The world is an intriguing place. However, our mundane everyday lives sometimes make us forget that. To remind you about the interesting things around us, Bored Panda has compiled a collection of rarely seen pictures, and they should definitely catch you off-guard. But in a totally good way.
From a grain of sand magnified 300 times to a butterfly that's half male, half female, we included both the common and the rare. This way, you'll be able to rediscover the ordinary and expand your world view.
Continue scrolling for your daily dose of awe, upvote your favorite entries and don't forget to leave a comment under the ones that surprised you the most. Also, if your thirst for eye-opening images is bigger than this post, check out Bored Panda's earlier lists of 50 Times People Found The Most Unexpected Things and 73 Rare Photos Reveal The Unseen Side Of Things, And It Will Change The Way You See The World.
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The Local Nursing Home Is An Indoor Town. There's A Movie Theater And Pub
This place is called "Doverwood Village". It's a skilled nursing facility located in Hamilton, OH. Senior residents receive 24-hour medical care while also getting the rehabilitation care they need, which can include range of motion exercises, gait and balance training and individualized exercise programs. The movie theater shows movies 2x each day. An old one and a new one.
This Is What Some Grains Of Sand Look Like When Magnified 100 To 300 Times
Gary Greenberg introduces himself as a scientist, author, teacher and photographer who combines his passion for art and science by exploring the hidden dimensions of nature. "The secrets of nature are visible everywhere. Yet, they remain secrets until they are revealed," he wrote on his website."The miracles of nature are tangible, and they can be seen directly through the microscope. The magnificence of nature lies in its consciousness. When we commune with nature, we become conscious of our connection with the universe."
And he knows what he's talking about. Greenberg invented the high-definition 3D lenses that he takes his pictures on, resulting in 18 U.S. patents under his name. He was a photographer and filmmaker until age 33 when he moved from LA to London and earned a Ph. D. in biomedical research. This has given him a unique appreciation for biological and scientific curiosities and for the optical macro photography technologies he would need to document them.
The sand composition can vary drastically depending on where it’s from, but this grain is from a beach in Hawaii, where Dr. Greenberg is located.
The artist should get credit: Gary Greenberg, Sandgrains http://www.sandgrains.com/Sand-Grains-Gallery.html --- but you have to note that these are SELECTED out of a handful of sand in Maui. The absolute vast majority are borin' old sandgrains; and if you try to do the same with your local beach you get a 100% borin' old sandgrains almost surely --- these are significantly-larger-than-sandgrains bits mixed in.
This Purely Golden Bee Landed On My Car Today
This bee is most likely a Cordovans honey bee. It has a color mutation that inhibits black
Saw A Snail Today While I Was Outside And Its Shell Is Crystal Clear
Rocks On The Lake Baikal
Rocks on the lake Baikal get heated from the sunlight every now and then and melt the ice beneath. After the sun is gone, the ice turns solid again thus creating a small stand for the rock above. It is called the Baikal Dzen.
This Cat I Met Today Has Sauron’s Eyes
My Friend's Blind Cat Soren Has Amazing Eyes
This Is A Music Typewriter: How Music Was Typed Before Computers
Marketed in the 1950s, it sold for about $255 (about $2,415 in today’s money). Keaton was trying to create something that would print characters precisely on staff and indicate exactly where the next character would be printed to ensure accuracy, and ended up with a circular keyboard which gives the typewriter its distinct look.
This Little Transparent Guy Landed On Me In The Ecuadorian Amazon
Sun Through A UV Lens
A suite of NASA's sun-gazing spacecraft have spotted an unusual series of eruptions in which a series of fast puffs forced the slow ejection of a massive burst of solar material from the sun's atmosphere. "Looking at the corona in extreme ultraviolet light we see the source of the puffs is a series of energetic jets and related flares," said Nathalia Alzate, a solar scientist at the University of Aberystwyth in Wales. "The jets are localized, catastrophic releases of energy that spew material out from the sun into space. These rapid changes in the magnetic field cause flares, which release a huge amount of energy in a very short time in the form of super-heated plasma, high-energy radiation and radio bursts."
Blue Bees Exist (Blue Carpenter Bee)
Tulips Blooming In The Snow
Not to brag, but in our front yard in April 2017 17966200_1...325a2a.jpg
This Sea Slug, Which Looks Like A Leaf, Can Go Without Eating For 9 Months, Because It Can Photosynthesize Just Like A Plant While Basking In The Sun
A Curly-Haired Horse
The exact origin of the Bashkir Curly Horse is one of the greatest mysteries of the horse world. Horses with curly coats are most certainly an ancient breed. They have been depicted in art and statuary in early China as far back as 161 AD. There has been evidence of their presence in South America and Europe. There is evidence that Curlies have been in North America since the early 1800's.
