink because of a whole bunch of red-colored microorganisms in the lake. Ain't that something.
25.Here's what it looks like from space:
26.This is what a professional cyclist's leg looks like after a race:
My goodness!
27.Michelangelo's "David" is really, really big:
28.There's a road in Japan that connects the Toyama and Nagano prefectures that are surrounded by giant snow walls that reach up to 65 feet high:
Like something out of Mario Kart!
29.Redwood trees are really, really, really, really big:
30.When the Amazon River meets the Río Negro in Brazil, a phenomenon known as the 'meeting of the waters' occurs wherein the two rivers don't initially mix:
This is due to "differences in temperature, speed, and water density."
31.This is the world's longest limo, the American Dream limo:
It was equipped with both a hot tub and a helicopter landing pad. Just the essentials.
32.This is a wax sculpture of Thomas Wedders, the man from the 18th century whose 7.5-inch nose is apparently the largest nose in history:
No jokes, please. None.
33.This is what a 420-pound dumbbell looks like:
34.This is what a typhoon looks like from space:
Specifically, Super Typhoon Maysak in 2015.
35.Lemons...lemons can be huge:
These are known as Capri lemons, and they taste a bit different than your run of the mill lemon.
36.Some chickens lay eggs with white yolks:
It all depends on what you feed a chicken.
37.This is what a stairwell that doesn't loop around and only goes in one direction looks like:
This is like something you'd see in a dream.
38.Speaking of gigantic animals, check out the size of this here lobster claw:
39.This is what the skull of the largest ape to ever roam the Earth, the Gigantopithecus, looks like compared with our tiny little human head:
The ape was, well, giant. Like "as tall as a basketball hoop," according to the New York Times. Chill!
40.This is what happens when you polish a coconut:
Aren't you glad you know that now?
41.Frogs can be very, very, very, very, very tiny:
A frog this tiny is known as a froglet. Ain't that sweet?
42.This, my friends, is what a perfectly spherical egg looks like:
Truly awe-inspiring.
43.Telephone linemen go to a special training school that looks like this:
44.This is what the inside of a hedge looks like:
It's... it's... a little tree. Don't know why I never considered that.
45.This is what a strawberry without any seeds looks like:
I am uncomfortable.
46.There are pants that shine INCREDIBLY bright when hit with light:
They've been called "anti-paparazzi pants."
47.This is what happens to a fly that falls in a cup of bleach:
It gains the power of invisibility. And death. It dies.
48.This is what the leg of the largest dinosaur to ever exist, the Argentinosaurus, looks like compared with a human:
The Argentinosaurus measured about 130 feet across. That's a big 'saur!
49.Deep scars don't sweat, so dirt doesn't stick to them:
That's one way to stay clean.
50.And, finally, there's a bird that looks JUST like Danny DeVito:
It's called a royal tern. Nature is beautiful.