Beautiful and unusual photographs. The strangest and most unusual historical photographs (26 photos)
There is a misconception that life used to be safer and calmer. Of course, this is just a misconception. Each historical period boasts a whole host of strange social habits, traditions and beliefs. Some of them are really useful by the standards of that time, but for us they may still seem like absolute wildness.
Our selection contains 26 of the most bizarre photographs about the oddities of the past.
Patricia O'Keefe, a 30-kilogram young bodybuilder, carries a 90-kilogram man on her back. 1940
In 1973, car driving was banned in Amsterdam due to the fuel crisis. But a solution was found.
In 1939, in the USA, mills began to supply flour in colorful bags. This was done so that the poor could then sew their own clothes from sack fabric.
In the photo there is a two-hundred-kilogram perch and fisherman Edward Llewellen, who alone was able to catch this monster. By the way, his record has not been broken to this day.
In 1938, schoolteacher Helen Hulick was sentenced to five days' imprisonment for wearing trousers to a trial. This type of behavior was considered contempt of court.
German soldiers photograph a dog in 1940.
1969 Niagara Falls is temporarily closed for “restoration work.”
Between 1939 and 1945, British sappers often found such "mini-tanks". They were used by German soldiers to blow up full-size military vehicles from below.
US President Lyndon Johnson loved to impress his guests and take them for rides in an amphibious vehicle around the lake.
Nothing unusual. Members of the Ku Klux Klan ride a Ferris wheel. 1925
An elephant helps load food onto an American plane in 1945.
During the filming of Dr. No, Sean Connery autographed a coconut for a little Jamaican fan. !962 year.
This is what the system of 5000 looked like in 1890 telephone lines in Stockholm.
Do you want to learn to swim, but the water is too far away? The solution was invented back in 1920.
Stupid photographs of animals began to be taken back in 1875.
Field, Friday, 1910 (just kidding - just 1910).
The period from 1941 to 1945.
In 1930, ponies were for girls and weaklings. And all real men rode exclusively on wild boars.
Macy's often hired detectives to help prevent theft. In 1948, all the “front” workers took a group photo, but did not reveal their identities.
Chariots are cool. Motorcycles are cool too. South Wales Police decided to combine all this coolness into one vehicle.
The most beautiful legs in 1930 were chosen this way.
1950, Russian tankman feeds polar bears.
Ann Hodges and her doctor, Moody Jacobs, show the press a bruise on Ann's body left by a fragment of a meteorite that fell in 1945.
Horrors of war. Soldiers use gas masks to peel onions.
Here are the winners of the Miss Perfect Posture contest at a chiropractic convention in 1956.
Football helmet testing in 1912
We offer you our selection of unusual photographs, in Once again proving how many extraordinary, frightening, but also beautiful things can be seen in the world around us.
(Total 17 photos)
1. What is this? Jelly train tracks?
In fact, the aftermath of the earthquake in Canterbury, New Zealand.
2. How to learn to walk on water?
No way, but you can learn to take photographs “at the right moment.”
4. This is not Photoshop: the dog is called a “maned wolf”, and it really has incredibly long legs.
5. When were androids invented?
In the photo there is a living Ukrainian girl - Valeria Lukyanova, who has undergone many surgical procedures to achieve the external perfection of Barbie. Here, we once talked about her:
6. “Oh, we took a wrong turn somewhere!?
“Calm down, it’s just the way the runway at the German Leipzig airport was designed – above the autobahn!”
7. A man thought about the eternal at the moment of a yacht crash...
No, he shows his ability to maintain balance, and the boat initially had such an unusual design, to put it mildly.
8. That day the mountain was very angry! 🙂
9. Philosophical photo showing the perspective of life.
12. What is this!??
“It’s just algae floating in clear water at high tide.”
13. The natural color of the cat Venus, which made her extremely famous - she even had to start a page on Facebook! 🙂
14. Original sculpture. We suggest calling it “Hold the Falling Sky!” 🙂
Our world is full of such amazing things that we could not even imagine, but thanks to the talented photographers who are nearby at the most opportune moment, we have a wonderful opportunity to see what a fantastically beautiful world we live in. Let's enjoy together these incredible shots of the most exciting moments and discoveries, which will certainly come as a real surprise to many.
The turtle has saddled the jellyfish and is now riding on it.
The tallest tree on the planet is Hyperion. Its height reaches 115.6 meters and its age is approximately 800 years.
A man holds in his hands the Fukang meteorite, a precious gift from the Universe, which is 4.5 billion years old.