My Neighbor's House Encased In Ice After The Recent Blizzard In Ohio (On Shore Of Lake Erie)
we can also see the other part that doesn't got covered by the ice, what a contrast
Assisted Living Facility Made To Look Like A Small 1940s American Town
140 Million Year Old, 500 Kg Dinosaur Femur Discovered In France
This Shower Formed Naturally Inside A Cave
Fantastic, let's hope we don't get to see too many pictures with IG-influencers taking a shower there.
This Butterfly Is A Bilateral Gynandromorph, Literally Half Male, Half Female
A gynandromorph is an organism that contains both male and female characteristics. But this butterfly is a bilateral gynandromorph, which means one half is completely female and the other half is completely male. The cause of this phenomenon is typically, but not always, an event in mitosis during early development. While the organism contains only a few cells, one of the dividing cells does not split its sex chromosomes typically. This leads to one of the two cells having sex chromosomes that cause male development and the other cell having chromosomes that cause female development. For example, an XY cell undergoing mitosis duplicates its chromosomes, becoming XXYY. Usually this cell would divide into two XY cells, but in rare occasions the cell may divide into an X cell and an XYY cell. If this happens early in development, then a large portion of the cells are X and a large portion are XYY. Since X and XYY dictate different sexes, the organism has tissue that is female and tissue that is male.
poor thing probably didn't last long with wings like that. Nature can be beautiful but cruel.
Nasa's Photo Of Pluto
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft captured this high-resolution enhanced color view of Pluto on July 14, 2015. The image combines blue, red and infrared images taken by the Ralph/Multispectral Visual Imaging Camera (MVIC). Pluto's surface sports a remarkable range of subtle colors, enhanced in this view to a rainbow of pale blues, yellows, oranges, and deep reds. Many landforms have their own distinct colors, telling a complex geological and climatological story that scientists have only just begun to decode. The image resolves details and colors on scales as small as 0.8 miles (1.3 kilometers).
I Found A Very Small Frog
This Is What A "Split Lobster" Looks Like. This Coloring Occurs Once In Every 50 Million Lobsters
This split-colored lobster displays a condition known as gynandromorphy, meaning it is half male, half female. In this case, the blue side is the female side, and the brown side is the male side.
Time Lapse Photo Of A Beehive
Transparent Fish
Experts believe it could be a Salpa maggiore (Salpa maxima), commonly found in the Southern Ocean. Salps tend to roam the upper layers of the ocean where sunlight can still penetrate. They move by straining water through their gelatinous bodies, feeding on phytoplankton and other small bits of organic matter. The ghostly appearance is believed to be a form of camouflage for the otherwise defenseless creature.
This Blue Jay Still Has Half Of Its Baby Feathers
My Friend's Giant Sunflower
Me And My Girlfriend Were Walking In The Woods The Other Week And Saw A Rainbow Pool For The First Time
Found on BBC.com: Jeff Ripple, a former Florida swamp walk leader, told the BBC: "The rainbow sheens found as a thin film on top of pooled water in swamps and marshes are the result of natural oils released by decaying vegetation or the biological processes of anaerobic bacteria reducing iron in soil."
A Clutch Of Dinosaur Eggs In A Friend's Personal Collection. As A Dinosaur Fanatic, This Blows Me Away
Fin Whale Vertebrae Beneath The Water Near Kongsfjorden, Norway
A Purple Grasshopper Found In My Garden
This Bicolor Sunflower I Grew
Saw An Albino Buck Near My Daughter's Daycare
The Blue Java Banana, Which Is Said To Have The Same Consistency As Ice Cream And A Similar Flavor To Vanilla
Customer Came In And Let Me Take A Picture Of Her Hands That Had 6 Fingers On Each
There's a little poem from a Czech artist (it rhymes in Czech, sorry for the unprofessional translation): "I have found on the street a glove with 7 fingers on each, what a shame and God's punishment since I only have six fingers". Ok, that was a bad idea, it sounds weird this way, sorry. :)
Load More Replies...this should have more upvotes as i was wondering the same thing
Load More Replies...Well, actually it is natural, I'd say. Just not normal to most people.
Load More Replies...What strikes me as odd, is they look more normal than having just 4 fingers and a thumb on each. Her hands look like they're closer to being right.
I wonder if she'd be required to pay a surcharge for manicures (genuinely wondering)
Well, I lost my baby finger many years ago. While I was a massage therapist, I assured my clients that I would NOT be offering a 10% discount! Lol.
