If it wasn't for the craters, we would scarcely know the Earth had ever been struck by meteors. And if it wasn't for the fossils, we'd never know about dinosaurs. So it's a good thing that the world is rich with impressions left behind by things that have existed.
Unfortunately, they can't all be as cool as dinosaurs. But you can see such things in the weirdest places sometimes.
It's funny, I have the same indentation in one of my fingers that I can definitely trace back to at least high school English lit classes and taking pages upon pages of notes.
This playing card, for example, got stuck in someone's blinds for a while. It's kind of amazing how the sun turned the red areas stark white, but the green area went blue.
And it clearly did fade the cover of this book, turning green leaves more blue — but it also kinda printed the book's cover onto the surface below.
They claimed that no poster had been there, just a brick wall, but for such a perfect rectangle to appear, there has to have been something, right? It's a good mystery!
Its more humble origins are written on this wall — it obviously got a significant upgrade later on, adding on that nice window and using some more sizable bricks for the addition.
It always astounds me when reptiles shed their skin and it comes off neatly like this, rather than in thousands of tiny dandruff-like particles.
I guess it can happen, but still, underneath the printing of a t-shirt is about the last place I'd expect to see a bug.
See? The snow on this walkway failed to melt where a lamp post's shadow fell.
It's actually kind of a waffle now, if you think about it, only it's branded.
But that logo should make a nice syrup trench, and you don't have to worry that the lid wasn't on tight.
A simple slow drip on an outdoor faucet allowed this massive ice ball to form. And good luck with that!
See how the water from this pipe has worn off the top layer of concrete over time, exposing the pebbles below?
While its current was enough to wash away sand, the pebbles provided juuuuust enough weight to hold the sand underneath them in place, creating tiny pillars.
This photo really makes it look like each of these stones were carefully placed here by someone, but we've already discussed what's really happening here.
Someone left their cutting board on their hot stove top, and the burner scorched this pattern into it. It's almost cool enough to frame.
And looking at the background, you can probably piece together why they look so different.
The tree is on a golf course, and one side obviously faces the tee, so it has been peppered with hard-hit golf balls dozens and dozens of times.
And it has more to do with the location than anything else, as this is over Scotland.
As the uploader pointed out, the white contrails against the clear blue skies basically re-creates the flag of Scotland.
This land happens to sit above a longwall coal mine and although I'm no expert, this does feel a bit concerning.
I'm not entirely sure what's going on to create this, but the cracks must have a slightly easier time melting or repelling snow. All I know for sure is that this is actually quite pretty.
You could build yourself a nice wall from a brick like this, which retained the shape of the box the gloves were packaged in.
We usually think of snowstorms as covering vast swaths of land, but in this case, just a thin band of Kansas got hit.
So what job, exactly, can make your hand turn that color in the span of a single shift? This person works at an aluminum factory.
I guess if Ikea can sell you furniture that hasn't been assembled yet, there's nothing stopping others from selling you honey that hasn't been extracted yet.
Ah, except that this isn't actually a picture of him on the wall. Instead, he just happened to frame himself in that mirror perfectly enough to seem like he was always up there.
I don't know why that girl in the background looks like she's leading a parade, though.
They baited on trap with hamburger fat and the other with syrup to see whether the ants were more attracted to fat or sugar.
At least in the case of these ants, fat won by a landslide.
Although a heavy storm can uproot or knock over a tree, only a tornado could twist one up like this.
From the looks of it, there were more than a few gravestones mixed in with those quarry stones.
As far as they're concerned, there are two possibilities for how the builders got enough gravestones to build a house with. Either they were rejects because they had mistakes on them, or the fact that most gravestones tend to be removed after a while in Germany (where this was taken) played a part.
To even get into the Verevkina cave in Abkhazia, Georgia, you need to reach an entrance that's 7,497 ft above sea level.
As for how deep it is, shave about 250 feet off that number and you have your answer. Yup, it definitely sounds like an undertaking.
That is, when you can actually cross it. If weather conditions get really stormy, it's likely to fill with water.
Less than 200 of them were made during World War II, but we can at least confirm that those weird weapons they used in the theatre in Inglourious Basterds
Although it looks like a massive orbital laser, this green flash is actually heralding a meteor that touched down in southern India.
As for what all of these weird patches of light are, we're seeing a whole network of dragonfruit farms that remain lit up at night so the fruit can grow faster.
If that doesn't help, then I'll just let you know that you're looking at a baby panda. It almost looks like a mole rat, but the facial difference and the black spots help set it apart.
