16+ Pictures Showing The Quiet Power Of Time

In this case, that's because it lost a lot of its fluid over the years, so now we can actually see its answers as they shift around.

It kind of kills the effect, doesn't it?

For instance, these trees started off growing as individual plants, but they ended up finding their branches connecting and now they're pretty much inseparable.

We know that the moon moves around a lot and we're used to seeing it in different phases.

Still, there's a difference between knowing that in the abstract and seeing how far it actually shifts.

Instead, this is a real spider web. It's just that it's spent enough time in a paint booth to completely transform in color and thickness.

One can tell you about the experience they've had in the job all day, but they don't have to say anything when it's this easy to see how many times they've circled their customers like this.

That's because they're weaved together from living plant roots as a means of ensuring they survive each monsoon season.

And as the plants that make them grow, that survival becomes easier with each passing year.

As Irwin himself said, the crocodile was the same one that Steve once fed 15 years prior.

Here we see Welsh settler Lewis Jones with members of the Tehuelche nation of Patagonia.

Now, not only is this group all but extinct, but the language they once spoke is in danger of being forgotten forever.

By that, I mean that it's clear that the way parts of this rock have eroded over time are consistent with the ways visitors have stepped all over it.

That's because the line to get into Paris' famous Eiffel Tower passes right through this room.

The fact that only parts of the floor have been worn smooth shows that people seem to have favored certain spots while they wait.

After all, there will come a time when this hatching pattern on the bark is the only evidence that there was ever a fence here to begin with.

Someone broke their sticky hand toy off on this bank's ceiling and it's stayed up there ever since.

And if you didn't know that they become all dull and brown like an old leaf after a while, you do now.

This pen, for example, was only left in this car for a couple of weeks before it got this bent out of shape.

That's just the Australian heat for you.

With all the moss and sea life that have taken refuge on this strange little platform, it becomes difficult to recognize

Enough bottles have found their way in these exact spots that they've actually worn a groove into the counter.

Now, it just seems like the logical place to put these sauces and seasonings.

That's because at the time of its death in 2006, it was 256 years old. Born in 1750, Adwaita was around to see the ends of three different centuries.

Of course, the more that pets or children love something, the rougher they tend to be with it.

I like how it kind of looks like the well-loved tiger has actually aged like it's a real one.

Even if that bolted piece is supposed to stick out like that, it's easy to see how the wood was worn away over time.

A gardener might be able to tell just by looking at them, but years of weedwhacking have also taken their toll on these once-sturdy stones.

It must've been too gradual to notice.

So when there doesn't seem to be a specific reason for something, the natural response among bored students is to write and doodle on it.

After enough semesters pass, this is what it ends up looking like.

For instance, there's clearly a spot you're supposed to push to open this door, but it looks like most of this pub's patrons are taller than they expected.

On the plus side, you now have some context for what that sickly, dark puddle gathering around it is supposed to be. Hopefully, that's comforting.

Considering how narrow European streets can be sometimes, I suppose it shouldn't come as too much of a surprise to learn how many people here favor motorcycles.

Still, that's a lot of kickstands.

The blue ones are a spare pair that swim instructors keep in the office, while the ones on the right have turned brown thanks to months of chlorine exposure.

After enough time, you can almost guarantee that the ink will bleed off into the cover itself.

That's how the first ID I used to get in bars became unusable.

If the brake pedal is more worn down than the gas, it seems like a pretty good sign that we don't have a speed demon on our hands.

Instead, those plants growing next to the fence were just buffeted by the wind regularly enough to make these marks.

They're almost like nature's windshield wipers.

There eventually comes a time when it's best to just give up and throw it away, but it seems a cook still wants to get a few uses out of this one.

The uploader claims it was a Cheeto, but the comments seem more sure that we're looking at a pretzel.

Either way, eating it is probably a bad idea.

As this tree in Aspen, Colorado grew, so too did the initials that young lovers carved into it.

What seems like a long crack in this wall is actually a loose cable and as it's swung free over time, it's caused some erosion in the wall behind it.

This bumper sticker is saying that facts matter, but that they can also fade away over times.

After all, a statement doesn't have to be true to become something that "everybody knows."

At least, that's what I hope happened since someone else seems pretty confident this was caused by people peeing on it.

Please let them be wrong.

The results here may be a lot smoother to walk on, but it almost makes it seems like a lot of the artist's work was for nothing.

In case you missed the golf cart in the background, this tree stands at a golf course.

If it's any consolation, the golfers were probably upset that their balls went this way too.

For instance, all this vehicle's driver had to do was rest their elbow on this spot to crack the leather.

This candle, for instance, is starting to bend over thanks to sunlight gradually melting the wax.

You might expect that it's from that chain, but the more specific answer is that this was the result of years of tether ball games.

The idea of playing tether ball with a chain is pretty hardcore, but that's apparently what was going on here.

The reason I say that is because it was believed to be caused by years of people scratching their wedding rings against this door.

Since the marks on this tree are at the same level as this chair swing, the culprit is pretty obvious.

For example, this fan would probably not have drooped like this even after years of use if it were in Canada.

Since it's in a much hotter environment, however, we see how the heat and humidity have warped it.

So if you've ever wondered why people keep their more precious memories in photo albums, this should make the effects of sun bleaching much clearer than the actual photo.

But no matter what metal object we're talking about, we can usually tell where people have been touching it by this kind of accidental polishing.

This grime buildup, for instance, was caused by a small dog opening the door with its nose repeatedly over a long period of time.

There's always one spot that makes more contact with the rushing water than the rest of it, but it can take years to make itself as clearly visible as this.

Namely, that most Gis apparently shrink after a while no matter how carefully you wash them.

So for anyone thinking it simply got smaller because you built their muscles, I'm sorry to disappoint you.

In other words, they can apparently turn green if they're left out long enough to oxidize.

For some reason, the neglected horse this once belonged to only got that experience for half of its hoof and the difference is about as stark as it gets.

It's often difficult to imagine that the little saplings we planted as children could one day grow into a mighty forest like this, but 25 years can make quite the difference.