Times Nature Glitched And The Outcome Was Beautiful
Some of the best creations in the world were actually made by mistake, like how chocolate chip cookies were a baking accident. Sometimes, nature seems to forget how to make things the "normal" way, but the results end up being absolutely stunning.
Here are some examples of nature glitching in the most beautiful way.
I Can't Believe This Is A Carrot
It's hard to recognize the vegetable without its classic orange coloring, but this is an heirloom carrot, meaning that it was grown using natural pollination techniques from seeds that are several decades old.
This Is Why I Don't Trust Birds
Want to imagine what a real-life Jurassic Park would look like? You don't need to go any further than baby birds. This baby blue heron looks strikingly similar to its dinosaur ancestors. Fun fact: late dinosaurs, like velociraptors, are thought to have had feathers as well.
This Was Just In A Rock She Found
While traveling in Mexico, this woman came across a rock that seems to be neatly broken in two. However, the real shock came when she picked up the two halves, flipped them over, and found this heptagram-shaped amethyst inside.
This Tree Is Doing The Most To Survive
Trees are some of the most resilient plants in the world: they grow around objects that get in their way, and they will do just about anything to survive. This tree's roots climbed all the way down a rock face just to reach more soil/
The Vietnamese Mossy Frog Has The Perfect Camouflage
The bumpy texture of the Vietnamese mossy frog is not only interesting to look at, but also has an important survival purpose: it allows the small frog to blend into the jungle conditions of its natural habitat.
Bees, But Make It Blue
This is an Amegilla cingulata, more commonly known as a blue-banded bee, which is a naturally blue bee species native to Australia. While they can sting just like most other bees, they tend not to be as aggressive.
Morning Frost Or Patterned Silk Dress?
The person who took this photo came out of their house in the morning to head to work, only to notice the intricate and beautiful pattern that the overnight frost had left on the roof of her car.
Believe It Or Not, This Little Cutie Is A Raccoon
This albino raccoon was photographed in Pennsylvania. Albinism, a rare genetic trait that affects less than 1% of most animal species, causes animals to lack pigmentation in their skin and/or fur.
One Eye Is Not Like The Other
This woman naturally has one eye with completely blonde eyelashes and the other with completely brunette eyelashes. While she has blonde and brown tones naturally occurring in her hair, the split is obvious between her two eyes.
Beautiful But Terrifying
Coconut crabs are native to islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. These enormous crabs have an acute sense of smell, which they use to find fruits, nuts, seeds, and other organic matter to eat.
These Look Too Perfect To Be Real
These round forms that were found in Finland are a rare phenomenon called "ice eggs" created when extreme wind and water roll over ice, smoothing them into these round, egg-like shapes.
The Clouds Look So Perfectly Abnormal
This sky either looks like it was painted with brush strokes like a work of Van Gogh's art or it was a regular image struggling to load, but it really is just a gorgeous photograph of the early night sky.
Eye See You
The person who took this photo was taking a walk near their house when they saw this birch tree with an eye naturally designed into its bark, giving a whole new spin on the idea of a "neighborhood watch."
Eclipses Look So Gorgeously Surreal
These photos were taken during a solar eclipse, meaning that the moon is passing between the sun and the Earth, blocking out the sun. This gorgeous eclipse just happened to occur at sunset.
A Giant Fluffy Ball
Clouds come in all sorts of shapes and sizes, but it's rare to see one that conforms to an actual geometric shape. This cloud, due to a mix of weather conditions, ended up being spherical.
A Perfect Gradient
Leaves generally look green because of the green photosynthetic pigmentation of chlorophyll. When leaves look more orange or red, it is because the betacarotene, a more orange-red pigment, is dominant.
A Lightning Tree
This perfectly-timed photo captures lightning in the shape of a tree as it converges on the ground. Lightning always takes the easiest route to the ground, meaning there was likely a lightning rod at the location where all the electrically charged air came together.
This Tree Looks Like It's Made Of Lava
Most trees, when stripped of their bark, offer a spectrum of yellow, orange, and brown tones underneath. This odd tree, however, had parts of its bark fall off to reveal bright red underneath.
I Don't Think I've Ever Seen A More Majestic Creature
This is a cross fox, a partially melanistic version of the more common red fox. They're actually quite common in the northern areas of North America, making up 30% of Canada's fox population.
It Almost Looks Photoshopped
Sea shells in general boast a variety of gorgeous colors and designs, but this shell, with its banded pattern and pastel color palette, really takes the cake on natural beauty.
