Here are the 30 interesting and surprising photos that show how big things really are. There is a Twitter page called Human for Scale, which is more than 105K followers. This page shares “Photos which feature a human to aid the eye in determining the size of things.” You can follow them for more interesting and surprising photos.
Scroll down and enjoy yourself. All photos are linked and lead to the sources from which they were taken. Please feel free to explore further works of these photographers on their collections or their personal sites.
#1 6’9″ compared to 5’1″
Image Source: Human For Scale
#2 Coiling Dragon Cliff Skywalk,Tianmen Mountain National Park, Zhangjiajie
Image Source: Human For Scale
#3 The manpupuner rock formations and a man
Image Source: Human For Scale
#4 The African land snail
Image Source: Human For Scale
#5 The absurd size of the motherland calls statue
Image Source: Human For Scale
#6 Absolute door unit
Image Source: Human For Scale
#7 The sun and planets to scale
Image Source: Human For Scale
#8 Me standing next to a nuclear cooling tower
Image Source: Human For Scale
#9 Two people sitting on the Abraj Al Bait clock tower in mecca
Image Source: Human For Scale
#10 Jadayupara, the world’s largest avian sculpture
Image Source: Human For Scale
#11 Whale skull
Image Source: Human For Scale
#12 Petra in Jordan
Image Source: Human For Scale
#13 Baobab trees at Madagascar
Image Source: Human For Scale
#14 Croatia
Image Source: Human For Scale
#15 Botanical Park of Rio de Janerio Brazil, Founded in 1808, it is considered one of the most important in the world
Image Source: Human For Scale
#16 400 years old Vasa ship
Image Source: Human For Scale
#17 Elephant seal
Image Source: Human For Scale
#18 Japanese spider crab!
Image Source: Human For Scale
#19 Chonky carp
Image Source: Human For Scale
#20 A rocket being transported to launch site, India
Image Source: Human For Scale
#21 This massive owl
Image Source: Human For Scale
#22 A fallen Redwood and me
Image Source: Human For Scale
#23 The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R Ford in drydock
Image Source: Human For Scale
#24 The second largest whale in the world – Fin Whale
Image Source: Human For Scale
#25 World’s largest wine barrel
Image Source: Human For Scale
#26 Did you guys know how big cactus can get?
Image Source: Human For Scale
#27 True Size of the great Pyramid of Giza
Image Source: Human For Scale
#28 Ouse Valley Viaduct Uk
Image Source: Human For Scale
#29 The Quetzalcoatlus Northropi, The largest known flying animal that ever existed
Image Source: Human For Scale
#30 I never realized how big the Typhoon class was
