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Fear isn’t rare—we all have things we’re scared of, whether that’s heights (hey!), spiders, open water, snakes, or, well, anything and everything. A phobia you may have heard a little less about is megalophobia, the fear of large objects like skyscrapers, yachts, planes, big animals, etc. Though someone’s fears are no joke, big things tend to be very impressive, whether we’re talking about architecture, engineering, or nature.

That’s where the ‘Megalophobia’ online community comes in. Its members share incredible photos of gigantic objects that are definitely imposing. We’ve collected some of their newest images to share with you. Scroll down to check them out. It’s a reminder about how small human beings actually are in some contexts.

Bored Panda reached out to u/Hoogs, the head moderator who runs the 'Megalophobia' group, and he was kind enough to answer our questions about the community and the phobia. You'll find our interview with him below.

The subreddit has been around for over a decade now, and we were curious why it continues to be so popular to this very day. "I feel that the sub has continued to grow over the years because it attracts both people who have an interest in unique and awe-inspiring images, and people with megalophobia," moderator u/Hoogs explained to Bored Panda.

"The latter may seem counterintuitive, since you would expect people to avoid things they fear, but think of it like a horror movie. You watch it for the thrill. It provides a unique sensation that's a break from the mundanities of everyday life while allowing you to explore your fears in a safe environment," he said.

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    Forrest Hobbs
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    1 day ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mind-boggling. Apparently, the locals just call it Vatnið - "the lake". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B8rv%C3%A1gsvatn

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    "I also suspect that even people who don't classify themselves as having megalophobia still get that little touch of vertigo when seeing some of the sub's content."

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    We were also interested in getting the moderator's thoughts on how megalophobia might impact a person's day-to-day life. "Megalophobia might impact a person's daily life negatively if they are regularly exposed to things like large buildings, structures, statues, vehicles, and even geographical features like mountains and canyons," u/Hoogs told us.

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    1 day ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No need for a banana here! 🦌 Mr Moose makes the trees look like alders 🌱

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    "It might prevent them from doing certain things they'd like, having unique experiences, or even just living their life in a world with so many things that are larger than us," he said.

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    "Humans are small, and I think this phobia cuts right to the heart of that fact we all know to be true."

    Around a tenth of people living in the United States have specific phobias. According to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), around 9.1% of American adults have had specific phobias in the past year, while around 12.5% of all adults in the U.S. will experience a specific phobia at some point in their lives.

    Additionally, 48.1% of people with phobias had mild impairment, 30% had moderate impairment, and over a fifth (21.9%) had serious impairment. The number of people with phobias may be underreported because there is a certain stigma attached to mental disorders.

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    The Sky Looks Way Too Much Like A Gigantic Wave

    The Sky Looks Way Too Much Like A Gigantic Wave

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    23 hours ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Kelvin-Helmholz clouds or fluctus clouds. Beautiful but tiny bit scary..

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    As per Verywell Mind, phobias are overwhelming, irrational, and persistent fears that lead people to avoid certain situations or objects.

    These fears can have a huge impact on your life depending on the context. For example, if you’re scared of flying but have to go on a ton of trips abroad for work, you’ll have a very hard time logistically unless you put in the time and effort to get over your fear, whether by yourself or with the help of a therapist. Similarly, being scared of open or deep bodies of water is going to be awful for you if you live near lakes or the sea.

    Phobias are mental disorders that are classified as anxiety disorders. Generally, people with specific fears avoid the things that scare them, but they might feel anxious even thinking about the things they’re afraid of.

    If you’re scared of public speaking, for example, you might start panicking just imagining having to get up in front of a large crowd for an important speech. Or you might cringe at the mere thought of holding a spider if arachnids scare you.

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    France Has The Best Villages

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    1 day ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wow! is that a Citroen CV2? Haven't seen one of those since French 'art' movies in the 60's.

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    Harpy Eagle, One Of The Biggest Eagles In The World

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    1 day ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Seriously, why does he have manacles on his ankles? What's the reason for keeping this animal in captivity?

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    A variety of factors can influence whether someone will develop a phobia and what it will be, ranging from your genetics and culture to your life experiences. Your home environment has a massive impact, too.

