Photos That Reveal the Hidden Side of Things

The world is full of wondrous things, but sometimes it’s easy to forget this because we’re always so busy and stressed out.

Well, as luck would have it, there are some beautiful secrets hidden in plain sight and inside of things that most of us would never think to look at twice. So here’s a collection of the hidden side of things that you’ve totally missed.

This is a Shuttle Leaving Earth

This photo was taken by NASA of one of their space shuttles leaving Earth’s atmosphere. But to the untrained eye, it looks more like a hot needle poking through wool. It also looks like the shuttle is dragging some of the clouds up into space.

A Tiger Has Stripes Underneath Its Fur

Most people assume that a tiger’s stripe is produced by patterns in their fur. But it turns out that their skin is also patterned. The darkness of the pigmentation of the skin is directly linked to the fur’s darkness.

A Dead Cactus Decomposed

Most people know what cacti look like, so it’s so surprising that this photo has any connections to one but it does. This is actually what remains of a dead cactus after it decomposes. All that’s left are thorny spines that are sharp as knives.

This is Actually an Elephant’s Tail

This is what an elephant tail looks like up close and personal. Elephants use it to communicate with other elephants by wagging or swishing their tail. They also use their tail as a flyswatter to keep mosquitoes and flies from biting them.