Glass iceberg - Photographer Alex Cornell was lucky enough to be in the right spot to capture this iceberg from the right angle, showing the part which looks almost like blue glass.
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Huge frying pan - It looks like an optical illusion, but in reality it's a sculpture on a beach in Sydney, Australia.
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Tree of spiders in Pakistan - These spiders sought refuge up a tree to escape flooding in 2010 in Pakistan. Thousands of them made webs in the highest spots they could find.
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New York area - It looks like a miniature, or maybe even a circuit board. This is actually an aerial photo of Manhattan in the US.
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Carcinogenic cells - This is a disturbing, real-life microscopic photo of carcinogenic cells multiplying.
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Lifelike painting - It looks like it could be a work of art painted with oil paints, but this is actually a real scene of two Chinese men fishing in a river covered with algae.
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Red apocalypse - It might look like the escalator to the underworld, but this photo is actually from the Solna Centrum metro station in Stockholm.
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Big horns - From this angle it looks like a fake, but this is actually just a photo of the bull with the biggest horns in the world.
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Ball of fluff - You can't even see what's beneath this big ball of fur, but somewhere in there is the bunny rabbit considered to be the fluffiest in the world.
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Ghost post - This floating post was burned during a fire in Russia. It remains in place solely because of the tension of the wires holding it up.
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Toothy fish - This fish has oddly human like teeth. Creepy!
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Hole in the earth - This hole is on the Ladybower Reservoir in the UK. It was actually created to allow water to escape, preventing flooding.
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Urban crab - This giant crab is a common sight in hot countries like Australia.
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Mixture of cosmic phenomena - This image captures 6 astronomical phenomena all at once; the comet Lovejoy (blue), a meteorite (to the left of Lovejoy), the Pleiades (big white light), and the NC1499 nebula (red)
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Waterfall of colour - After the winter, monarch butterflies prepare to fly in Serra Chincua, Mexico.
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Blue volcano - This is the Ijen volcano in Indonesia. When active it expels blue lava.
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Scary sign - It seems like a joke, but in Salem, Oregon many people passing through Bush Pasture Park have been attacked by owls from the surrounding forest.
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Orange mountain - This mountain looks a bit like a big Dorito, but it actually exists and is in the Glacier National Park in Montana in the USA.
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Glob of ocean - This stone looks like it has a little ocean inside.
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Pink lake - The lake Retba is one of the only naturally pink lakes in the world. There are similar places in Australia, Senegal, Spain, Canada and Azerbaijan.
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Twisted forest - This strange-looking forest is known for its oddly shaped trees, and is located in western Pomerania, in Poland.
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Huge sinkhole - This huge three story sinkhole swallowed an entire street in the capital of Guatemala in 2010.
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Illustration - These are actual trees, photographed in Namibia against a giant dune.
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Two sharks for one - Yes, this image is real. One shark inside another.
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Low-flying plane - This is a pretty common sight on the island of St Martin, which has an airport right by the beach.
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Sea in the desert - This is in the desert of Namibia in southern Africa, and it almost looks like there is a sea in the desert.
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Unmanned ship - That was close. This ship almost hit a village, but stopped just in time.
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Man without an eye - Most people think that photos of mechanic Billy Owen are fake, but he actually had cancer and ended up losing one of his eyes.
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Half and half - This little cat has a face divided in two different colours.
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The sting - A bee is photographed at the exact moment of a sting.
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Glass iceberg - Photographer Alex Cornell was lucky enough to be in the right spot to capture this iceberg from the right angle, showing the part which looks almost like blue glass.
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0 / 30 Fotos
Huge frying pan - It looks like an optical illusion, but in reality it's a sculpture on a beach in Sydney, Australia.
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1 / 30 Fotos
Tree of spiders in Pakistan - These spiders sought refuge up a tree to escape flooding in 2010 in Pakistan. Thousands of them made webs in the highest spots they could find.
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2 / 30 Fotos
New York area - It looks like a miniature, or maybe even a circuit board. This is actually an aerial photo of Manhattan in the US.
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3 / 30 Fotos
Carcinogenic cells - This is a disturbing, real-life microscopic photo of carcinogenic cells multiplying.
