Jupiter viewed from its south pole
An award-winning atom
At the very centre of this image is a single atom caught in an Ion trap.
A successful surgery
This interesting image from 1987 shows a heart surgeon sitting with his patient after a 23-hour long heart transplant.
Sun set on Mars
The gas mask wearers
There are conflicting stories about this one. Some suggest they’re well-equipped young fighters the other that they’re inhabitants of the island of Miyakejima.
Underwater hotel rooms
Queen Elizabeth was once a mechanic
The current Queen of England was once a truck mechanic. This photo shows her changing a wheel back in 1945
The MGM screen credits
This image from 1928 shows the filming of the screen credits for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc.
An upside down truck?
The human frame
This is a photo of the internals of the man who claimed the title of “the fattest man in the world” before sadly passing away at the age of 44.
X-ray of a pregnant dog
Missing child mock-ups
Untethered spaceflight
This image shows astronaut Bruce McCandless II, who in 1984 made the first ever untethered spacewalk using just his Manned Maneuvering Unit.
Ghost apples
The world’s tallest statue
How babies get x-rays
This weird and terrifying-looking device is known as the pigg-o-stat, an immobiliser designed to stop an infant from squirming while they’re being scanned.
Earth rise
Thigh bone on Mars
A fetus at 18 weeks
This image comes from Lennart Nilsson’s photo essay published by Life Magazine in 1965 known as the “Drama of Life Before Birth”.
A lighthouse before and after
This amazing shot shows a lighthouse in Michigan before and after a major ice storm.
Lightning colliding with volcanic eruption
Shark rock
We’ve collected a gallery of what we think are some of the most interesting that you might not have seen.
The world’s smallest computer and a grain of rice
Your face is full of nerves
There are many nerves in the human body and a surprising number of them lead into your face and mouth.
A hallway designed to stop people running
This hallway has been designed with a purposeful optical illusion. It’s meant to stop people running in the hall.
Large and incredible ice crystals
A massive ice crystal caught in the hand from the icy depths of Switzerland, complete with amazing patterns and shapes.
A re-purposed piano
A Redditor fouind a piano that was broken and beyond repair, they decided to give it a new lease of life by converting it into this snazzy shelving unit.
A ceiling full of ducks
This pub has an interesting talking point built into its ceiling - a glass box containing 750 rubber ducks.
3D printed brains
These wonderfully detailed 3D printed brains are based on MRI scans of a husband and wife that were then turned into physical printings that can be held.
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Sunset on Earth seen from above
An interesting shockwave
This awesome, perfectly timed photograph gives an unusually impressive view of an explosion and the shockwave that’s clearly emanating from it.
Eerie Halloween costumes from the 1930s
We see your Halloween efforts and raise you this remarkably creepy photo from the 1930s.
Politicians discussing global warming
This sculpture by Issac Cordal is located in Berlin and depicts a group of politicians chatting about global warming.
Sentinels of the Arctic
In Lapland, the temperatures sink as low as minus 40 degrees centigrade and the now that engulfs the local trees often freezes into weird and wonderful shapes.
The longest exposure photograph ever taken
This is a record-breaking image. The longest exposure photo ever taken
The Monoliths
Near the end of 2020, a number of weird monoliths appeared around the world which had people questioning their purpose and origin.
Ebola
This image is a colourised electron micrograph of the Ebola virus. Magnified 20,000 times the particles of the virus are oddly beautiful.
The Aurora Australis
Snowy Britain
This is a satellite image of Great Britain captured in 2010 during the winter storms of that period.
