Nature gives us a lot of amazing and beautiful things, like flowers, animals and rain. But if we think about it another way, it’s also quite strange and scary. It is as if he likes to play with our feelings and make us see things that are not really there.
The truth is that we are never safe from visual deception because in general, nothing is what it seems. However, we have managed to train our brain to correctly interpret visual stimuli; at least most of the time.
It is until nature does its thing that we realize that we have been cruelly deceived once again. And then we want to show you some of these phenomena that make us say «What is happening here?».
1. I don’t know what is more surprising: that this rock looks like a tree or that its base is so thin that it can support all the weight
The formation is located in a desert in Cairo, Egypt and was caused by the erosion of air and water.
2. No one spilled oil on this beach, it’s biomass
The place is known as Caplin Spawning Middle Cove Beach, Newfoundland, Canada.
3. The shadow created a perfect decal
4. When the same plants make a sculpture of the king of the jungle
5. Would you dare to ride a bike underwater?
This is a bridge that spans a lake in Limburg, Belgium. It is part of the “Cycling through Water” project whose purpose is to promote cycling among tourists. The bridge is located within a nature reserve, it is 212 meters long, 3 meters wide and has a height of 1.6 meters; this allows the cyclist to see the landscape perfectly and even touch the water.
6. The new step in evolution: rocks with eyes
The frost formed this curious result on the stone.
7. Like when nature draws a large-scale tree on the ground
This is Lake Kakura in Australia, the riverbeds that feed it resemble the branches of a tree generating this peculiar shape seen from above.
8. A tree from another planet
It is actually a mushroom seen from below.
9. Scary Tsunami Clouds
10. The buds of the aralia plant look like little praying hands.
11. This underwater city is Austin, Texas, in the United States
The Colorado River created this curious effect.
12. An amazing fountain of fire
It is located in L’Aquila, Italy and the sunlight creates this impressive phenomenon. Going through the water makes it look like liquid fire is coming out of the fountain.
13. Souls in agony coming out of the underworld…
Or twisted tree roots in the swamp Outer Banks of North Carolina, United States.
14. A large miniature forest
Located in Tasmania, Australia; these small ecosystems have trees 20 centimeters tall and even lakes.