This is how astronauts in space see an eclipse.
A flock of birds illuminated by fire against a background of black smoke.
A Japanese temple in Kyoto turned into a fabulous place after a snowfall.
Shadows cast by clouds on the Earth.
A kayaker floats next to burning lava flowing into the ocean (Hawaii).
To date, this is the best quality image that has captured the Orion Nebula.
Photo of opal. It seems as if the dawn is being born inside the stone.
Thor's Well, called the “gate to the underworld” (USA, Oregon).
An image of the Sun taken in ultraviolet light.
This is the clearest photograph of Mercury ever taken.
All the beauty and power of a thunderstorm captured in one photo.
Macro image of the iris of the human eye.
Fancy pattern of ice on a pond.
For 20 years this monk prayed in the same place.
A perfectly preserved fragment of the tail of a feathered theropod dinosaur, whose age was about 99 million years, was discovered in a small piece of amber. Below is a photo of that same fragment.
This amazing fire cloud appeared over Portugal and immediately received the name “Hand of God”.
Sahara Desert covered with snow. The last time this could be observed was 37 years ago.
There are many exotic animals on our planet that are not familiar to everyone. Their small numbers and narrow habitat mean that not even all residents of the country in which they live may know about the existence of these animals. With the most exotic animals belonging to the completely different types and classes, this post will introduce you to us.
Sumatran rhinoceros. The smallest of the family: body length adult reaches 200–280 cm, and the height at the withers is 100–150 cm
Madagascar little arm (ouch). The only representative of the family of arms, a lateral branch of lemurs. Scary and charming
Tree kangaroos. They live in the highland tropical forests of Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Australia. They are excellent climbers and can jump from one tree to another at a distance of 9 m
Moonfish. Can be more than 3 m long and weigh about 1.5 tons
Ant-eater
The Japanese giant salamander is the largest amphibian, which can reach 160 cm in length, weigh up to 180 kg and live up to 150 years.
Sulawesi bear couscous. A cute marsupial creature that lives in the treetops of the tropics and spends its time mostly sleeping
Sumatran rhinoceros
Laurie. Feature This cutie has large eyes that can be surrounded by dark circles. The face of a loris can be compared to a clown mask (in fact, loeris in translation means “clown”)
Muskrat. The second name is no less beautiful - Khokhulya. Popularly nicknamed the blind submariner. Indeed, it lives under water, its characteristics are most similar to a mole, and it does not see anything. By the way, it is endemic in the territory former USSR and is listed in the Red Book
Platypus. Its duck beak allows it to find food in the mud, like birds
The naked mole rat is a biological phenomenon: it is insensitive to pain, non-aggressive, and can be doused with acid or sprinkled with chili pepper without consequences. Lives ten times longer than any rodent and does not age. Society is structured like an anthill or a hive: with castes and the main female
Fish with a transparent head. She sees through it. It was discovered in 1939, but studied only in 2009, as it lives at great depths. Can only look up
Okapi, forest giraffe. At the beginning of the 20th century, the first explorers of the African continent mistook it for a small horse. Only after obtaining the skin and skull of the animal, scientists were able to discover that it looked more like a dwarf giraffe from the Ice Age.
Manul - main symbol Moscow Zoo
The capybara is the largest rodent in the world and the only representative of the capybara family. The weight of males can reach 65–70 kg
Belttail. Modern dragon. More precisely, a lizard
The gaptooth is a mammal from the order of insectivores. Small and dangerous because it is poisonous. Fortunately, the venom of the gaptooth kills only its victims, and can only cause some trouble to humans
Lilac frog. The jelly-like amphibian grows up to 9 cm, lives underground, feeding on termites, and only comes to the surface for a couple of weeks for dates.
Lamprey. Not a fish, but their predecessor from the class of cyclostomes. Endangered - delicious too
Sloth. Lives in trees, mimicking very successfully: real moss even grows in its fur!
Small red panda. Found only in mountain bamboo forests of the Chinese provinces of Yunnan and Sichuan, northern Burma, Bhutan, Nepal and northeast India
Hellish vampire, clam. Not an octopus, and not a squid, but a separate detachment - vampires
Mudskipper. Actually a fish, although it looks like a frog
The star-nosed animal is an insectivorous mammal of the mole family. It differs from other members of the family only in its characteristic stigma structure in the form of a rosette or star.
