Found this Nazgul chilling in the sun on my Easter walk in central Germany

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The Obesity Epidemic in America

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Soviet gym teachers parade in Moscow, 1956

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If Earth had rings like Saturn

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CCCP - Crazy Cotton Candy Professional

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Paper cut leaf map of Amsterdam (made by /u/nilsrva)

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Just a Nazgul chilling somewhere in Germany

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The King of the Netherlands throwing a toilet bowl

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The First Color Photomosaic of the 48 Contiguous United States, 1976. - Produced by the National Geographic Society from 569 seperate and virtually cloudless views provided by NASA's LANDSAT Imagery [5359x3735]

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Amsterdam canals seen from above

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This is the world's only analemma photo (a year-long image showing the Sun's motion in one frame) that includes a total solar eclipse (March 2006). With great planning and effort the photo was started in 2005 and ended in 2006 at Side, Turkey. Tunc Tezel & Cenk E. Tezel.

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The Obesity Epidemic in America - A faux Time Magazine cover made by Ricky Linn [587x803]

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Map showing the relative size of each of the United States if based on Electrical energy sold for light and power in 1921 [1585x1099]

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Peak viewing times for fall colors across the United States [750x600]

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Map of North American and European cities transposed onto the opposite continent at the same latitude [1660x639]

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An unusual and quite extraordinary view of famous Piccadilly Circus' Underground station in London - Made by Renzo Picasso in 1929 [857x857]

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The Ungoverned World in 2015 [5707x5865]

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Luritja man demonstrating method of attack with boomerang under cover of shield. An indigenous man with headdress and body paint is posing with a boomerang in his hand raised behind his head, and a shield and a second boomerang held in front of him. Central Australia, 1920 [OS][1103x1485]

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Buildings in Amsterdam, shaded according to year of construction. [3645x2792]

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“Population Lines” by Dr James Cheshire. Showing population by latitude. [OS][1656x1065]

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A combined view of the principal mountains & rivers in the world, 1849 [4580x3365]

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Maps carved onto electrical tape made by Takahiro Iwasaki. On the left Santos, Brazil. On the right Victoria Peak, Hong Kong [1875x1182]

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Reykjavik, Iceland [1701x1134]

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Alaska, how big is it anyway? [900x565]

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Ran into this Nazgul while on holiday in Hessen, Germany

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United Swing States of America [OS][1632x1224]

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Paper cut leaf map of Amsterdam (by u/nilsrva) [1837x1837]

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Aerial Photo of New York City with Rail Lines Superimposed [OS][1352x997]

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The New Portrait of our Planet, published in LIFE magazine in 1960. LIFE made up these unique maps which reveal for the first time how the ocean floors would look if the water and ice were suddenly removed. [5431x4033]

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Aesthetically pleasing Map of Europe made by Rand McNally in 1939 [4950x3249]

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3D cardboard U.S. Population map of the contiguous United States

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I made this paper cut map of my hometown of Groningen, the Netherlands to decorate my coffee (whiskey) table.

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Map of the United States as the Californians saw it in 1947 [3686x3029]

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Two Worlds, published in Time Magazine, January 2, 1950 [5234x3541]

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Beautiful Colors At This Vegetable And Food Market In Funchal, Madeira, Portugal [OS][2560x1920]

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Cruise Ships seen from above

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The first Buddhist world map printed in Japan and the prototype for all subsequent Buddhist world maps printed in Japan until the late nineteenth century [4284x3512]

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The Five Types of Territorial Morphology [453x686]

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Deadly Dutch Handshakes

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Habitability map of Australia, 1946 [OS][750x803]

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What happens if communities refuse to get vaccinated? The Dutch Bible Belt compared to measles outbreaks in the Netherlands. [1000x531]

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This map of Hokkaido was smuggled out of Japan by a German doctor during the Edo period –Japan prohibited foreign travel and trade and traffic with almost all countries at the time– The official who gave him the maps was executed and more than 50 people were punished for the incident [OS][1024x1792]

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Amazing drawing of Manhattan, New York City [2914x3900]

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The World as the New Yorkers saw it around 1970, unknown artist [4089x4869]

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The longest straight line you can sail. Almost 20,000 miles from Pakistan to the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia.

