From nomophobia, an irrational fear of being without a mobile phone, to xanthophobia, a fear of the color yellow, countless phobias exist out there. Now this time, we’re delving into the mind of megalophobes, people who are in fear of anything large, like skyscrapers and jumbo jets.
In fact, there’s a whole corner of Reddit dedicated to sharing examples of this phobia known as megalophobia. “A place to post images of all things large, particularly ones that are ‘triggers’ for those with megalophobia,” the group’s description states.
Below we rolled up some of the most interesting examples shared on the group, so scroll down. Also, when you’re done reading this one, make sure to check out part 1 of the article.
#1 The Tallest Tree In Wales Got Damaged By A Storm And Was Supposed To Be Cut Down, Instead Chainsaw Artist Simon O’rourke Found A Better Solution To Symbolize The Tree’s Last Attempt To Reach The Sky
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#2 A Minnesota Woman Recently Captured A Cloud Formation That Appeared To Look Like An Ocean In The Sky
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#3 Angel Oak, The Oldest Tree East Of The Mississippi
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#4 Pyramids On The Horizon
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#5 Ukrainian Helicopter Flying With Freeway Traffic To Avoid Russian Radar
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#6 Imagine This Showing Up In Your Hospital Room
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#7 Worlds Without End
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#8 A Towering Thunderstorm As Seen At 37000ft Over Panama
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#9 Temples In Thailand
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#10 Anyone Else See A Bear?
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#11 An Iceberg Underwater
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#12 Standing Over 7 Feet Tall And Weighing A Massive 2600 Pounds, “Big Jake” Is Currently The World’s Largest Horse
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#13 Rare Jellyfish Red Sprite Lightning Found 30-90km In The Atmostphere
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#14 40 Feet Of Snow, North Dakota (1966)
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#15 I Hate Hot Air Balloons In General, But These?? With Faces?? Looking At Me?? Absolutely Not
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#16 Point Nemo, The Spot Farthest Away From Any Land In The World, Where You Are Closer To Astronauts Aboard The Iss Than Humanity
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#17 Just A Spiral Staircase
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#18 Just Something About This Being Able To Float Is Stressing Me Out Somehow
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#19 A Giant Statue Of Chinese Warrior Hero Guan Yu
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#20 Just A Frozen Waterfall
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#21 Quetzalcoatlus, As Tall As A Giraffe, The Largest Known Flying Animal In History. Imagine This Flying Towards You
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#22 Supercell Forming In Wyoming
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#23 The True Size Of The Easter Island “Heads”
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#24 A Blanket Of Mammatus Clouds Dwarfing A Plane
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#25 The Fog… Oh God
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#26 Face In The Clouds
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#27 Mosquito Flying Over Camera Lens
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#28 Earth Next To Jupiter
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#29 Oil Rig Platform Being Towed Into The Sea. The Platform Itself Is Dwarfing The Luxurious Hotel On The Left
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#30 150 Ft Iceberg Floating By A Small Town In Newfoundland, Canada. Gives Me The Heebie Jeebies
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#31 Recently Got A 17 Hour Ferry And Looking Out Into Nothing At 3am Was Terrifying
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#32 C H E E S E
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#33 A Cave
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#34 Statue Of Unity In India. The Biggest Statue In The World At Present
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#35 Mount Saint Michel
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#36 The Biggest Bug Known To Ever Live. The Arthropleura Millipede That Predates The Dinosaurs And Grew Up To 100 Pounds.
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#37 Toy Story Room Size
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#38 150 Meter Aluminum Sea Serpent Skeleton Sculpture In Saint Brevin Near Nantes
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#39 The Vastness Of Fishermen’s Nets
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#40 Ponte City Apartments In Johannesburg, South Africa. The Tallest Residential Building On The African Continent
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#41 Hong Kong From A Different Perspective
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#42 Each Frame Of Interstellar’s Black Hole Took Over 100 Hours To Render
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#43 Nooope
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#44 Burning Man Festival
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#45 Never Realized These Were That Big
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#46 Inside Of A Windmill
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#47 A Research Team Surveys A Remote Area In Antarctica Where There Have Been Historical Accounts Of An “Ancient Giant Frozen In Ice”. Its Exact Size And Location Were Never Given. If Real, Scientists Suspect The So-Called “Giant” To Be A Mummified, Prehistoric Animal. The Team Is Looking For Traces
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#48 “Duga” Was A Soviet Radar System Used As Part Of The Soviet Anti-Ballistic Missile Early-Warning Network. These Things Were So Powerful It Interfered With Radio Signals Half Way Around The World
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#49 The Typhoon Is A Class Of Nuclear-Powered Ballistic Missile Submarines Built By The Soviet Union. With A Submerged Displacement Of 48,000 Tonnes, The Typhoons Are The Largest Submarines Ever Built
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#50 The Inside Of 160 000m³ Long Containment Tank
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