What surprising images show a different side of the world?

 1 - What does the sun look like when you take photos in the same place and time every week for a year?

2 - A turtle emerging from hibernation…

3 - An Egyptian passport of the legendary pharaoh, Ramses II.

In 1974, the legendary pharaoh Ramses II was given a valid Egyptian passport so that his 3,000-year-old mummy could be taken to Paris for necessary repairs.

4 - An electrician was left with stars in his eyes after experiencing a 14,000 volt shock through his body.

5 - Before and after photos of a man who walked around China for a year.

6 - The handprint of an 8-year-old child after playing outside.

7 - The life cycle of a leaf.

8 - This sunset above the clouds looks like lava in the sky...

9 - When a sheep is not sheared for 6 years…

10 - A 10MB hard drive from the 1960s.

11 - A seed travels a long way to get to your coffee cup.

12 - A visual representation of how many Earths could fit inside the sun

What are the most frightening images from real life?

 Here are some of my favorite "scary" photos

This is a well under a layer of ice, its depth unknown but estimated to be between 100 and 300 meters. It is filled with icy water, but it is so clear that it would be difficult to walk on the ice while looking down!

A similar theme, here a diver exploring an underwater cave, the darkness and the lack of equipment allowing him to breathe are what give this image a heavy atmosphere.

After reviewing his GoPro footage at the end of a surfing day, this surfer realized he wasn't as alone as he thought; luckily the shark wasn't hungry!

Once again, the darkness and the young child's vulnerability make this image chilling. I don't know where it was taken or if there are any potential threats lurking in the water, but there's something about it that sends shivers down my spine.

This image is more beautiful than frightening, but I selected it nonetheless because the chasm can be quite unsettling. It's actually an optical illusion caused by currents that move sediment along the ocean floor. The effect is created by a sudden drop off the coast of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean—it's the edge of the continental shelf where the ocean floor abruptly plunges from 150 meters to 4,000 meters deep. Aerial photos like this one show us what the sand looks like as the currents carry it from the shore to the abyssal depths.

What are some jaw dropping images that will make you go wow instantly?

 The Bean

Iceberg

Rice Field

Private Oasis

Coney Island

Landlocked Cruise Ship

Cliff Diver

Lava Lake

Sandy Road

Herd Of Cows

Sunken Ship

Ciel Austral

What are some of the most beautiful yet terrifying images?

 . Dalton Highway, Alaska

This 666-kilometer-long highway connects three villages and is the most remote snow-covered highway on planet Earth.

2. Atlantic Ocean Road, Norway

Norway's glaciated mountains combined with the beautiful Atlantic Ocean Road make it a stunning yet terrifying tourist attraction.

3. Guoliang Tunnel, China

This tunnel was initially built by local residents to provide the fastest route into the city. The huge number of people passing through this road prompted the government to widen the road to accommodate large two-way vehicles. However, the ravine nearby still offers a stunning yet terrifying sight.

4. Zozilia, India

The "public roads" that residents of Kashmir and Ladakh in India usually use to operate fulfill their daily needs.

5. Eshima Ohashi Bridge, Japan

The structure of this bridge almost always seems impossible to climb when viewed from afar. However, it is commonly used as a public road connecting Matsue and Sakaiminato.

6. Tianmen Mountain Road, China

Fans of films like Tokyo Drift and The Fast and the Furious might imagine a car drifting at a leisurely pace on a road like this. Of course, this road isn't for the faint-hearted, with its very sharp turns.

7. Transfagarasan, Romania

This relaxing yet terrifying road takes us through the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains. The views are beautiful, but you have to be careful, as the road must be called "Dare-Devil."

8. Kardhung La, India

While we usually hike to the mountains because the steep terrain is so dangerous to drive, for Indians this is a huge shock. The Guinness Book of World Records even dubbed the road the "worst highest road."

9. Le Passage du Gois France

This road crosses a strait where tides often occur, so sometimes the road is covered by sea water or the road is dry because the sea water recedes.

10. Phoenix on Etna, Italy

For a moment, do you see the Phoenix in the photo? If so, you're right. But it was just pareidolia, because what happened was that Etna emitted hot lava in the middle of the night, so Davide Basile immediately snapped the photo and produced an image of lava that resembled a phoenix bird.

What are the most commonly circulated fake images?

 1. Photo of Iceberg

I have seen this photo several times circulating on Quora and motivational posts on other social media.

While it may appear authentic at first glance, this photo is actually a Photoshop composite of four other photos. The cloud and underwater portions were taken in Santa Barbara, California. The top of the iceberg was taken in Antarctica, then cropped and reversed. The bottom portion is from Alaska.

This photo editor is named Ralph Clevenger. He's been a professional photographer for over three decades. He's shot for National Geographic, Outside, Audubon, and other magazines. The sales of these photos earned him $900,000 and helped put his children through college.

Ralph Clevenger and his doctored photos.

2. Photos of the Discovery of Giant Human Fossils

Photos of this type of model are usually used as supporting material for conspiracy theories related to the Ad people or the Prophet Adam who "said" was meters tall.

Unfortunately, all of these photos are photoshopped. One of the photos, after further investigation, turned out to be an edited image from the cover of a book titled * The Return of the Giants: After Noah's Flood*.

The left is a photo that has been enlarged and embellished by excavators. The right is the original.

3.

Steven Seagal's Photobomb Behind President Vladimir Putin

This photo, taken by Sasha Mordovets in March 2013, caused quite a stir after it was edited and passed off as real by an irresponsible individual. Furthermore, the faces of Steven Seagal and the man beside him at the time were truly meme-worthy.

However, this photo was proven fake. The real one is the one on the left, which lacks the edited finger as in the photo on the right.

4. NatGeo Photographer Chased by Bear

This photo frequently appears on various websites, as if to demonstrate that wildlife photography is a demanding and dangerous profession. It even poses a risk of being chased by a bear. Even though the bear is actually a photoshop.

The man in the blue shirt on the right is named Tim Spark. He's a filmmaker, and the three people on the side are his crew. The three of them were about to make a film in Salida, Colorado in 2011.

Because the filming location was a wilderness, Tim

Spark thought it would be hilarious to take a photo of them running away from a bear and upload it to social media. Tim Spark and his friends acted as if they were being chased, making their expressions as dramatic as possible to achieve the best result.

The photo was then edited with Photoshop and added with an image of a bear from the internet.

Another version of the photo of Tim et al is like this.

Still no bear. If you look closely, the crew member on the far left is smiling.

The left is a photo edit. The right is the original, with no bear there.