Awe-inspiring Photos

Jan 3, 2016 10:39 AM

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The Infinity Mirror Room

The Green Mile

Workplace Safety, 1926

A Stream Of Water, Frozen In Mid-Air

Mountain Shadows

Seljalandsfoss, Iceland

The Power Of The Ocean

Sydney Through A Wine Glass

Make Music Not War

This Fish’s Face Is Priceless

Glow Sticks And A Ceiling Fan

Always Remembered

Starry Night

Perfectly Timed Dogbird

Amsterdam From Above

Moose In The Mist

Let There Be Light

One Happy Fox

Storm’s a-brewin’

A Bowl Of Rain

Sunset Fire Opal

The First Untethered Free Flight In Space

Cell Tower After Epic Snowstorm

Snail With Semi-Transparent Shell Discovered

House On Fire Ruin, Mule Canyon

Airplane View Of A Distant Storm

Meticulously Dismantled Vw Golf

Open Water Roll Cloud

The Tallest Waterfall In The World

An Albino Humpback Whale

Invisible Reflection

Portland’s Famous Japanese Maple

Mexico’s Giant Crystal Cave

Grand Canyon Light Show

Lone Chamois Above The Clouds

The Gorge At Watkins Glen

Iridescent Antarctica

Look At This Baby Musk Ox

Cologne Cathedral During WWII

Hong Kong At Night

The Waitomo Glowworm Caves

Waterspouts Over The Adriatic

The Full Circle Rainbow

The Studley Tool Chest

Earth From The Dark Side Of Saturn

Praise The Sun

San Francisco Is Steep

In The Heat Of The Moment

San Francisco Fog

Yale’s Rare Book And Manuscript Library

Sunset In Santorini

The Sky Whale

When Art Meets Nature

Shelf Cloud Over Timisoara

Ponthus’ Beech

Flyby Eclipse

Underwater Perfection

Poolside Mountain View

Yokohama Cherry Blossoms In Bloom

Barn Conversion

The Multicolored Iceberg

Just Room Enough Island

The Roman Pool At Hearst Castle

Abandoned Railway In Paris

That’s What Friends Are For

The Rocky Wave

The Ancient Banyan Tree

Forest On Shipwreck Island

First Flight

Moonrise Time-Lapse Over La

Glacial Waterfalls

Just A Big Cat

A Horizon Rainbow In Paris

Kamchatka Ice Cave, Russia

World’s Coolest Subway Entrance

The Tsunami Cloud

Aurora Astralis From Space

Waves Of Time

Coolest. Duck. Ever.

The Edge Of Insanity

Down The Spiral

Whiskey On The Rocks

The Stained Glass Mapparium

Moon Jelly

Forces Of Nature

Coal Train At Sunset

Looking Down From Lion’s Head

Duct Tape Landscape

This Is Norway

Trippy Ice Effect After Flood

The Eye Of The Moon

The space ‘selfie’

Cloud City, Dubai

Contrast In Krakow

Sunrise At Easter Island

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Some of these skyrim mods are okay.

10 years ago | Likes 28 Dislikes 1

So... #16 is.. Moost..? Sorry.

10 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Need wallpaper versions... neeeed

10 years ago | Likes 38 Dislikes 1

*plan trip around the world, never have enough time and money for it. FML

10 years ago | Likes 48 Dislikes 1

10 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Crystal Cave? Don't you mean the Fortress of Solitude?

10 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

After weeks of scrolling, I have finally reached the comments section! If I don't make it back, tell my family they get nothing

10 years ago | Likes 29 Dislikes 0

No worries. Everything goes to @sarah and Imgur. It's in the Terms & Conditions when you sign up.

10 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I'm finally relevant

10 years ago | Likes 35 Dislikes 0

Your time is now!

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Woohoo

10 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

"These pictures got me super motivated to go on an adventure." *gets out of bed.*

10 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

PSA: Do not try #11 with the glow-in-the-dark stars. They WILL fly off and try to murder you. Or do, I guess, I'm not your supervisor.

10 years ago | Likes 44 Dislikes 0

I tried it as a kid. Only one ever came off. Most damage was a small dent in the wall.

10 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

Glowing shurikens

10 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

So basically everything is more beautiful with a sunset/sunrise

10 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Yes.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

http://i2.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/270/623/337.gif

10 years ago | Likes 148 Dislikes 0

This was me during this post.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

#13 And then it blinked... v

10 years ago | Likes 20 Dislikes 0

Wow. That's awesome.

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Very cool. This deserves to be higher up.

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

According to south it's smug over San Francisco

10 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Great a typo

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I was hoping someone made that reference :P

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Those little birds cannot possibly fly with those wings. Can they?

10 years ago | Likes 16 Dislikes 0

That's not flying, that's falling with style.

10 years ago | Likes 19 Dislikes 0

The trick is missing the ground.

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

'One happy fox' looks more like ' One constipated fox'

10 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 0

I've seen the infinity room before. It's made by a Japanese artist with schizophrenia and the installation is portrays what she sees.

10 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

As someone living in a city: honestly, do the sky ever actually look like it does in number 13, or are all the photos edited?

