#3 The Moon Passed Between Nasa's Deep Space Climate Observatory And The Earth Allowing This Rare Pic Showing The Dark Side Of The Moon
We're used to seeing airplanes with seats, so the picture of the inside of a plane without them seems somewhat strange. There are currently no seatless commercial airplanes (those exist only in April Fool's jokes), but plane seat sizes are definitely shrinking.
One aviation expert has calculated just how much seat space has shrunk over the years. Since the 1980s, America's biggest domestic carriers have lost from 2 to 5 inches in legroom space. Seat width has also shrunk by 2 inches. When the Federal Aviation Administration asked consumers for feedback in 2022, many described flying as "t*****e."
#4 A Lightning Strike Happened The Moment I Took A Photo And Made It Look Like Daytime. I Took The Second Photo 10 Seconds Later
The "dark side of the moon" is another thing we don't usually see. Although it definitely seems dark in pictures, it's not actually dark. Scientists call it the farside, and the side that we can see – the nearside. Although today, we know what the farside looks like, we will never see it from Earth.
Why is that exactly? As John Keller, deputy project scientist for NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter project, explains, "The moon is tidally locked to Earth." It goes around the Earth at the same speed as it rotates around its axis. So, the same side is always turned toward us.
Continuing the space topic, many of us have probably never seen inside of a spacesuit. The one that's on this list is most likely a Russian Orlan, a one-piece suit that an astronaut climbs into. American EMUs (Extravehicular Mobility Units) are usually made with two parts.
The backpack that we see open in the picture contains oxygen, a fan that moves the oxygen around the suit, a carbon dioxide removal system, a water tank to cool the astronaut, and an electrical system that powers everything.
Some suits also have a thruster pack that astronauts may need to use to fly back to the space station in case of an emergency during a space walk.
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#12 This Window That Makes My Back Yard Look Like It’s In 4 Different Seasons
The picture taken on the arm of Christ the Redeemer sure looks cool, but it's hard to capture. Not everyone can just walk up to the statue and climb it. Unless you know someone who works there, the chances to get to the very top of the statue's head are slim.
Inside, there are 12 flights of very fragile stairs that can lead you to the arms of the statue. You can exit through two openings that construction workers use when they have to make repairs.
Still, to make this climb, you'd need the permission from the Guardian of the Sanctuary and the Bishop. Since the Christ statue is a sanctuary, you'd probably have to know someone inside the Church.
#15 Valonia Ventricosa, The Largest Single-Celled Organism On Earth. Yep, This Is A Single Living Cell
Almost everybody knows what the Statue of Liberty looks like; either up close or from a distance. There are tours that take people up to the crown of the statue, and you have to climb a double helix stairway to get to it. There are about 20 flights of stairs in the Statue of Liberty, but the public can't get to the very top: the torch. It's been closed to the public since 1916.
#16 A Rare Optic Sight, The "Brocken Spectre," Which Occurs When A Person Stands At A Higher Altitude In The Mountains And Sees His Shadow Cast On A Cloud At A Lower Altitude
#18 I Took This Photo Of The Golden Globes Red Carpet In 2017 From An Angle Most People Don’t Get To See
The Sphere in Las Vegas can look like almost anything from a distance: an eyeball, an emoji, the Moon, or a futuristic painting. But from up close, it's 1.4 million of LED "pucks." Every puck has 48 tiny LED dots, and, according to Sphere Entertainment, each dot can display 256 million colors.
