15 Photos That Prove Things Are Not Always What They Seem

Nature has a funny way of repeating itself, especially for those of us with an open mind!

Even Charles Darwin posited that certain patterns, lines, and shapes repeat on animals, sea creatures, trees, sand, and the sky. When these repeating patterns are captured on film, an ordinary picture of a match stick or a frozen car windshield is transformed into a tiny mic stand or a stunning arctic landscape. All it takes is a little imagination.

1. This is not a photo of a tiny boat approaching a massive iceberg, it’s actually just a frozen-over car windshield.

ice on a frozen windshield that looks like an icy mountain landscape — Reddit

2. Will the world’s tiniest singer please take the stage? Her microphone is ready!

burned match head that looks like a tiny microphone stand — Reddit

3. This woman was just driving along when the sky suddenly turned into a tumultuous seascape.

4. Proud papa cat poses next to his babies, fresh from the oven!

orange cat curled up next to orange croissants that look like 6 orange kittens — Reddit

5. They didn’t expect to create a tiny cityscape when they cut down this tree, but here we are.

cut tree stump has a jagged section that looks like a city scape rising up from the wood. — Reddit

6. An aerial view of these Chinese rice fields looks like a piece of stained glass artwork.

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7. That’s not a giant bird feather, it’s just a patch of ice. Fooled us!

patch of ice on the ground that looks like a big white bird feather — Reddit

8. The base of this deer’s antlers looks like cat paws giving him a soothing head massage.

close-up of a deer with antlers. the bases of both antlers look like furry cat paws — Reddit

9. An ordinary picture of dog taken through a window screen makes this image look like an oil painting hanging in a museum.

dog standing in window behind a screen resembling an oil painting — Reddit

10. The dust stuck to these black suede roller skates looks like an X-ray of a foot.

black rollerblades with a dusty white outline on them that looks like a skeleton foot x-ray — Reddit

11. Is that a rainbow or a distant planet?

rainbow arch in daylit sky that looks like a distant planet in space — Reddit

12. Speaking of other planets, have you ever seen a galaxy nestled into a glass of wine? (No, it’s not Photoshop! Just dust in the glass.)

red wine glass with dust swirls that look like a galaxy — Reddit

13. This chunk of rock looks good enough to eat.

rock that looks like a piece of red steak — Reddit

14. Is this the Olympic torch or just a chunk of driftwood?

stick that looks like a torch with flame — Reddit

15. A tiny pine forest appeared on the side of this truck. Turns out it was just mud!

mud that looks like a pine forest frozen onto the side of a truck. — Reddit

Isn’t it fascinating when nature’s patterns appear out of nowhere like this? It does help to have a creative eye, but some of these resemblances are too good to be coincidental!

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