    If your relatives were all terrified of dogs, it’s likely they passed on a similar fear to you, even if you may have never personally had a negative interaction with these animals.

    Or a family member might pass on their general sense of anxiety to you, making you feel scared of leaving home. Specific phobias often appear when you’re around 7 years old.

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    Forrest Hobbs
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    1 day ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not sure why these are on a "megalophobia" list - surely they're just the right size, and gorgeous?

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    Raymond Core
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    19 hours ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The Kelpies are a pair of monumental steel horse-heads between the Scottish towns of Falkirk and Grangemouth. They stand next to the M9 motorway and form the eastern gateway of the Forth and Clyde Canal, which meets the River Carron here. Each head is 30 metres (98 ft) high.

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    Someone who is in a situation or around an object that irrationally scares them might feel dizzy, nauseous, breathless, and may have a distorted sense of reality. In some cases, they might have a full-on panic attack.

    Specific phobias are grouped into five main categories: animal, natural environment, situational, blood-injected-injury, and ‘other’ types.


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    How Did They Build This 85-Meter-Deep Underground City 2,500 Years Ago?

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    Bret Sander
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    1 day ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Slowly, deliberately, and with an amazing knowledge of air flow and ventilation.

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    Hallgrímskirkja Church In Iceland

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    Teachzebra
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    19 hours ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It’s actually not that big. It sits on top of a hill, and the snow in this picture gives the illusion that it’s much larger.

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    Some of the most common phobias, according to NIMH, include the fear of closed-in places, heights, escalators, tunnels, highway driving, water, flying, dogs, animals, insects, thunder, public transportation, injuries involving blood, and dental and medical procedures. If you’re reading this, it’s likely that you or a loved one may be at least partly scared of one or more of these things.

    Beating your fears probably won’t happen overnight. It can take weeks, months, or even years of dedicated and focused effort to reframe how you see the world.

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    One approach to reducing the severity of your fears is using self-exposure to gradually desensitize yourself. When you spend time around an object or situation that makes you uncomfortable, you adapt and get used to it. Eventually, you realize that you’re not in any danger.

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    Jrog
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    22 hours ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Devised in the 1950s, approved in 1992, originally scheduled for completion in 1999, then pushed to 2009. Construction begun in only 2008 when German construction and metalworking companies were brought in to solve major design issues -shifting the design away from rope & pulley to rack & pinion- and it was ultimately opened in 2016. German engineers from EMA Indutec had to develop a new process of metal hardening that allowed hardening penetration five times the usual thickness, as well as novel quality control processes, to deal with the enormous stress the rack and pinions has to bear.

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    Forrest Hobbs
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    1 day ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Þrídrangaviti Lighthouse (Thrídrangaviti without the Icelandic alphabet). https://icelandmag.is/article/watch-incredible-video-stunning-thridrangar-lighthouse-south-iceland

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    In more serious cases, you may need long-term counseling, psychotherapy, or cognitive behavioral therapy.

    Therapy can be incredibly helpful here, but you have to understand that counselors aren’t wizards; they can’t wave a magic wand and make all of your problems disappear. They’ll guide and support you, but you have to be prepared for a lot of (unpleasant, uncomfortable) emotional heavy lifting.

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    Huddo's sister
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    1 day ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've been there (technically, I was on a bus that dropped someone off at a chalet there in the middle of the night)

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    If Saturn Were As Close To Earth As The Moon, This Is How It Would Look Like

    If Saturn Were As Close To Earth As The Moon, This Is How It Would Look Like

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    Beak Hookage
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    1 day ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And boy would it look cool, though it'd probably play merry hell with Earth's gravity.

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    The Megalophobia online community was created over a decade ago, in late April 2014. Over the years, it grew to around a million members in size. If you plan on joining the group and sharing photos of huge objects yourself, take some time to familiarize yourself with what’s already been posted by other members.

    Long story short, reposts are frowned upon. You shouldn’t share photos that are in the top 25 of all time or images that have been posted within the past 90 days.

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    The Pure Infinite

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    Bret Sander
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    1 day ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    For context, our galaxy is approximately 100,000 light year across. That means light, traveling at 186,000 miles per second, would take 100,000, years to travel from one edge of the galaxy to the other.