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The world in the mirror [3266x2000]

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A foldable, portable globe from 1852. Made by John Betts [3936x2976]

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This is Egmont National Park, a protected area in New Zealand. To prevent agriculture from ruining the mountainside, construction is prohibited in a radius around the peak of Mount Taranaki. Picture by Nasa.

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Alaskan hamburger with a squirt of Hawaiian ketchup - made by Ricky Linn [533x501]

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An unusual and quite extraordinary view of famous Piccadilly Circus' Underground station in London - Made by Renzo Picasso in 1929

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The London Skyline, 400 Years Apart, United Kingdom - Claes Jansz Visscher’s 6-foot-wide engraving of medieval London, dated 1616, is one of the most iconic images of the pre-fire city. Artist Robin Reynolds has redrawn the panorama to depict the London of today, from the same viewpoint and scale

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Christmas season in Groningen, the Netherlands [OS][4000x2670]

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A walking cane map for navigating the 1939 World Fair in New York [1357x2251]

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How Americans die abroad - Most common cause of unnatural death (2005 - 2014) [1200x941]

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Satellietfoto van Zuidelijk Noord-Holland, gemaakt door ESA's Copernicus Sentinel-2B satelliet

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Søren Poulsen, a Danish farmer single-handedly built his own version of the world. Completed in 1969, Verdenskortet (The World Map) is the main tourist draw in Klejtrup, Denmark [OS] [1920x720]

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Map showing the netherness of the Netherlands by showing relief and depth. The terrain height varies from approximately −7 meter (−23 ft; below sea level, dark green) to approximately 322.7 meter (1,059 ft; above sea level, light green) [OS][3000x3440]

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Europe as viewed from the USSR. Made by R. Harrison for the US Army Information Branch in 1944 [4794x3610]

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The Russian Spider sits atop the World and Watches for More Victims. Colored full spread newspaper map published in the Los Angeles Examiner on January 7, 1940 [3000x1949]

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The World, upside up or upside down? [800x1128]

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What does South America look like? South America in 10 different map projections. [550x386]

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Evolution of the Earth's economic center of gravity from 1 CE to 2025 [1403x1276]

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A Micronesian navigational chart from the Marshall Islands, made of wood, sennit fiber and cowrie shells [OS][1860x1298]

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One of the earlier National Geographic maps published in 1920. “Europe Showing Countries as Established by the Peace Conference at Paris.” The peace conference at Versailles, following the end of World War I [2339x2555]

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I especially like how Hawaii fits in as a rogue squirt of ketchup - A faux Time Magazine cover made by Ricky Linn

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Extreme Hula Hooping

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Jumping out of a plane

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Child labor in the coal mines, Turkey Knob Mine, West Virginia, 1908. Photo taken more than a mile inside the mine by Lewis Hine [OS][741x1024]

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Ile de la Cite, the bustling center of 19th century Paris, France. Picture taken in 1864 by Charles Soulier. [OS][3600x2780]

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Silicon Valley in 1991

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The Port of Hamburg - known as Germany’s “Gateway to the World” - is located on the Elbe River in Hamburg. On an average day, the facility is accessed by 28 ships, 200 freight trains, and 5,000 trucks. In total, the port moves 132.3 million tonnes of cargo each year [1000x1000]

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Where can I buy this!?

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Mapping France's Population From Mobile Phone Calls [1920x1004]

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An accidental “word map” of South America, published by the Geographical Press in 1935. The map is supposed to show the labeled landforms of South America; this copy was erroneously printed without the landforms [OS][1200x1723]

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Triple Divide Peak, Montana, USA. The peak shed water to the Pacific, Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, a very rare place on Earth.

