Nate
Megalophobia is that irrational but somehow totally understandable fear of massive objects. It’s the kind of thing that makes you question why anyone would ever want to get close to something like a giant statue or a colossal wave. You might not even realize you have it until you stumble across something that makes your stomach drop. That’s where the r/megalaphobia subreddit comes in—it’s a treasure trove of pics that’ll have you clutching your phone a little tighter.
From towering skyscrapers that make you feel like an ant to unsettlingly large animals that belong in a different era, this subreddit has it all. The community has gathered some of the most mind-bending pics of gigantic things that might just trigger your fight-or-flight response.
1. “This Looks Like The Cover For A Movie”
2. “Submarine”
3. “Tokyo Flood Tunnels”
4. “The Motherland Calls Statue In Volgograd”
5. “If Andromeda Was Brighter This Is How Big It Would Appear In The Night Sky. Reminder This Is Heading Towards Us At A Speed Of 300km A Second”
6. “St. Pauli, Hamburg – The Feldstrabe Bunker”
7. “The Storage Space Of A Tanker Ship Carrying Liquefied Natural Gas”
8. “The Pacific Ocean”
9. “The Famous Tanker Amoco Cadiz, Sinking Off The Coast Of Brittany In 1978”
10. “Mount Saint Michel”
11. “German WW2 Flak Tower In Vienna Austria”
12. “While Feeding, A Whale Shark’s Mouth Can Stretch To Over A Meter (4ft) Wide”
13. “Clouds Called Undulatus Asperatus And Were Spotted In Gorham, New Hampshire”
14. “The Coast Of Namibia”
15. “Coast Of England”
16. “Deepest Pool In The World, Dubai”
17. “First Wind-Powered Cargo Ship”
18. “Setenil De Las Bodegas, Spain. A Town Literally Built Under A Rock”
19. “Statue Of Bodhisattva Kannon”
20. “Entrance To The Great Pyramid”
21. “Megalophobia And Thalassophobia: You’re Welcome!”
22. “Elephant Foot Glacier In Greenland”
23. “Tokyo, Japan”
24. “The Sphere In Las Vegas, NV”
25. “German Ww2 Bunker That Has Fallen From The Cliff, Normandy, France”
26. “WWII German Battleship Capsized”
27. “Pyramid Of Giza, Egypt”
28. “The A23a Iceberg Weighing 1,000 Billion Tons, 4,000 Square Kilometers Wide, 3 Times Bigger Than New York”
29. “Just Thinking About It Scares Me”
30. “Earth Compared To The Sun”
31. “Clermont-Ferrand Cathedral, France”
32. “Hindenburg Disaster”
33. “A Man Standing In The Lumberyard Of Seattle Cedar Lumber Manufacturing, 1939. (Photo By Alfred Eisenstaedt)”
34. “Wushan Airport, Chongqing, China”
35. “Empire State Building From Seen From New Jersey, 1930s”
36. “Giant Hot Air Balloon Of A Head In Yoyogi Park, Tokyo, Japan”
37. “Inside The Eye Of Category 5 Hurricane Beryl”
38. “The First Airlander 10 Will Enter Service In 2028”
39. “Chittagong Ship Breaking Yard, Bangladesh”
40. “Northrop Grumman’s Massive New Underwater Drone”
41. “It’s Not What You Think It Is”
42. “The Giant Flag Of The French Ship Le Genereux”
43. “Wernher Von Braun Standing Next To The F-1 Engines That Took The Man To The Moon (1969)”
44. “Right When The South Tower Started To Collapse”
45. “Olympus Mons, The Tallest Mountain In The Solar System At 21.9 Km (13.6 Mi; 72,000 Ft) High”