Load More Replies...I wonder if she could use all her fingers normally. I can see that shopping for gloves would be difficult, but beside that I would call this an upgrade
I also had 6 fingers on each hand, the extra little fingers were removed when I was 2 years old.
Wonder if she gets charged an extra “two bits” for the extra fingers when she gets a manicure??
Load More Replies...Wow and they're all fully formed. Usually it's an extra pinky but it's not developed.
I wonder how fast she can type! Could she be the best pianist ever? So many questions. So much potential!
the extra finger have lesser senses, usually not as agile like the other 5...
Load More Replies...Did you guys count them like I did? I just realized that and it is so funny to me.
Hmmm. If everyone were "normal" like this, we would be counting in base 12, rather than base 10. Actually our analog clock faces already count in base 12.
Clock is not base 12, still base 10, it’s just counted 1 to 12. (assuming we're not talking about am/pm) if it's base 12 , there will be 12 unique “char” in it. 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,a,b
Load More Replies...Somehow, as we were taught in biology, this is a dominant genetic trait.
Poor lady, if someone cuts her off in traffic she can't give them the middle finger :-)
That is the East European way. Wedding ring/ band goes on your right hand. This is how my parents wear them.
Load More Replies...I wish I had 6 fingers so I could grab more cheese balls! - Honey Booboo
Actually the correct statement is 5 fingers and 1 thumb per hand. As a orthopedic nurse, I have seen people with actual 6 fingers and a thumb too is the only reason I mention this.
or you could just buy a pair a size too large and tuck two fingers in one finger hole. It is what my dad does
She has nice nails on all 12 fingers. Not even being cheeky, but I wonder what a nail appt costs?
This is awesome, she could flip someone off double if she needed to!
And yet they look totally normal. I probably wouldn't even notice untill pointed out if I seen someone like this
Polydactyly (from Greek poly, 'many' and daktylos, 'finger'), is a genetic disorder where a human is born with more fingers or toes that belong to you (usually one more finger). It is detected at birth These fingers are called «extra fingers» or «supernumerary fingers», so that’s not weird.
Many years ago there was a fantasy novel series called Darkover in which many people had six fingers on each hand and it was just considered a normal variation. After reading those books, I always wondered what it would look like to have six normal, usable fingers - you can tell from this picture that the extra pinky is functional, most extra fingers lack full musculature or have bone deformities. It's really quite beautiful.
...and every digit is perfectly formed...I think it's so cool to have such a special gift from God. I would be curious to know if it is genetic.
I'm truly surprised her parents didn't have the 'extra' removed when she was a baby. Soperstitious people can be cruel to those who are different. And she's not afraid of it either--good for her!
Well, you don’t have to worry about flipping people off.
I'm a Sign Language teacher. I've seen people sign while missing fingers, but never with extra. I'm wondering how that would work. Also, do you think her toes are the same way? Very cool of her to let you take a picture.
But the fingers are all so symmetrical, left hand fooled me to be five fingered at first. I wonder if everyday stuff is easier with extra fingers. Is the grip better?
This is a Rudolph situation. Would you remove the last pinky to appear normal? I think it is an advantage to have such a functional yet not so unattractive (freakish) difference. She could easily be a famous hand model.
Soooo... which one does she give the New York finger wave greeting with?
As a musician, I would /love/ extra fingers! The inconvenience of not being able to buy gloves would be of no consequence if I could create new guitar chords, or play more notes on my concertina or piano. There are plenty of keen knitters who'd make me 6-fingered gloves.
Gets arrested. Confuses the heck out of the fingerprint machine. Goes free.
My son was born with an additional finger. These individuals are known to be descendants of a Dutch family that colonized in Africa during European colonization of the continent. The Dutch reproduced with Africans and those prodgeny traveled to North America where this characteristic continued to spread.
Has to make use of this as a musician surely? actually look beautiful to me, very lucky indeed to have such incredibly symmetry in a deformity - its often the lack of symmetry that draws the eye to a deformity. I bet few notice this in daily life if its real?
Six fingers (and / or toes) is a dominant trait - but its really rare to see it on both hands and they're both functional! I get the feeling that back in the day they got burned as witches, and more recently parents concerned about their kids getting teased take off the extra fingers or toes with surgery. Lots of babies get "extra" fingers amputated especially when they don't have any bones or tendons, so just random extra bits.
A natural occurrence in many species - it is called polydactyly. I knew several cats with it (1-5 extra toes per limb). Humans can have this happen on feet too, I believe.
You don't really notice until it's pointed out. A lot of parents have the extra finger removed when a baby's born with too many, but this shows it's not a problem. It could be a heck of an advantage for things like piano-playing!