10 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Maybe not as bright, but yes. Drive to a remote place with no light sources nearby on a new moon, and the milky way is quite visible.

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

None of these can be zoomed in, and some of them need it :(

10 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I could zoom on the space selfie

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I could zoom on the space selfie

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Awe inspiring glowsticks on a ceiling fan

10 years ago | Likes 69 Dislikes 0

One of these things is not like the others!

10 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 0

Waves of Time would be an awesome album cover

10 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

Also +1 for the cell tower ninja.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

What's an album? JK, I'm old.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Goddamn it *Aggressively leaves to do something epic*

10 years ago | Likes 775 Dislikes 7

*Rewatches the Lord of the Rings movies*

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

You want epic? Conquer the middle east and become the modern day Genghis Khan.

10 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Liar

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Awesome! +1

10 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

*Aggressively thinks of epic things to hopefully do*

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

*cant think of anything, goes back on imgur*

10 years ago | Likes 178 Dislikes 0

...

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Check out Up with People. if you're under 29, you can travel the world with them.

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

*feels inspired, leaves again to do epic things*

10 years ago | Likes 65 Dislikes 2

*Gives up, goes back to imgur.*

10 years ago | Likes 28 Dislikes 0

*furiously tries to take a cool pic of imgur*

10 years ago | Likes 21 Dislikes 0

I was seriously considering getting a bowl of cereal.

10 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 0

After a while, I was expecting the photos to go on forever.

10 years ago | Likes 301 Dislikes 3

Same. I wanted a quick post before going back to bed for another hour, but now I'm up thanks to infinity post

10 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

I read that as "As a whale", was very confused

10 years ago | Likes 23 Dislikes 2

The "frozen stream of water" one looks like ice extruded from a metal pipe, much more common than water freezing together

10 years ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 0

I hunted for this comment specifically after seeing that pic.

10 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Samesies

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I fixed that rotated San Francisco photo for my sanity:

10 years ago | Likes 132 Dislikes 3

THANK YOU D:

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

Thank you, it really messed with my boyfriend! Poor thing just didn't get it....

10 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 1

Thank you. why would anyone rotate it like that?

10 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 3

Oh my godddd thank you. Was looking for this comment.

10 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 1

The two san francisco pictures made me really home sick... even though I'm here... hung over in my bed... i should go for a walk

10 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 1

Hey, I did this once too with the same photo! Just a higher resolution source:

10 years ago | Likes 27 Dislikes 1

Thank you too

10 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 1

The didn't need safety in the 20s. They were held safely in place from the gravitation of thier giant balls.

10 years ago | Likes 168 Dislikes 5

Thier

10 years ago | Likes 14 Dislikes 3

I before e except after c.

10 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 3

Every time I've been to Sydney it's been "through a wine glass". The rest of the images were new to me though! +1

10 years ago | Likes 15 Dislikes 0

not through a box of goon?

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

Im a classy lady!

10 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I just went to the Infinity Mirrored room! I waited four hours for 45 seconds in there. Worth it.

10 years ago | Likes 96 Dislikes 0

There's also one in the Lousiana museum north of Copenhagen!

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

There was one in Brisbane, Australia recently. The sliding door was broken though, so I didn't bother going in.

10 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

I went in one in Omaru, New Zealand. It's actually part of a steampunk museum (every bit as cool as it sounds?

10 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

I went there, the whole museum was amazing, as was the mirrored room

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Piggybacking on your comment to credit artist Yayoi Kusama. She's amazing, and literally insane (permanent resident in a Japanese asylum).

10 years ago | Likes 53 Dislikes 1

Wow, I had no idea. That's crazy. Literally.

10 years ago | Likes 21 Dislikes 0

There is a similar one at the Milwaukee Art Museum. Rarely a wait and really you can be in there as long as you want.

10 years ago | Likes 16 Dislikes 0

I went there when I was younger and it was awesome

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

That's good to know. I'm going on business, I'm going to check that out. Thanks.

10 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

They just renovated, but it should be in the modern art section. It looks like a closet almost.

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Thanks for the info.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

These pictures make me sad that I live in shitty, cramped England, and don't have epic landscapes outside my doorstep.

10 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 0

But you've got the coolest history IMHO.

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I remember Cosmos II started in the Cliffs of Dover, to measure the passing of time.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

England can be pretty. Usually not *dramatic*, but pretty.

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Wales and Scotland aren't far away my friend

10 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

Okay, I admit England is pretty. I live near the seven sisters and they are amazing. I think it's the fact the these pictures are much >

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

cooler than what I see, but I guess it's down to awesome photography more than awesome locations.

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I remember Cosmos II started in the Cliffs of Dover, to measure the passing of time.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

The untethered astronaut picture made me feel deeply terrified.

10 years ago | Likes 741 Dislikes 4

I read before that the suit was empty.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

It just made me sad I'll never get to have that amazing view

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

It just made me want to play FF8 again.

10 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I feel deeply terrified and awe struck. I've had recurring nightmares about this.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Same. I saw Gravity!

10 years ago | Likes 21 Dislikes 0

I had my doubts about that movie. I mean one of the biggest plot points wouldn't even have happened in space.