© All Rights Reserved / Twitter / Facebook
4 / 30 Fotos
Lifelike painting - It looks like it could be a work of art painted with oil paints, but this is actually a real scene of two Chinese men fishing in a river covered with algae.
© Reuters
5 / 30 Fotos
Red apocalypse - It might look like the escalator to the underworld, but this photo is actually from the Solna Centrum metro station in Stockholm.
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6 / 30 Fotos
Big horns - From this angle it looks like a fake, but this is actually just a photo of the bull with the biggest horns in the world.
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7 / 30 Fotos
Ball of fluff - You can't even see what's beneath this big ball of fur, but somewhere in there is the bunny rabbit considered to be the fluffiest in the world.
© All Rights Reserved / Twitter / Facebook
8 / 30 Fotos
Ghost post - This floating post was burned during a fire in Russia. It remains in place solely because of the tension of the wires holding it up.
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9 / 30 Fotos
Toothy fish - This fish has oddly human like teeth. Creepy!
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10 / 30 Fotos
Hole in the earth - This hole is on the Ladybower Reservoir in the UK. It was actually created to allow water to escape, preventing flooding.
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11 / 30 Fotos
Urban crab - This giant crab is a common sight in hot countries like Australia.
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12 / 30 Fotos
Mixture of cosmic phenomena - This image captures 6 astronomical phenomena all at once; the comet Lovejoy (blue), a meteorite (to the left of Lovejoy), the Pleiades (big white light), and the NC1499 nebula (red)
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Waterfall of colour - After the winter, monarch butterflies prepare to fly in Serra Chincua, Mexico.
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14 / 30 Fotos
Blue volcano - This is the Ijen volcano in Indonesia. When active it expels blue lava.
© All Rights Reserved / Twitter / Facebook
15 / 30 Fotos
Scary sign - It seems like a joke, but in Salem, Oregon many people passing through Bush Pasture Park have been attacked by owls from the surrounding forest.
© All Rights Reserved / Twitter / Facebook
16 / 30 Fotos
Orange mountain - This mountain looks a bit like a big Dorito, but it actually exists and is in the Glacier National Park in Montana in the USA.
© All Rights Reserved / Twitter / Facebook
17 / 30 Fotos
Glob of ocean - This stone looks like it has a little ocean inside.
© All Rights Reserved / Twitter / Facebook
18 / 30 Fotos
Pink lake - The lake Retba is one of the only naturally pink lakes in the world. There are similar places in Australia, Senegal, Spain, Canada and Azerbaijan.
© All Rights Reserved / Twitter / Facebook
19 / 30 Fotos
Twisted forest - This strange-looking forest is known for its oddly shaped trees, and is located in western Pomerania, in Poland.
© All Rights Reserved / Twitter / Facebook
20 / 30 Fotos
Huge sinkhole - This huge three story sinkhole swallowed an entire street in the capital of Guatemala in 2010.
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21 / 30 Fotos
Illustration - These are actual trees, photographed in Namibia against a giant dune.
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22 / 30 Fotos
Two sharks for one - Yes, this image is real. One shark inside another.
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23 / 30 Fotos
Low-flying plane - This is a pretty common sight on the island of St Martin, which has an airport right by the beach.
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24 / 30 Fotos
Sea in the desert - This is in the desert of Namibia in southern Africa, and it almost looks like there is a sea in the desert.
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25 / 30 Fotos
Unmanned ship - That was close. This ship almost hit a village, but stopped just in time.
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26 / 30 Fotos
Man without an eye - Most people think that photos of mechanic Billy Owen are fake, but he actually had cancer and ended up losing one of his eyes.
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Half and half - This little cat has a face divided in two different colours.
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The sting - A bee is photographed at the exact moment of a sting.
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These surreal images might look fake, but they are actually completely real
They were taken in the right place at the right time
© Debora Holanda
With the constant flow of news and information released every day and the speed with which things spread across the internet, sometimes it is very difficult to know what's real and what isn't. With the technological advancements in photo editing software, people can manipulate almost any image, and this is why there is always so much doubt as to whether many viral photos are actually real or not.
This is why we've put together this gallery of surprising images which look like they can't be real, but trust us, they are. Take a look!
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