Sifaka is a monkey of the Indriidae family, Madagascar. A relatively new genus of primates, discovered only in 2004
Guidak is a large gastropod weighing up to 1.5 kg
Tarsier, order of primates. In their homeland, Indonesia, the local population was terribly afraid of them: of course, the pop-eyed monkeys could rotate their heads 360°. The Indonesians were afraid to encounter them, because they believed that the same thing could happen to people in this case
Tibetan fox. Found in Tibet, northwest India and northern Nepal at high altitudes
Fossa, endemic to the island of Madagascar. By appearance- something between a civet and a small puma. Fossa is sometimes called the Madagascar lion.
Isopod. Giant woodlice, approximately 30 cm long, live in the depths of the sea (about 1.6 km)
Maned wolf. Long legs are the result of evolution; they help the animal overcome obstacles in the form of tall grass growing on the South American plains
Tasmanian devil. It earned its nickname from the time of colonization, having strangled almost all the settlers' chickens - although it is a marsupial, it is a predator!
The wombat is a marsupial that looks like a bear. It feeds on grass, digests it for up to 14 days and is the most economical consumer of water after the camel (22 ml of water per 1 kg of body weight per day). Fun fact: a city, an asteroid, a group and an anti-tank gun are named after wombats
Galago - the owner of a beautiful tail, the most numerous representative of primates in Africa
Fennec fox, desert fox
Gavial. Of course, one of the representatives of the crocodile order. Considered “kind” - never attacks people, muzzle is too narrow
“Man and Turtle” is a photo submitted to the Sony World Photo Awards 2013. Australia.
Portrait of a girl who was wounded in the shoulder, stomach and thigh during the massacre on the island of Utoeya, Norway. “I am not ashamed of my scars for what I believed in and continue to believe in,” said 15-year-old Ylva Schwenke.
A large wasp (2.5 inches long) was captured on a banana tree. One of them published in the Sony World Photo Awards.
Kłodzko Valley. In this photo, photographer Pawel Uchorczak tried to convey to us all of Poland.
Colorful rye fields of Italy. Although, why go so far, because you can buy rye in your native Ukraine - http://agrotender.com.ua/board/all_t157.html
Ghoramara Island, located in the Ganges delta, West Bengal.
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Extraordinary beautiful photo gorilla, entered into the 2013 Sony World Photo Awards.
Tops of poplars.
Portrait of an Iranian girl.
Face to face with a whale shark.
Havana, Cuba. The weather in July and August is very hot, so children are very happy about the short rain showers.
The dragonfly was taken by surprise by the sudden rain.
The first snow falls on Hokkaido (Japan's second largest island).
An unusual photograph submitted to a photo competition in the ““ category. A family dressed as zombies during a Halloween celebration.
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Jellyfish (Cotylorhiza tuberculata) drifts near the surface of the water.
Intracoastal waterway in Ponte Vedra, Florida.
Arctic whale games from a photo submitted to the Sony World Photo Awards.
A rainbow appears after rain on the island of Palawan, Philippines. Photo was added to
The world of spiders.
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Pilgrims gathered to watch priests lower a barren woman into a baptism pool. According to local residents, holy water will heal her and help her get pregnant. Every year, shortly before , thousands of devout Christian Orthodox believers make a pilgrimage to the small town of Lalibela (in the mountainous region of Ethiopia known as Jerusalem), which is famous for its 13th-century monolithic churches built into the rock.
83-year-old Mikhail. Diagnosis: multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). The man once worked as a mason at a construction site. During the next examination, the doctor discovered spots on his lungs, after which the patient was sent to the Kherson tuberculosis hospital, where he has now been treated on a case-by-case basis since 1983. In 1995, the World Organization declared a tuberculosis epidemic in Ukraine. Over the past 16 years the situation has worsened even further.
Another photograph submitted to the Sony World Photo Awards photo competition - in Barcelona (the second most populous city in Spain).
Unusual on the surreal world of the Dubai desert.
Work from the category “Culture” -
Unusual photography of the urban environment (working with shutter speed on the camera).
Two butterflies waiting for the sun.
An employee at the Pamir cinema sells snacks during intermission in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Edith, Hellrider and Dadmonster are the lead singers of the Metal band in Botswana (a state in South Africa), currently performing in nightclubs, at concerts and festivals.
14 giraffes flee from lions who are out hunting.
An unusual photo was taken on a train traveling from Bucharest to Baia Mare, in a foggy
Photo taken during the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of North Korean founder Kim Il Sung in Pyongyang.
Jaipur is a city in the Indian state of Rajasthan - called the "Pink City" due to the unusual pink color of the stone used in construction. It was founded in 1727 by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II (r. 1699-1744) as the new capital of the state.