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    Which of these photos impressed you the most, dear Pandas? Were there any that genuinely seemed foreboding? What are the biggest objects that you’ve personally seen with your own eyes?

    What phobias, if any, do you have? What do you do to reduce the impact they have on your life? Let us know what you think in the comments!

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    Valley Of The Lights Italy

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    Jrog
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    18 hours ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Val Trompia, close to Brescia, along the Mella river. It's an industrial area, mostly ironworking, foundries and small weapons manufacturing. The road you see there used to be known as "the Road of Steel". Not really a nice place to visit during the day.

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    Hidden Beach, Marieta Islands, Mexico

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    Zephyr343
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    1 day ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Probably not hidden for long. If someone can find a way to exploit it, they will

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    Map Of The Universe. Our Galaxy Is Under The Red Dot

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    Lew k
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    1 day ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Very under the rec dot. That's one of the super structures of galaxies. There are millions of galaxies in that picture and our galaxy is probably 1/100000 the size of the red dot on scale.

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    I Have A Huge Fear Of Heights And The Grade Of The Streets In San Francisco Test That, But This View Was Worth Looking Over; Taken Just Before Sunrise

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    The Size Of A Tornado Compared To The Size Of Wind Turbines

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    Forrest Hobbs
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    1 day ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sometimes, the design engineers have to just hope a particular natural event doesn't hit.

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    The Kalyazin Rt-64 Radio Telescope In Russia. Built In The Ussr For Robotic Venus And Mars Missions, Still Operational Today

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    The Madonna Della Corona In Spiazzi, Italy

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    Forrest Hobbs
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    1 day ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The climb up to it might be tricky, but again - megalophobia? Not sure - looks like a lovely homely place once you're there.

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    A Big Hairy Unicorn That Existed As Early As 29,000 Years Ago

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    Carl Roberts
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    1 day ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The correct term would be "as late as 29,000 years ago". But, even that's wrong. The oldest woolly rhino fossils are 3.7 million years old, and the last living species went extinct about 14,000 years ago

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    Oil Rig That Washed Ashore In Scotland

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    1 day ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    tl;dr:: rig being towed for scrapping, high winds tore it loose from the tug boat. More here: https://gcaptain.com/maib-publishes-investigation-report-into-transocean-winner-grounding/, https://weather.com/news/news/drilling-rig-runs-ashore-scottish-coast, https://edition.cnn.com/2016/08/09/europe/oil-rig-scotland-storm/index.html

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    Forrest Hobbs
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    1 day ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's apparently a deceptive shot of the air-con units attached to apartments in this development: https://smdc.com/properties/shore-residences/

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    Lew k
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    1 day ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As amazing as that picture is it still doesn't capture the scale. The redwoods are pure magic. You can spend a year looking at every picture you can find and you'll still be shocked when. You actually see it. The crazy part is 100ft from this tree is another as big, almost as big or bigger.

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    The Skull Of A Purussaurus, An Extinct Giant Caiman

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    The Foundation Of A Skyscraper

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    Ece Cenker
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    22 hours ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    More like the foundation depth of a skyscraper. The walls are there for retainment of soil. The foundations are not in place yet.

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    Millau Viaduct, The Tallest Bridge In The World

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    1 day ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I looked at this bridge and for some strange reason the "Thomas the tank engine " theme popped into my head???

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    Empire State Building, When It Was First Built

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    Forrest Hobbs
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    1 day ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Full size pic here: https://www.reddit.com/r/megalophobia/comments/1goh3di/empire_state_building_when_it_was_first_built/#lightbox

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    13 hours ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If this shot were taken a hundred feet farther up, you could see me in my car waiting 6 1/2 hours to get across the tracks.

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    Hallgrimskirkja In Reykjavik, Iceland, Even With Cloudy Skies, It Stands Out As An Enchanting Sight

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    1 day ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is giving Thor vibes.....when he found hulk in that fighting arena hotel thingy....

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    Linda Lee
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    1 day ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What if that was a really big tree that someone cut down and it turned to stone?

