17 photographs of various objects and phenomena of gigantic proportions from around the world (18 photos)

Welcome to the world of megalophobia, that is, the fear of huge objects! Even if you don't have one, some of the pictures, objects and angles we're about to show you will make you feel out of place.





If you suddenly forgot that we are all just grains of sand on the scale of the universe, then these shots will remind you that we are grains of sand within our own planet.

1. Construction of the Esso Hibernia tanker, 1970



2. Trinity Church in Gergeti, Georgia, with Kazbek volcano in the background





3. Construction of the Akron airship, late 20s, USA



4. Bottom view of the Statue of Unity, India



This is the tallest statue in the world, its height is 182 meters.

5. Against the background of an aircraft carrier



6. Awesome underwater waterfall



7. Dragon's Eye Stone Mine in the UK



8. Inside the Tokyo flood control sewer



This is a special reservoir where water is collected during typhoons and river floods. From here it is pumped into the Edo River.

9. View of Mount Fuji from a nearby town



10. Brutal architecture of the Chinese city of Chongqing



11. A huge reservoir representing the Super Kamiokande neutrino detector, Japan



In this cylinder, more than 40 meters high, located at a depth of 1 km in the Kamioka zinc mine, Japanese scientists study neutrinos.

12. Oil and gas platform “Troll-A”, Norway



The height of the platform is 472 meters! For comparison, the height of the Eiffel Tower is 324 meters.

13. View of the 100-meter statue of the goddess Kannon in Sendai, Japan



14. Mountain of wood. Folded and disassembled manually. Seattle, 1919



15. Railway bridge in Nairobi National Reserve, Kenya



16. A huge iceberg floats past a house in Greenland



17. The Bullwinkle oil platform is delivered to its installation site in the Gulf of Mexico, 1988.