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Multiple landing strips in Eloy, Arizona, USA [1500x1500]

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Chinese Map of the Eastern Hemisphere, 1799 [858x935]

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Highway tunnel interchange near Sagamihara, Japan [1500x2001]

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19th Century naturalist and explorer Alfred Russel Wallace included this map in his 1869 book 'The Malay Archipelago', comparing the size of the British Isles with that of Borneo to give them an idea of the vastness of the place [OS][950x1180]

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Air India route map on a hand fan, est. 1960 [5696x4120]

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MapPorn seems to like size comparisons, here are 9 for you to enjoy [1802x1357]

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Map of Dejima, Japan - The single place of direct trade and exchange between Japan and the outside world during the Edo period. It was used by the Dutch as a trading post from 1641 until 1853 [OS] [3213x2643]

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Google Earth in the 70s: A bird's eye perspective of San Francisco, USA (1974)

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The World Island, Who controls the World Island commands the World made by Richard Harrison in 1943 [3686x2957]

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Size Comparison of Various Countries, Continents and Regions [OS][1802x1453]

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The year each state reached its highest point as percentage of the US population (2010) [828x813]

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Train cars filled with coal are stationed in Norfolk, Virginia. Operated by the Norfolk Southern corporation, Lamberts Point Pier 6 is the largest coal-loading station in the Northern Hemisphere and serves at the temporary depot for the company’s fleet of 23,000 coal cars [1500x1543]

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English Proficiency in Europe [1377x1080]

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Saturn's North Pole Hexagon

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Snelwegenkaart van Nederland

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Volgograd (previously Stalingrad), Russia [OS][2240x3018]

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Victoria Peak (Hong Kong) carved onto a roll of vinyl electrical tape - Made by Takahiro Iwasaki [800x600] [OS]

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A foldable, portable globe from 1852. Made by John Betts [3936x2976]

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The Great Polish Map of Scotland, Conceived by General Maczek and his Polish companions as a permanent three-dimensional reminder of their part in Scotland’s defence and of Scotland’s wartime hospitality.

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The Atocha Railway Station is the largest train station in Madrid, Spain. The facility serves as a hub for commuter trains, intercity and regional trains from the south, and AVE high-speed trains. [1500x1500]

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Maps showing how fast could you travel across the U.S. in the 1800s [1290x1275]

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Luchtfoto van Urk in 1920, ruim voor de inpoldering van de Noordoostpolder. Links onder de grote barak voor de internering van Belgische, Britse en Franse militairen tijdens de Eerste Wereldoorlog, toen Nederland strikte neutraliteit bewaarde.

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Chinese Map of the Eastern Hemisphere, 1799 [858x935]

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An interchange is constructed around the Pagano Freeway in Avondale, Arizona, USA. [1389x1390]

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Willemstad, Curacao [2560x1048]

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How China sees the World, a magazine cover of the Economist. Inspired by the famous “A New Yorker's view of the world” cover of the New Yorker magazine. [1200x1600]

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Homeric Greece [OS][2000x1668]

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Davis-Monthan Air Force Base Aircraft Boneyard. Tucson, Arizona, USA. The largest aircraft storage and preservation facility in the world. The boneyard—run by the 309th Airspace Maintenance and Regeneration Group—contains more than 4,400 retired American military and government aircraft [1500x1778]

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A map of the wondrous isle of Manhattan. Designed by C.V. Farrow, 1926.

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Maps showing how fast could you travel across the U.S. in the 1800s [1290x1275]

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[GIF] Population Distribution of selected European Capitals, 2006 [OC][1080x1080]

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The world post-World War 2, made by Stanley Turner in 1947 [3335x2559]

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Map of all the Time Zones in the World [1200x1048]

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Manhole cover in Seattle bearing a map of the city [2048x1360]

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Russian academic Igor Panarin had been predicting the U.S. would fall apart in 2010. He thought an economic and moral collapse would trigger a civil war and the eventual breakup of the U.S. - This map shows his prediction on how the U.S. would've split [990x775]

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The Contiguous United States’ Air Traffic Control Zones [1332x978]

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Quick & Easy color combinations for Men's clothing

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Nederland in het jaar 2000. Uit: “Enkele gedachten over het ruimtelijk beeld van Nederland in het jaar 2000 bij een bevolking van 20 miljoen.” Door Prof. Ir. Jac. P. Thijsse, 1963.