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    Largest Known Black Hole Compared To Our Solar System. My Brain Cannot Even Comprehend How Big This Is

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    Lew k
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    1 day ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    These scales hurt my brain if I think too long on it. Honestly. Something that would take hundreds or thousands of years to travel across at absolute speeds and this is just a spec in the universe. Some of the largest structures in the universe are 1.2 to 1.8 billion light years across. It sounds like just a number but when you focus on the concept for just a bit it's absolutely mind boggling. It takes light half the lifespan of our solar system to get from one side to the other of a cluster of neutron stars. As far as we know the speed of light is an absolute. Which means if we ever even achieve light speed travel it would take longer than the history of life on our planet to even get to some of the closest structures in our universe. Mind absolutely blown.

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    Check Out This Cave Entrance Chillin' At The Bottom Of A Sinkhole In Guizhou, China. Peep The Four Dudes On The Rock For Size Comparison

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    Ms World Discoverer A German Expedition Cruise Ship Sank In Solomon Islands

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    One World Trade Center In NYC

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    brandyy17
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    1 day ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    new yorker here. i do miss the amazing view of the 2 towers. i remember as a kid always being amazed by how tall they were wenever me and my parents went into the city.

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    The Statue Of Liberty Compared To Other Statues Around The World!

    The Statue Of Liberty Compared To Other Statues Around The World!

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    Multa Nocte
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    19 hours ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Where is the African Renaissance Monument from Senegal? It's larger than the Christ the Redeemer statue.

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    #81

    A Giant Solar Flare, About 600,000 Km High, Photographed At Japan's Norikura Observatory On July 21, 1992

    A Giant Solar Flare, About 600,000 Km High, Photographed At Japan's Norikura Observatory On July 21, 1992

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    Giant Cranes Being Delivered To Liverpool Docks

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    Forrest Hobbs
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    1 day ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Strictly speaking, they're used at the Port of Liverpool's Container Terminal 2 which is at Seaforth just north of Liverpool proper. They are astonishingly huge - I mean, really, REALLY, big. https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Liverpool+2+Container+Terminal/@53.4544782,-3.0293376,962m and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liverpool2

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    Imagine Being Scuba Diving And Seeing That

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    Duga Radar - Chernobyl

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    Forrest Hobbs
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    1 day ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A Soviet over-the-horizon early warning radar system, shut down in 1989. It was incredibly anti-social in its use of the radio spectrum. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duga_radar#%22Russian_Woodpecker%22

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    The Size Of Scaffolding During Maintenance On The Statue Of Liberty

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    The Cascades From Seattle

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    ImaScratMan
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    1 day ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Gahhhh I wanna go back to Cascades so bad 😭. If you ever go, look up Concrete, WA. Go there and go to the one local restaurant in the town. Order the fried chicken. I promise you it is the absolute best you will ever have. It was so crispy that the leftovers in the fridge the next morning were just a crispy and juicy as when I first ordered. Sorry, long tangent but that's what I first think of when thinking of the Cascades. That and the old growth forests ❤️❤️❤️

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    Large Ship Ain't It

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    Jrog
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    18 hours ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's the Esso Pacific, later Kapetan Michalis. Built in 1977 by Hitachi Zosen Corporation in Japan, dismantled in 2002 in Pakistan. She could not navigate any of the channels commonly used by shipping, including the English Channel. The two in her class (Pacific and Atlantic) were the third longest ships ever built, behind the four French Batillus class and the Seawise Giant/Knock Nevis

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    Ellison's Cave Features The Deepest Unobstructed Pit In The Continental Us

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    The Inside Of A Nuclear Cooling Tower

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    Forrest Hobbs
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    1 day ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    These things weren't specific for nuclear plants: they’re cooling towers for power stations which made electricity by supplying high pressure super-heated steam to turbines which drove electrical generators. More here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooling_tower

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    #91

    Basketball Court Built Inside Karst Cave In Guizhou, China

    Basketball Court Built Inside Karst Cave In Guizhou, China

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    #93

    Warsaw Radio Mast (1974) Tallest Structure On Earth Until It's Collapse In 1991

    Warsaw Radio Mast (1974) Tallest Structure On Earth Until It's Collapse In 1991

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    Jrog
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    18 hours ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Lots of funny stories on this thing's engineering. When they built it, soviet engineers failed to account for wind oscillations and basically eyballed the calculations for the stay cables, so just 15 years after the construction, when ownership was transferred to the Warsaw Radio-Television organization, it was in such a dire state that maintenance crews and engineers proposed to dismantle the tower and rebuild it proper. In pure Soviet style, they decided NOT to do a full rebuild, instead just... repaint it. So they started, but run out of paint mid-job. So, in pure Soviet style again, they shrugged and claimed "good enough". By 1990 the tower was standing by pure miracle, with all but two of the cables in severely degraded condition.

