25 Fascinating Photos to Pique Your Interest
Daniel Bonfiglio
Published
11/10/2024
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Sometimes we forget that there is more to our existence than the small community around us. The world and the solar system it resides in are bigger than any of us can comprehend with limitless opportunities for exploration.
Here are 25 fascinating photos of our fascinating world to pique your interest, and help you expand your horizons.
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Japanese fighter jets with cool designs. -
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A Sikorsky S-92 chopper gets jammed underneath an overpass in Louisiana while being transported, destroying the main rotor head. -
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A walking tree. -
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A private jet in the 70s. -
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Walnuts cut in half reveal beautiful patterns. -
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This is Ming, the clam. She was the oldest living individual animal ever found, with 507 years to her name. Unfortunately, she was killed when scientists in 2006 opened her up to determine his age. -
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Recent large eruption from the Sun. -
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The spectacular Iguazu Falls between Argentina and Brazil is the largest waterfall system in the world. -
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The telescope fish, Gigantura chuni, a deep-sea marvel with an uncanny appearance. This solitary predator roams the abyss, its huge, upward-facing eyes adapted for capturing scarce light and spotting prey in the darkness. A true enigma of the ocean's hidden depths. -
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This is Dallol, a deadly landscape with acid pools of volcanic and hydrothermal origin in Ethiopia's north. -
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An Ethiopian opal. -
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People watching a Florida lake draining down into a sinkhole in 2021. -
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The world's longest animal is the siphonophore Praya dubia, a deep-sea creature reaching 40-50 meters. (131-164 feet.) It's not a single organism but a colony of specialized, genetically identical individuals, called zooids, that function together as one. -
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In 2023 Egypt used decommissioned tanks to create multiple artificial reefs in order to reduce pressure on the native reefs. -
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Stunning image of Jupiter captured during NASA’s latest Juno spacecraft flyby. -
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Mil Mi-26 helicopter next to a Boeing 737. -
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India’s Antarctic research base. -
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Lystrosaurus fossil mummy found with mummified skin intact. -
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This is how hieroglyphs and figures in ancient Egyptian temples looked before their colors faded. -
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A stunning iridescent cloud captured over Vietnam. -
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The town of Burj Al Babas in Turkey has over 500 abandoned castles. It was abandoned in 2019 due to the developers filing for bankruptcy. -
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Ford cars being shipped by barge in the Mississippi river, August of 1949. -
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Eruption and lava flow of Sundhnúkagígar, Iceland, as captured by Jeroen Van Nieuwenhove in February of this year. -
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Moon with Earthshine. -
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The oldest photo of the Liberty Bell from 1876.
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