20 Of The Most Remarkable Nature Photos Ever Taken – Chilling Unedited Nature Photos Ever Captured

Everett Hanmer | March 29, 2025 8:30 pm

Nature is amazing in how adaptive its plants can be in just about any situation.

Every now and then, you come across something in nature that makes you wonder, "How is that possible?" This is an article where we asked that very question.

Overtaken Bulldozer

Old bulldozer with a tree growing around it.
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Photo Credit: mattcal25 / Reddit

This bulldozer was abandoned in the forest long before the trees were this close to it.

Over time, the trees grew up through the bulldozer and are now growing overtop of it.

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Decaying Rock

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Rock that looks like it is decaying.
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Rocks are extremely solid and are a pain to bump into.

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This hiker came across this large rock that looks like it is melting away to nothing. A very cool look, but we wonder what caused it?

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Hot Spring In Lake

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Hot spring in lake.
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Lake Yellowstone has a small hot spring, Fishing Cone, that has sprouted up out of the cold lake.

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We wouldn't want to get too close as apparently it gets hot enough to cook a fish!

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Perfect Ring Of Mushrooms

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Mushrooms growing in a perfect circle on the grass
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Photo Credit: _iron_butterfly_ / Reddit
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This person's front lawn is perfectly green with one exception—a perfect circle of mushrooms.

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We have no idea how they would grow in a perfect circle, but we would not get rid of them!

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Eaten Fence Post

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Fence post with a tree growing around it.
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This tree was not concerned that the fence post was put there before it was planted.

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The tree quickly both overgrew and overtook the post, as it nearly swallowed it whole.

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Skull Rock

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Rock on a cliff and one of them looks like a skull
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This rock formation has one very glaring attribute to it, what looks like a skull on the side of one of them.

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This hiker just had to take a picture to document it!

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Everyone In Line

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Leaves lined up in the water behind a rock.
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We have seen plenty of leaves floating down the river, but we have not come across this before.

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These leaves were all bunched up in a single file behind one rock.

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Yin-Yang Grass

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Circle of grass in a yin-yang symbol.
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This person had quite the surprise when they took down their above-ground pool.

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They found that the grass had formed a perfect yin-yang shape underneath the pool over the years.

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A Holy Rock

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Rock with the word
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A person came across this rock that appears to have the word "god" in it naturally.

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This is quite the find for there to be any letters in a rock, let alone a full word.

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Eaten Handrail

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Handrail that has a tree growing around it.
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Tress overtaking other objects will always be both fascinating and amusing to us.

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This handrail was no match for the tree trunk, which branched out and swallowed the handrail whole.

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Long-Haired Cactus

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Cactus that looks like it has hair
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Practically every cactus has a rounded-off top like the three in this picture.

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What has caught our eye is the one that looks to have some long flowing hair.

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Camouflaged Snake

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Snake blending in with the log.
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It took us way too long to find the snake in the picture, but when we did, we were amazed at how well it camouflaged itself.

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The snake would use this as a way to survive if a predator was nearby.

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Lone Apple Branch

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Tree with one branch of apples growing on it.
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This is a new one for us, a two-in-one tree.

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The majority of the tree is one type, but then there is just one lone branch that is an apple tree.

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The Mushroom Skirt

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Mushroom with a yellow skirt on it.
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Mushrooms are a fascinating plant with so many different varieties.

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This mushroom looks like it is wearing a yellow ballgown and ready to head off to a fancy ceremony of some kind.

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Wrapped Pine Tree

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Pine tree growing around another tree.
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This pine tree looks like it is slow dancing with the tropical tree.

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It has completely wrapped around the trunk and then shot out to try to get some more sunlight.

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Skull Driftwood

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Driftwood that looks like a skull
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This person was collecting driftwood on the shore when they came across one that has formed what looks like a skull.

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This is super cool and a piece that we would definitely pick up.

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Super Strong Mushrooms

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Mushrooms growing out of pavement.
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Mushrooms are one of the superfoods in the world.

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While we do not know if this is one that you could eat, we do know that it is full of strength as it has broken through the pavement.

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Circular Branch

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Circular tree branch
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This branch has formed a perfect circle by growing right back into itself.

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It is almost like the little branch tried to make it out in the big world but then decided it wanted to come back home.

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Flowering Sidewalk

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Flowers growing out of the sidewalk.
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This flower bush has sprouted up and is thriving after only growing out of a small crack in the sidewalk.

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This goes to show that it only takes a small bit of soil for a beautiful flower to blossom.

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Only Where The Sun Shines

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Ivy growing only where the sun shines.
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This alleyway only gets a small sliver of sunlight between two buildings.

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That was all that this ivy plant needed to grow up and down the wall in the sun.

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