Photos that both frighten and enlighten (8 photos)

The variety of natural phenomena is amazing and surprising. Especially those that are not the result of a hoax, but are the most ordinary ones explained from the position of science and logic.





In the ways of the disappeared



In our country alone, according to statistics, 20 thousand people disappear without a trace every year. Accordingly, on a global scale this figure is much higher. This map of cave systems in the United States shows the most common places where people go missing. Get stuck in narrow places or get lost in the dark, unable to find a way out.

Dementia as it is





The human brain and its capabilities are a little studied area. And Alzheimer's disease, a type of dementia in which the brain gradually loses the ability to remember and recognize, is a very scary thing.

The photo shows self-portraits of the American artist William Utermohlen, painted over the years. As the disease progressed, the man lost the main thing he knew and loved – the ability to draw.

Together with mom



The mothers of this arthropod carry their young on their backs for some time. But not only for the purpose of protecting offspring, but also as a strategic reserve. In an emergency, a scorpion can take one off its back and calmly eat it.

Let us out



The kingdom of mushrooms has about 250 thousand studied and described representatives. In reality there may be many times more. The most frightening, although harmless, is this mushroom - the fingers of a dead man. Which really resembles the hand of a dead man trying in vain to crawl through the thickness of the earth.

Not under, but above



The anomaly in the image is a persistent pupillary membrane. The iris is not under the pupil, but above it. It is often observed in infants, but as the child grows, everything returns to normal.

Hello from the ocean depths



The photo shows a mutated octopus, whose tentacles have split into several branches. Why not inspire a horror movie or novel?

Will Suppressor



The terrible cordyceps mushroom has a mind of its own and is capable of causing ants to turn into zombies and take away the spores for subsequent infection of other insects. This photo shows a tarantula infected with a fungus.