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

That would be a shit death.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

''ᵃᵃᵃᵃᵃᵃᵃᵃᵃᵃʰ''

10 years ago | Likes 16 Dislikes 0

Wrong,no one can hear you scream in space.

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

It was the 1950s work safety one; until I saw that one

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I said bbbiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii.........

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Made them feel like that too

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Did he make it back??? I NEED AN ANSWER!

10 years ago | Likes 16 Dislikes 0

that's Bruce McCandless, and yes he did make it back. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_McCandless_II

10 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 0

Damn his life is impressive

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Better outcome than Chris McCandless, anyway.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Ground Control to Major Tom...

10 years ago | Likes 19 Dislikes 0

...take your protein pills and put your helmet on.

10 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 0

Ground Control to Major Tom. Commencing countdown, engines on

10 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

Check ignition, and may God's love be with you

10 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

That reminds me of that Firefly episode where the bad guy gets kicked out of the ship, to wait for his death while floating in space.

10 years ago | Likes 38 Dislikes 0

Spoiler alert!

10 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

"Well... Here I am."

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10 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

Spoiler alert, he doesn't die.

10 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Wheres it say that?

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

In the comics. If you're a fan I would suggest reading them.

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Somewhat related. Super pissed when I got through Firefly again and they didnt have Serenity on Netflix. Why you do this to me, Netflix?!

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Be free, matey. Become a pirate

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Soon as my new computer comes in. Counting down the days.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

His suit was equipped with a reaction control system, basically little engines that spit out a propellant. He can go anywhere.

10 years ago | Likes 164 Dislikes 0

Like Wall-e

10 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Until they stop working midflight away from the ISS

10 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

Kerbal

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Yusss

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

That's fucking amazing.

10 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 1

I only know that from Kerbal Space Program, a game about space exploration. Get it if you want more fucking amazing

10 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

I played the demo (way back) and it was alright. Don't think it's worth full price on Steam though, or even the current discount price.

10 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Yeah, the game isn't meant for everyone. I thought it is worth it though.

10 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

I always got sad when they blew up.

5 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

YESSSS KSPPPP!

10 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

That shit can malfunction! Still find a way to scare myself

10 years ago | Likes 85 Dislikes 1

Well then another astronaut uses rps to get there..

10 years ago | Likes 17 Dislikes 0

And if that astronaut is a double agent?

10 years ago | Likes 23 Dislikes 0

Gentlemen

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Then truly, all is lost

10 years ago | Likes 22 Dislikes 0

Gentlemen

10 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

This too is one of my biggest fears. Floating in the nothingness of space/infinity with no one to help

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Choosing the 2nd best burger restaurant in town is mine

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

If you were certain you couldn't be rescued then you could always just depressurize your suit.

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

It's not just physically is like....spriitually too. Like souls floating in nothing for eternity. I'm Wierd though

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

That's actually something that I would want to happen when I die. To be able to explore the universe and learn its secrets

10 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Waking up buried alive has got to be mine..

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Thanks for reminding me. Another is having full feeling during a surgery or being still alive when pronounced dead.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Unless you're an astronaut, you won't even be in space in the first place to float away. Why is that one of your biggest fears? It shouldn't

10 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 2

Hard to explain. Have a weird fear the earth will like break up or like gravity just goes away and we all just float away or something...idk

10 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 1

Used to freak me out. I read, however, that if his propulsion failed the Shuttle could have actually turned around and picked him up!

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On don't think the shuttle could reverse orbit. That would require a large amount of energy.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 8

The original comment was referring to turning around, yes I know for small distances they can slow down, but my statement remains true 1/2

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 3

That the shuttle could not reverse orbit and turn around, which is different then changing relative velocities.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 4

It doesn't "reverse". It simply slows down a little (it does thruster adjustments daily, anyway). It's trivial.

10 years ago | Likes 13 Dislikes 0

The maneuverings required to pick up this astronaut are very minor compared to those used to couple to the Hubble Telescope.

10 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

They wouldn't need to. They'd just slow down and let the astronaut catch up.

10 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

And when it backs up, it goes "beep,beep,beep"!

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

It wouldn't need to *reverse* orbit, though, merely to orbit very slightly slower in the same direction.

10 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 0

If they're going parallel, but if he had travelled in a perpendicular direction not so much. Also slowing orbit also means losing altitude.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 4

The Shuttle went in and out of orbit by sizable distances every day, often to perform experiments, It would simply thrust back to orbit .

10 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

It wouldn't be reversing its orbit to go get him. Since they are orbiting at very similar speeds it would only have to move slightly to

10 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

change the relative velocity between them and move closer together. The same thing is how he got away from the shuttle

10 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

If they're going parallel, but if he had travelled in a perpendicular direction not so much. Also slowing orbit also means losing altitude.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 2

Considering the tiny difference in speed and altitude between the two objects, it's a trivial suggestion. Not complicated at all.

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Video taken from the ISS of the Shuttle moving in a perpendicular motion toward the ISS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vymc_IkM-KE

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

With the small distances and speeds between them it really shouldn't have been much trouble to do so and the orbit probably would be fine

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