Most of us can remember coming home from school and kind of sighing when our parents asked us what happened that day. Because we often went out of obligation, we were more focused on what we wanted to do when we got home.
And so, we often said, “nothing,” because we had already moved past our school day in our minds and wanted to stop thinking about it. But some sights and circumstances are strange enough that they stay with us all day and no amount of routine drudgery can take that away from us.
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While these happened in different areas throughout the world, we can bet that if we encountered any of them, we wouldn’t even pretend that “nothing” happened that day.
This scene is so striking and complex that it makes it difficult to tell what we’re even looking at.
But while it may look like a twisting, icy maze, we’re actually looking at rivers of “meltwater” as they run from a glacier in Iceland.
I guess this is what happens when Burger King and Pizza Hut have a “Freaky Friday” moment.
But while the Burger King may have had to abdicate his throne and retreat to a hut while pizza claims his crown, red that marks Pizza Hut was bright enough for both of them.
After the uploader fed artichokes to the apes they work with, they figured all of the veggies were eaten. This, however, proved that wrong.
It turns out that it’s possible for a pretty purple flower to sprout from a rotten artichoke under the right conditions.
Be careful while snorkeling in the Bahamas because you might run into this underwater statue.
Fortunately, it’s kind of hard to miss because it stands – OK fine, kneels – at 18 feet tall and has a long section of rebar coming out of it to mark where its location from the surface.
Unfortunately, it’s not possible to encounter the hammerhead salamander in the wild.
That’s because we’re not even technically looking at it now, but rather a model of the long-extinct creature.
It’s also not technically a salamander or even an amphibian, but we tend to name things based on what they look like.
If you look closely at what’s written on this pencil case, it may start to look a little familiar.
If you can somehow make it out, you’ll quickly learn that every surface of this case features a part of the script from the original Shrek movie.
The uploader gets to see this interesting pyramid whenever they drive home from work.
It’s located in the Canary Islands off the northwestern coast of Africa. Although it’s unclear who built it and why, one of the strongest theories points to it existing before Spanish settlers arrived during the 1500s.
If you were to see this in a “zero gravity” environment, you might almost be tempted to touch it.
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However, it’s important to note that this is actually what a candle flame looks like out in space, so it might burn a bit if you became too curious.
Yeah, gravity actually changes the shape and color of fire. Wild, huh?
This area is mostly covered in rough gravel, but there’s one little exception.
While it may look like someone’s garden, this vegetative patch wasn’t actually put here on purpose.
Instead, the plant life here has managed to survive and grow thanks to the drippings from this air conditioner.
It’s natural to feel nervous when we see a shark around the beach, but this one shouldn’t inspire too much fear.
Not only is this a pretty impressive sand sculpture, but the artist even included little pebbles to make the shark’s eyes.
If this pine tree looks a little unusual, let me help you put your finger on why.
This actually isn’t a tree at all, but rather a cell phone tower dressed to look like one so people don’t complain about seeing it.
Whether you think this blue light looks good or not, it’s here for an unfortunate reason.
If you’ve noticed some restaurants or bars with this light in their bathrooms, then you have a hint at which owners are trying to prevent intravenous drug users from finding a vein there.
This strange blue streak, however, didn’t end up in this photo on purpose.
Instead, it marks the instant that the power went out in this room while the photographer was trying to take a panoramic shot.
Although it’s critical to keep a close watch on anyone fixing to start rainforest fires in the Amazon region, that’s not the only place where it’s happening.
This photo, for instance shows what it looked like at 1 p.m. in one region of Indonesia after their rainforests started burning for similar reasons.
As sad as that is, Indonesia is also home to some breathtaking natural phenomena.
For instance, this beautiful photo captures some deep blue lava flow after the Kawah Ijen volcano erupted.
Apparently, the reason for the blue coloration is the high concentration of sulfur within the lava.
This would look pretty off-putting if it was somebody’s carpet, but we’re looking at a much bigger scene than that.
Instead, this is an aerial view of some irrigated fields in Kansas and the shape we see in each one shows how that field was watered.
As we can see, a circular pattern made from the irrigation systems spraying outward from the center is the more popular choice.
They may look strange, but these panda costume help handlers prevent pandas from forming an attachment to humans.
Although this baby definitely seems suspicious of these “pandas,” the costumes still appear to work pretty well.
After all, this little one doesn’t seem very “attached” to them, does it?
If you dye your hair before you go glow-in-the-dark bowling or play laser tag, you might notice something interesting.
This isn’t necessarily the case with all hair dyes, but some of them actually light up when they’re exposed to a black light.
This gecko has translucent ears, which means you can actually look into one ear and see out of the other.
And as the old saying might suggest, the gecko’s brain is small enough that it doesn’t get in the way of your field of vision.
The uploader discovered this basket fungus sitting around on its own, but it can also have a particular partner with it.
According to the Cornell Mushroom Blog , this fungus usually serves as a “mesh dress” for the basket stinkhorn mushroom.
Let’s just say they don’t call it that for nothing.