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    This Huge Cave In China Is So Big It Has Its Own Weather

    This Huge Cave In China Is So Big It Has Its Own Weather

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    You Lose It Here, You’re In A World Of Hurt

    You Lose It Here, You’re In A World Of Hurt

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    Madam Puddyfoot
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    22 hours ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You can check out the documentary 'Man on Wire' which documents Phillipe Petit's walk between the twin towers in 1974. It is amazing.

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    #96

    Photo Of Inside The New Confinement Enclosure At Chernobyl Power Plant

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    A Single Tenant. Polanco, Mexico City

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    Kabuki Kitsune
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    15 hours ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Probably the building owner, who's hanging onto the building until some other developer comes along and buys it off them. I'd be willing to bet that the building went up before Polanco became an expensive neighborhood, and the owner bought the land for dirt cheap at the time.

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    Goldin Finance 117, The World’s Tallest Abandoned Building 1,957 Ft (597 M)

    Goldin Finance 117, The World’s Tallest Abandoned Building 1,957 Ft (597 M)

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    This Bridge Is In China, Yunnan And It Is 300m From The Ground, Too Far

    This Bridge Is In China, Yunnan And It Is 300m From The Ground, Too Far

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    Jrog
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    17 hours ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    To bring the two guide ropes from one side to the other, Chinese engineers repurposed some military rockets. It's the only time such a method has been used in modern engineering.

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    #103

    The Volkshalle - 'People's Hall' - Proposed By Architect Albert Speer And F*****r Adolf Hitler Would Have Been So Large, Its Own Weather System Would've Formed Within It's Dome

    The Volkshalle - 'People's Hall' - Proposed By Architect Albert Speer And F*****r Adolf Hitler Would Have Been So Large, Its Own Weather System Would've Formed Within It's Dome

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    Forrest Hobbs
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    1 day ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mmm. Probably would have sunk in Berlin’s notorious soggy ground. They did experiments, one of which still exists - a huge concrete cylinder to test what Berlin's marshy ground could bear by way of construction pressure. It's still there, on account of being too expensive to demolish. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwerbelastungskörper. Meanwhile, the UK wasn't messing about with crazy fantasy future architecture: it were working on beating Germany. Strange how it all turned out, isn't it? I mean, the UK did create huge concrete structures later on in that war, only they were for invasion and one actually worked: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulberry_harbours

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    Manhattan Bridge On A Snow Day In NYC

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    ZuriLovesYou
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    1 day ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I like this. Something about snow in big cities is so magical to me.

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    #106

    So Much Firepower In One Photo

    So Much Firepower In One Photo

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    Jrog
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    17 hours ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Norfolk, 20 Dec 2012. From the first: USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69), USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), USS Enterprise (CVN 65), USS Harry Truman (CVN 75) e USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), plus a bunch of small fish

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    Octagon (Egyptian Ministry Of Defense) Seen From The Plane

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    Be Weird 24/7
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    1 day ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Alien planet...that's the first thing that came to my mind when I saw it

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    #109

    Ocean Farm 1, Capable Of Producing Up To 12,000 Tons Of Fish A Year

    Ocean Farm 1, Capable Of Producing Up To 12,000 Tons Of Fish A Year

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    Abandoned Powerplant From Blade Runner 2049 Movie [oc]

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    Kabuki Kitsune
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    15 hours ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Abandoned power station in Hungary. The photo is taken mid demolition. What you're looking at here, is one of the boilers and its ash removal system.

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    #114

    The Biggest Buidling Of South America, The Helicoide

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    #117

    The Electric State Is A Very Creepy Graphic Novel

    The Electric State Is A Very Creepy Graphic Novel

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    Burj Khalifa Lights Up With The Palestine Flag

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    Steinem Sukker Rumpe
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    23 hours ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    0a sky scraper built from yemini slaves, displaying the flag of a nation they refuse to help.

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