Interesting Pictures That Require Explanations

With the photos on this list, you will have the same feeling.  We’re going to fill you in on what’s happening so you know the meaning behind the image. 

Perhaps the value was in the size of the photo. It measures six feet by 11 feet, so it’s not something you’d hang in the average living room. Or, perhaps, its starkness made it striking and valuable. Either way, someone paid a lot for it, and let’s hope they are enjoying it.  

The story behind this photo starts in 1971 when Soviet scientists set the crater on fire to stop the spread of the methane gas that was leaking. They didn’t realize that it would just keep burning. The hole is 98 feet deep, so it’s not exactly a tourist attraction. 

He certainly made a striking statement by performing this signing underwater. Part of his reasoning was that the water level in the Maldives is rising to dangerous levels, so he wanted to make a point about climate change. We think he certainly did.  

The image of the triangular shadow reaching so far into the nearby area is highly dramatic and worthy of a second look. You almost think you’re seeing a mountain within another mountain looked at long enough. Taking a picture like this at sunrise is genius.

This is a photograph taken after a volcano erupted and enveloped the Ontake Shrine in ashes in 2014. The people walking there are rescuers who came to help right after the eruption. Sadly, this incredible photo tells the sad story of 60 lives lost during it. 

Actually, you are looking at honey produced by bees who decided to visit an M&M factory nearby. After eating the candies, they began producing blue honey (much to the amazement of the beekeepers). So humans aren’t the only ones who love those candies. 

The crowd was celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of North Korea’s founder, Kim II-sung. It’s unclear if someone arranged the seating like that, but the vision is so striking that it almost looks photoshopped.

This is the world’s largest cemetery, known as WEadi Al-Salaam, in Najaf, Iraq. What looks like buildings are headstones or mausoleums. Over five million souls are buried here, taking up over 15 square miles of land. 

The fisherman had it in his home for over ten years, keeping it as a good luck charm. The pearl is now on display in the Puerto Princesa city hall. It’s called “Pearl of Puerto” and is worth over $10 million.

A patient came into her doctor’s office complaining of pain in her eye. Upon examination, the doctor found 27 contact lenses sitting inside her eye. It seems she kept putting new lenses in and not taking the old ones out. The patient didn’t even know she was doing anything wrong and thought the pain was just due to old age. 

Gus Grissom, Edward H. White, and Roger B. Chaffee jokingly prayed that the construction of the command module was safe. As you probably know, when the three heroes went into the pre-launch test, the module caught fire, and all three perished. 

This sea turtle, named Akut-3, was injured during a boating accident, and his jaw was broken. He was found and brought to a specialist vet who decided to fix this little guy. The turtle got his bite back thanks to a 3D-printed titanium replacement jaw.

This is actually an aerial shot of rice fields from above. The rice fields, or paddies, get flooded in several inches of rain at some point during the year, hence the blue coloring. You can see homes off to the right side of the image.  

You’re seeing South African plants called Lithops that look like stones. They are succulent plants that simply develop these beautiful designs as they grow. They look a lot like candies, but hopefully, no one tries to take a bite. 

Why weigh a bird, you ask? Zoologists do lots of research and experiments on animals to learn how they live and grow. For birds, measuring them helps determine their migratory patterns and eating habits. See, you learned something new!  

If you look inside the circle, you’ll see a reflection. What you are looking at is a drop of honey. One of the ants probably stumbled upon it and called his friends to come over for the party. 

The eggs come from a variety of chicken breeds, and each breed lays different colored eggs. We are used to brown and white shells, but many exist that lay red, blue, and orange eggs. We wonder if eggs all taste the same.  

The lake is the OC Fisher Reservoir in Texas and it indeed turns this color because of the bacteria which live in it, called Chromatiaceae. This bacteria loves oxygen-deprived water and that’s what gives it its red hue.

The plane earned the nickname “The Cornfield Bomber” and had just been taken out for a training mission. Thankfully, it only suffered minor damage and then went back into service.

You are looking at a marble statue. One wonders at the talent of the sculptor and the hours it must have taken to chisel down the marble to look like this. The photo makes you want to feel the sculpture to assure yourself it’s not soft cloth and hair. 

This is a close-up picture of plastic! Like many items, their real beauty and interest are revealed under a microscope. That’s when you see the intricacy of the material and the makeup of the chemicals that have bonded to create it. We bet you’ll never look at plastic the same way again.