James Lucas@JamesLucasIT · Oct 27, 2024

Megalophobia: the fear of large things 🧵 1. This is a single image

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A visual thread exploring megalophobia through stunning images of massive structures and objects—from icebergs and ships to mountains, monuments, and natural wonders—all featuring human scale references to emphasize their enormous size.

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Megalophobia: the fear of large things 🧵 1. This is a single image
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2. An iceberg passing near a house in Greenland
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3. The Vegas Sphere feels like you've stepped onto another planet... or, in this case, as if another planet has landed on ours. It’s probably a megalophobe's worst nightmare.
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4. Eros, the second largest near-Earth asteroid. Named after the Greek god of love, Eros has an elongated shape and a volume-equivalent diameter of approximately 16.8 kilometers (10.4 miles).
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5. A ship and its Captain
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6. This is what a giant banana would look like in Earth's orbit
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7. Seeing the scale of the pyramids alongside people passing by gives you an entirely new perspective.
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8. The size of ships
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9. K2 is the second-highest mountain on Earth at 8,611 meters (28,251 feet), after Mount Everest at 8,849 meters (29,032 feet). x.com/SilavaYasi3809…
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10. A giant hangar in Halbe, Germany. People indicate scale.
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11. What happens if the Moon crashes into Earth? x.com/IndianSwede/st…
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12. A full-sized school bus next to haul trucks
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13. Norwegian cruise ship hits an iceberg
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14. The Kelpies during a thunderstorm Located between Falkirk and Grangemouth, Scotland, this pair of 30-meter-high steel horse heads represents kelpies, shape-shifting spirits from Scottish and Irish folklore believed to inhabit lochs.
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15. Underwater waterfall, Mauritius This optical illusion, visible only from above, makes it appear as if the island is being pulled into a massive drain due to sand and silt runoff on the ocean floor.
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16. A person sitting on the clock tower in Mecca
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17. On February 7, 1984, astronaut Bruce McCandless ventured out into space and away from shuttle Challenger using only a nitrogen propelled backpack — the first person in history to do so.
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18. A boat under a massive bridge
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19. A woman next to an enormous Sequoia tree in the 1950s
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20. Gordon Dam, Australia
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21. Open spillway gate at the Funil Hydroelectric Power Plant in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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22. The size of Al-Khazneh, Petra This surreal structure was masterfully carved out of the sandstone rock face. Human for scale.
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23. The size of this marble quarry makes the excavator look like a toy
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24. Botanical Park of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Founded in 1808 by King John VI of Portugal, it is considered one of the richest and most important in the world.
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25. The size of this breathtaking church in Iceland At 74.5 meters (244 ft), Hallgrímskirkja is the largest church in Iceland and one of the tallest structures in the country.
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James Lucas@JamesLucasIT · Oct 27, 2024
Megalophobia: the fear of large things 🧵 1. This is a single image
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One more: the enormous 18th-century flags of the French ship Généreux and the Spanish ship San Ildefonso, pictured with people for scale. These ships were truly massive: Le Généreux was 55.87 meters (183.3 ft) long, slightly longer than San Ildefonso at 53 meters (174 ft).
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