40 Poignant Photos That Are Especially Fascinating

Nathan Johnson Published 06/16/2020 in wow

Fascinating photos of our fascinating world. Take a break from the day and let us show you some beautiful and interesting things you wouldn't otherwise experience.

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1.
“Windows XP Bliss today.”
2.
“The Statue of Liberty in Paris in 1886 before oxidation (colorized photo)”
3.
“Inuit “sunglasses”, although not made of glass, pre-date the Chinese invention – going back to prehistoric times and were probably very useful against sun glare.”
4.
“Auto Aerobics by Chris Labrooy.”
5.
“Vantablack is one of the darkest substances known, absorbing up to 99.965% of visible light.”
6.
“Vantablack BMW.”
7.
“This beach in Palawan, Philippines.”
8.
“These overgrown statues in an abandoned Japanese park.”
9.
“This is an extremely rare atmospheric phenomenon called rainbow bridge.”
10.
“Photo is of an Indian cobra: Sandip Choudhary.”
11.
“Petrified wood containing turquoise opal found in Queensland, Australia.”
12.
“Opalized tooth of a theropod found in Australia. One of the rarest and most valuable dinosaur teeth in existence. This tooth is on display at the Australian museum.”
13.
“Eschenheimer Turm, the oldest and most unaltered building in the foreground of Modern High Rises, Innenstadt district of Frankfurt, Germany. Erected, 15th century (1426-28)”
14.
“Altocumulus clouds at 30,000ft.”
15.
16.
“Fish Temple, Ancient City, Phraeksa, Mueang District Samut Prakan, Thailand. Located in a Park that is an open air museum, where people can see full size replicas of the important buildings in Thailand.”
17.
“The Milan Bosco skyscrapers in Italy.”
18.
“Near fully stocked abandoned vending machine.”
19.
“Teri Horton bought a secondhand painting for $5 and learned that it could be an original Jackson Pollock. She spent years trying to prove it’s authenticity, and was offered $9 million, but refused to sell for any less than $50 million. She died last year, and the painting remains in storage.”
20.
“Agassiz Tulip Festival, British Columbia – Canada.”
21.
“The Cerastes cerastes, or Saharan horned viper is one of the only snakes with horns!”
22.
“Glass frog, the top is lime green, while the abdominal skin of some members of this family is transparent and translucent.”
23.
“Stegosaurus dinosaur at the ancient Khmer temple of Ta Prohm, part of the Angkor Wat temple complex in Cambodia.”
24.
“The Oldest Tree in the World | California's White Mountain range nicknamed Methuselah, is over 4,700 years old.”
25.
“French soldiers, battle of Somme 1916. Colourised by Memento.”
26.
“A huge lion sculpture carved from a single dead redwood tree.”
27.
“A sun halo seen above Puerto Escondido, Mexico.”
28.
“A plaster cast of an ant nest.”
29.
“AMAZING blue glaucus (aka Blue dragon of the sea)”
30.
“The Kenguru electric car is a car designed for wheelchair users.”
31.
“Volcano eruption in Chile.”
32.
“Tutankhamun had a dagger made from a meteorite.”
33.
“The inside of the Statue of Liberty is a simple spiral staircase.”
34.
“SpaceX launch seen visible from West Palm Beach.”
35.
“Lightning struck the sidewalk outside my house and created this pattern and tuned the sidewalk concrete into chunks of glass.”
36.
A tree holding up stones from a collapsed wall.”
37.
“A turtle that travels on top of a jellyfish.”
38.
“In the summer of 2007, this gold-encrusted sword that once belonged to Napoleon was auctioned off in France for more than $6.4 million dollars.”
39.
“This hotel in Austria- Aqua Dome.”
40.
“10,000 year old cave paintings in Santa Cruz, Argentina.”

1.
“Windows XP Bliss today.”
2.
“The Statue of Liberty in Paris in 1886 before oxidation (colorized photo)”
3.
“Inuit “sunglasses”, although not made of glass, pre-date the Chinese invention – going back to prehistoric times and were probably very useful against sun glare.”
4.
“Auto Aerobics by Chris Labrooy.”
5.
“Vantablack is one of the darkest substances known, absorbing up to 99.965% of visible light.”
6.
“Vantablack BMW.”
7.
“This beach in Palawan, Philippines.”
8.
“These overgrown statues in an abandoned Japanese park.”
9.
“This is an extremely rare atmospheric phenomenon called rainbow bridge.”
10.
“Photo is of an Indian cobra: Sandip Choudhary.”
11.
“Petrified wood containing turquoise opal found in Queensland, Australia.”
12.
“Opalized tooth of a theropod found in Australia. One of the rarest and most valuable dinosaur teeth in existence. This tooth is on display at the Australian museum.”
13.
“Eschenheimer Turm, the oldest and most unaltered building in the foreground of Modern High Rises, Innenstadt district of Frankfurt, Germany. Erected, 15th century (1426-28)”
14.
“Altocumulus clouds at 30,000ft.”
15.
16.
“Fish Temple, Ancient City, Phraeksa, Mueang District Samut Prakan, Thailand. Located in a Park that is an open air museum, where people can see full size replicas of the important buildings in Thailand.”
17.
“The Milan Bosco skyscrapers in Italy.”
18.
“Near fully stocked abandoned vending machine.”
19.
“Teri Horton bought a secondhand painting for $5 and learned that it could be an original Jackson Pollock. She spent years trying to prove it’s authenticity, and was offered $9 million, but refused to sell for any less than $50 million. She died last year, and the painting remains in storage.”
20.
“Agassiz Tulip Festival, British Columbia – Canada.”
21.
“The Cerastes cerastes, or Saharan horned viper is one of the only snakes with horns!”
22.
“Glass frog, the top is lime green, while the abdominal skin of some members of this family is transparent and translucent.”
23.
“Stegosaurus dinosaur at the ancient Khmer temple of Ta Prohm, part of the Angkor Wat temple complex in Cambodia.”
24.
“The Oldest Tree in the World | California's White Mountain range nicknamed Methuselah, is over 4,700 years old.”
25.
“French soldiers, battle of Somme 1916. Colourised by Memento.”
26.
“A huge lion sculpture carved from a single dead redwood tree.”
27.
“A sun halo seen above Puerto Escondido, Mexico.”
28.
“A plaster cast of an ant nest.”
29.
“AMAZING blue glaucus (aka Blue dragon of the sea)”
30.
“The Kenguru electric car is a car designed for wheelchair users.”
31.
“Volcano eruption in Chile.”
32.
“Tutankhamun had a dagger made from a meteorite.”
33.
“The inside of the Statue of Liberty is a simple spiral staircase.”
34.
“SpaceX launch seen visible from West Palm Beach.”
35.
“Lightning struck the sidewalk outside my house and created this pattern and tuned the sidewalk concrete into chunks of glass.”
36.
A tree holding up stones from a collapsed wall.”
37.
“A turtle that travels on top of a jellyfish.”
38.
“In the summer of 2007, this gold-encrusted sword that once belonged to Napoleon was auctioned off in France for more than $6.4 million dollars.”
39.
“This hotel in Austria- Aqua Dome.”
40.
“10,000 year old cave paintings in Santa Cruz, Argentina.”