It does say "her", so this is not he person who killed Inigo's father.
BEAUTIFUL!!! and well formed..thinkin" helpful for faster typing and other tasks
I had 6 on each hand too, had the little one removed when I was a baby, 2 of my children also had 6 fingers on each hand.
Oh... impressive! At the same time she was lovelly for that. I had to count them. I confess. Pretty amazing. They look normal.
I wonder if this was confusing when she was a child trying to learn how to count on her fingers.
Literally didn't see what was wrong with this picture for a while. I think I'm the weird one
I would learn to play piano and sing, and become a blues singer. Call me Six-Fingers Sally.
Gonna need some more nail polish soon. :-) I think these hands are COOL!
I kind of had a similar thing. Though I only had an extra finger on my right hand and it was removed due to the doctors seeing it as underdeveloped.
I saw a pic of a lady that has 10 fingers on each hand and 10 toes on each foot...crazy creepy!!! I think she lived in India....
I knew a family with polydactyly - but the extra fingers were amputated at an early age which I think is a pity
It is pretty common to be born with extra fingers but they are generally removed after birth.
I wonder if she is engaged, the ring is on the finger in the middle
Weird stuff. The little fingers don't look like they fit that well with the other fingers.
I am indigo Gonzales, you killed my father. Prepare to die. Ok. I know I missed on the name.
I'm pretty sure she grew up with it. Also, if she were insecure, she wouldn't have let that photo happen, less so being shared on the internet. Maybe she was asked within a situational context, I hiiiiiiighly doubt she was approached out of the blue just for the photo.
Load More Replies...Sure, because laws don’t apply to you if you have twelve fingers..
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Valonia Ventricosa, The Largest Single-Celled Organism On Earth. Yep, This Is A Single Living Cell
Translucent Blue Tang
Cannabis Field In The Middle Of A Cornfield
One Of The Oldest Rocks In Existence, The Murchison Meteorite. It's 4,600,000,000 Years Old, And Likely Existed Before The Earth Itself Had Completely Formed
Interestingly, it also contains amino acids, the chemical building blocks of DNA.
This Funky Little Ribbon Cloud Outside My Plane Window
Those Ain't Trees
Positive streamers (which are positively charged ionic channels) rise up from the ground. When one of them meets a negatively charged step leader, it results in a lightning strike.
This is really cool because it displays how lightning works. A lightning bolt travels first from the ground to the cloud in stead of that it just roars from above to the ground. However, the last is how most people think it works.
There Are Caves In Mexico With Crystals As Big As Trees, But You Can’t Explore The Caves For Too Long Due To Heat And The Toxic Atmosphere. But I Mean Look At Those Things
What Appears To Be A Pile Of Broken Glass Is Actually A Frozen Lake Michigan
This Mutated Daisy
A Boy Born Weighing 268 Grams (9.45 Oz) Was Sent Home Healthy After Months In The Neonatal Care Unit In Tokyo. He's The Smallest Child To Ever Be Born And Survive
Ant Face Under Electron Microscope
Jupiter Viewed From Its South Pole
You Can See Where My Nails Stopped And Started Growing Again Between Chemo Cycles
Dinosaur Footprints In France
Australian Fire Breaks In Action
I enjoyed this post. Great and interesting pictures. But it could have been split into 3 posts. And would it kill you to CREDIT THE PHOTOGRAPHER for each picture? That's not ok.
Each photo is credited with a source link underneath the pic :)
Load More Replies...You're lucky, I got about 2/3 through it and got booted out because they shortened it to 50. I was enjoying it very much before that happened.
Load More Replies...I ABSOLUTELY loved these pics & will be reviewing them quite frequently!! Thank you for such a great collection of photographs!
Fascinating stuff. Humbling to think about all the things we do not know.
What an Awesome Post! A Beautiful world we have the privilege of living in..
or nature and man made things but sure you believe what you want i guess
Load More Replies...I enjoyed this post. Great and interesting pictures. But it could have been split into 3 posts. And would it kill you to CREDIT THE PHOTOGRAPHER for each picture? That's not ok.
Each photo is credited with a source link underneath the pic :)
Load More Replies...You're lucky, I got about 2/3 through it and got booted out because they shortened it to 50. I was enjoying it very much before that happened.
Load More Replies...I ABSOLUTELY loved these pics & will be reviewing them quite frequently!! Thank you for such a great collection of photographs!
Fascinating stuff. Humbling to think about all the things we do not know.
What an Awesome Post! A Beautiful world we have the privilege of living in..
or nature and man made things but sure you believe what you want i guess
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