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Highly detailed birds-eye view of Manhattan and greater New York - Made around 1900 by Josef Klemm

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Het hoogste punt van Nederland, Mount Scenery op Saba, 887 meter hoog.

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Maps carved onto electrical tape made by Takahiro Iwasaki. On the left Santos, Brazil. On the right Victoria Peak, Hong Kong

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The Lake Hood Seaplane Base, captured here during the frozen-over winter, is located in Anchorage, Alaska, USA. Handling an average of 190 flights per day, the facility is the world's busiest airport for seaplanes. [1319x1326]

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Building height in Manhattan. A Traditional Chinese Shan Shui style map based on building height data for Manhattan Island, New York City. Made by by Shi Weili. [OS][1920x1080]

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A pair of houses in Phoenix, AZ that are separated by almost 17 miles of road, despite being only 50 feet apart [OC][1500x1225]

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Your view across the ocean

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1866 U.S. Coast Survey Nautical Chart of Map of New York City and Harbor [OS][5209x6000]

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Getting bees to construct geographic maps, artist Ren Ri uses beeswax as his medium and the bee colony as the cartographers [OS][2399x1883]

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This is Egmont National Park, a protected area in New Zealand. To prevent agriculture from ruining the mountainside, construction is prohibited in a radius around the peak of Mount Taranaki. Picture by Nasa.

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Map of the Circles of Hell as described in Dante's Inferno [1500x1947]

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Soviet gym teachers parade in Moscow, 1956 Photograph by Lev Borodulin [696x1000]

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This view of Exeter, England reveals the compact nature of the city as well as its close connections with the surrounding countryside. The 8000 inhabitants lived in an area of only 93 acres, whilst the presence of fields demonstrate the 'country in the city' nature of the pre-industrial town.

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The oldest known globe to depict the Americas, made on the lower halves of two ostrich eggs. Made in 1504 [1507x3041]

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Earth’s poles of inaccessibility [OC][1080x1234]

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Safeguarding our American Liberty - Made in 1941 by Lambert Guenther [2253x3246]

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I made this paper cut map of my hometown of Groningen, the Netherlands to decorate my coffee (whiskey) table. [OC][1124x1117]

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Mercury train in Chicago, 1936 - Mercury train sets were designed by the noted industrial designer Henry Dreyfuss, and are considered a prime example of Art Deco design.

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Coastlines of the Earth - Myriahedral Projection [1920x1077]

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1938 Map of Chicago - The Greatest Inland City in the World

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Pictorial map of Silicon Valley, showing many of the companies inhabiting Silicon Valley in 1982.

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A comparative view of the lengths of the principal rivers of Scotland. Published by John Thomson, Edinburgh, 1831. [5453x3512]

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Silicon Valley as it was in 1986, by Kirby Scudder

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A clever preprinted envelope for use by Japanese Imperial military, listing and illustrating the battles and victories of the Imperial forces. Printed February 1943 [5702x3496]

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Colorful Trinidad, Cuba [1224x816]

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The Global Map, 1940 - Two flat hemispheres that rotate adjoining each other in order to show the shortest airline distances between points. [3665x1995]

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Diffusion of foreign Euro coins in France [997x449]

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“Boston, as the Eagle and the Wild Goose See It”. The first ever aerial photograph of an American ciy. Boston, 1860 [534x629]

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An anti-Catholic cartoon shows Archbishop Francesco Satolli in 1894, casting an evil shadow across the United States. This cartoon was first published in Puck Magazine on September 5, 1894. [OS][3600x2406]

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China, Korea and Japan

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The Treaty of Trianon, the division of the Kingdom of Hungary after the First World War [1323x879]

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Bancrofts' pictorial chart of geographical definitions, 1870 [4331x3459]

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