20 Rare, Cool, and Odd Things People Saw
Nathan Johnson
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02/18/2021
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The world is full of interesting places, gorgeous locations, and awesome people. Check out this batch of pics that showcase some of the natural beauty of the planet we call home. Enjoy a collection of some of the oddities of the world on display for your enjoyment.
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The meteorite in the sunlight -
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A perfectly preserved ice from a leaf -
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This is how a rare giraffe with skeletal dysplasia looks — it’s only 9 feet tall while a normal giraffe is 15 feet tall, on average. -
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Let us show you the picturesque Bozouls Hole. It’s a gorge that’s 1,300 feet wide and 330 feet deep. -
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The underwater statue, Ocean Atlas, near the Bahamas -
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This dragonfly imprint on limestone is 150 million years old. -
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Regular-sized apples grow on a small bonsai apple tree. -
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This butterfly is a gynandromorph. The left part of its body is female, and the right one is male. -
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The last bit of summer left in this leaf -
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The desert rose is a rose-like formation of crystal clusters of gypsum that can be found in the Sahara Desert. -
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The mushroom of a very unusual color — it’s the indigo milk cap. -
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Chickens like this do exist. -
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There is a crater on Mars that is called the “happy face crater” because it looks like a happy smile. -
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This is the first sunrise in Murmansk, Russia after the polar night. The sun didn’t appear in the sky for 40 days. -
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Caddisflies’ larvae protect their developing bodies by manufacturing sheaths spun from silk and debris found on a pond’s bottom. The French artist, Hubert Duprat, placed them in aquaria with gold, pearls, and gems. Here’s the result. -
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A tree growing on a tree -
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“I came to my mother and saw this outside the window.” -
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This “space dumpling” is Pan, otherwise known as Saturn’s moon. -
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This is the same horse with a gap of 5 years. Some horses are born black but turn gray, slowly. -
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The sand on the beach of Hormuz Island in Iran glitters.
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