Fake? Nope

Wowticles.com has an article entitled Twenty Photos That Look Fake But They’re Totally Real:

Have you ever seen a picture that you just know is fake, even though everyone swears its real? The following pictures are the opposite; they’re absolutely real, but everyone will swear they’re fake.

This picture, taken from an oil rig in the Atlantic, shows a huge dust storm coming from the desert of Africa. To us, it looks like a giant glass of Foster’s traveling across the ocean.

This picture looks like a painting, but it’s actually two fishermen in Chaohu Lake in China. Pollution and runoff from local farms has caused an explosion in the algae population on this lake, making it look as if the men are rowing through an oil painting.

No, someone did not Photoshop a black hole into the middle of this photograph. It’s actually a two-hundred-foot deep sinkhole that opened in Guatemala City in 2010. The hole was measured at sixty feet across.

At first glance, it looks like someone used the crop tool on Photoshop on the trees in this picture. In actuality, it’s part of an art installation. All of the trees were carefully trimmed to make it appear as if they grew into the shape of a cube.

Is this boat hovering over the water? Nope, just an optical illusion created by the very clear water in this lake. If you look carefully, you’ll see a girl on the back of the boat with her legs in the water, destroying the illusion of a floating boat.

This forest contains over four hundred bent pine trees. Located in West Pomerania in Poland, the trees are believed to have been bent by a natural disaster that took place about thirty years ago. The force pushed over many young saplings in the forest, causing them to grow sideways until they eventually straightened out.

Many people assume that phone polls are propping up telephone lines, but they are actually run at a very high tension. This means that the weight of the wires isn’t supported by every single pole; about half the poles are just back up. That’s why these lines managed to stay taut, even though the pole underneath them burned during a fire.

At first glance, it appears as if a giant monster is reaching its tentacles towards these swimmers. In fact, it’s just seaweed. The clear water and right lighting conditions let you see the seaweed growing from the ocean floor.

The construction crews for this railroad in Canterbury, New Zealand were not having a bad day; this is damage caused by an earthquake. The force from the shaking earth was strong enough to bend and stretch the metal. Because the ties were anchored to the ground, the twisted track stayed in place after the earthquake.

This is not a cruise ship that has run aground. The ship is actually a facade for a resort hotel in South Korea, designed as a cruise ship that never actually travels anywhere. The cruise ship hotel contains shops, restaurants, and many of the same recreational activities as a real boat.

At certain times of the day, sunlight hits this waterfall just right, creating the beautiful rainbow you see here; capturing the colors just takes patience and a skilled photographer.

Is this man walking on water? No, he’s walking on a giant salt flat in Bolivia. The smooth, reflective surface mirrors the sky above, making it seem as if he’s on water. If you look carefully, you’ll be able to spot cracks in the salt.

This is the work of a French graffiti artist. Named Tilt, the artist decided to only decorate one half of this hotel room in Marseille, France. The other half is completely blank. The decoration includes specialized bedding that hotel staff must align perfectly before guests arrive. Which side would you want to sleep on?

Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer are showing off a water court. Think of it as a floating raft designed for playing tennis on. It was sold as a way to expand recreational area in cities where there’s no room left for parks. We have no idea what happens if the balls go out of bounds.

This work, by Spanish artist Alicia Martin, is meant to look as if thousands of books are pouring out of the window. While it is made of real books, the sculpture is fastened together from thousands of different books, and it’s built from the ground up.

That is actual city traffic about to cross the runway at the airport at Gibraltar. When the airport was built, the existing city design didn’t leave enough room for a long enough runway for modern aircraft, so the designers decided to let the runway cross paths with an existing road. A stoplight makes sure that no collisions between cars and planes occurs.

At the Leipzig Airport, incoming planes frequently have to get close to city traffic in order to get to the runway. By taking a picture from the right angle, the planes look as if they’re about to land on the highway.

Rico says that he was fooled...