Norilsk: Siberian city of 175,000 people producing 1% of the world's sulfur dioxide emissions (photographer: Christophe Jacrot)3yr ⋅ nehala ⋅ r/UrbanHell
Taiwan army FB page posted photo of Maj. Wang Yi & her bride for the Armed Forces Collective Wedding3yr ⋅ nehala ⋅ r/pics
This woman at a cafe really resembles the woman in the painting right behind her.5yr ⋅ nehala ⋅ r/mildlyinteresting
This London poster for security cameras on public transportation comes across a little off.7yr ⋅ nehala ⋅ r/WTF
A 2 acre wheatfield in Lower Manhttan, right by the WTC, in 1982. This was organized and carried out by performance artist Agnes Denes, as a statement about the misplaced priorities in modern society.1yr ⋅ nehala ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
The wall decorations in the stairwell of my office building are aggressively 80s.4yr ⋅ nehala ⋅ r/mildlyinteresting
So apparently praying mantises are known to stalk on hummingbird feeders to prey on the birds..7yr ⋅ nehala ⋅ r/WTF
After a decade abroad and a few very rough years, I finally fulfilled a long-time dream by moving to NYC. It's just a tiny studio, but it feels good to have a cozy space to call my own after so many years of being nomadic.1yr ⋅ nehala ⋅ r/HomeDecorating
Percentage of people in each region of Catalonia who speak Catalan as their usual language [600 x 554]7yr ⋅ nehala ⋅ r/MapPorn
MTA just released the ACTUAL subway map for this weekend. Queens is really getting screwed over..5mo ⋅ nehala ⋅ r/Queens
This partially re-Vignelli-ized NYC subway map, currently being piloted at some stations (sorry if this has been posted before!)1yr ⋅ nehala ⋅ r/TransitDiagrams
The distribution of Germanic language/dialects 2000 years ago. Orange is where the ancestor to Dutch was spoken, Red: English/Frisian/Low German/Scots, Yellow: High German, Blue: Swedish/Danish/Norwegian/ Icelandic/Faroese, Green: Gothic (now extinct) [431x419]8yr ⋅ nehala ⋅ r/MapPorn
Finally finished personalizing my tiny studio apartment in NYC. Feels good to have a semi-permanent space to call my own after a decade living abroad and a few very hard years (very rough divorce, losing both parents, and deep depression). Things are looking up again.1yr ⋅ nehala ⋅ r/malelivingspace
Photo taken from the rooftop of my workplace, where I once contemplated suicide and wrote a goodbye note. I visited it one last time tonight after finally clearing out my desk today as my PhD is now done (detailed story in comments).2yr ⋅ nehala ⋅ r/LiminalSpace
Origins of the words for university in various East and Southeast Asian languages, color-coded by root language. Apologies in advance for errors, inconsistencies, and that hastily drawn internal linguistic border in China [OC]4yr ⋅ nehala ⋅ r/etymologymaps
Democrats Abroad Primary in 2020: How Americans living abroad voted in the Democratic Primary [OC]4yr ⋅ nehala ⋅ r/dataisbeautiful
Origins of the words for university in various Asian languages, color-coded by root language. Apologies in advance for errors, inconsistencies, and that hastily drawn internal linguistic border in China [OC]4yr ⋅ nehala ⋅ r/LinguisticMaps
The last comment, in response to news story of US military service member who killed a local Italian teen while drunk driving.1yr ⋅ nehala ⋅ r/ShitAmericansSay
I was in a bad mood Tuesday, and then came across this in the break room. In America I would just let this slide, but I then passively aggressively wrote a note (bottom of the photo). Am I turning Swiss?5yr ⋅ nehala ⋅ r/Switzerland
Yangtze River delta cities (largest: Shanghai) with their prefectural (administrative) population in millions. Scale for distance added. Whole area has 40% more people than Germany. Quick modification of map from Wikipedia (User:Seasonsinthesun) I made while bored. Sorry for any errors. [1266x901]5yr ⋅ nehala ⋅ r/MapPorn
First time on (or ever seeing) a sleeping bus in this format. It's surprisingly comfortable...4yr ⋅ nehala ⋅ r/gifs
Democrats Abroad Primary in 2020: How Americans living abroad voted in the Democratic Primary [OC]4yr ⋅ nehala ⋅ r/dataisbeautiful
I was NOT expecting a Boeing 777 for my 220mi/350km hop from Izmir to Istanbul. Anyone else know of similarly short routes using wide body aircraft?2yr ⋅ nehala ⋅ r/aviation
This has got to be the most New Orleanian front page assortment of news articles I've ever seen (of the Metro section) , ranging from police misconduct to Southern Decadence to Priestess Miriam.6yr ⋅ nehala ⋅ r/NewOrleans
Map showing history of genetic contributions to the population of Madagascar over time (Pierron et al, 2017. PNAS)4yr ⋅ nehala ⋅ r/MapPorn
Here's a road work sign in Tok Pisin, an English-based creole language spoken in Papua New Guinea. Translation: Work on the road. All cars must stop if you see a red sign. (Detailed breakdown in comments)8yr ⋅ nehala ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
Names for Germany in the world's languages. (Work in progress--explanation in comments, please let me know of any inaccuracies) [1700x746]7yr ⋅ nehala ⋅ r/MapPorn
Angela Merkel in 1990, drinking schnapps with fisherman on the island of Rugen during her campaign for German parliament.6yr ⋅ nehala ⋅ r/pics
Official map of East Berlin transit lines (subway, suburban & regional rail) from 1989, right before the wall came down [1024x726]5yr ⋅ nehala ⋅ r/MapPorn
Not practical, but achieving this (with no angles <90*) has been a longstanding aesthetic dream of mine...8yr ⋅ nehala ⋅ r/MiniMetro
The American states labelled yellow have about the same approximate population as Bangladesh (green). The Nordic and Baltic states (pink) have almost the same population as greater Tokyo (orange). Russia (red) has a similar population to that of the island of Java (blue). [960 x 419]8yr ⋅ nehala ⋅ r/MapPorn
Palmarian Catholic Church antipope Gregory XVII has a prolonged vision of Jesus. Bishop on left is bored.7yr ⋅ nehala ⋅ r/gifs
This example of Cyrillic cursive may not be the prettiest per se, but it sure is hypnotic.8yr ⋅ nehala ⋅ r/PenmanshipPorn
Democrats Abroad Primary in 2020: How Americans living abroad voted in the Democratic Primary (details, source in comments) [OC]4yr ⋅ nehala ⋅ r/MapPorn
This men's bathroom in a Swiss church offers toilet paper for the urinals.6yr ⋅ nehala ⋅ r/mildlyinteresting
You've acclimated to Switzerland when something like this gives you a mini-panic attack. [Line 16 is not a standard tram line, Line 10 doesn't stop here, and both destinations are at 2 forks of the tram route-no the signage wasn't rotating] There was no ZVV service change that day. Any explanation?7yr ⋅ nehala ⋅ r/Switzerland
This Swiss guild's flag is literally a monkey holding an axe, looking at itself in the mirror. It also has a penis.7yr ⋅ nehala ⋅ r/mildlyinteresting
During Carnival, a rural Swiss valley puts on the Tschaggatta, where traditionally, single men wear monster costumes and masks, and scare and chase people, especially little girls.9yr ⋅ nehala ⋅ r/creepy
This bakery sign in Germany is in Sutterlin, a type of cursive taught to all Germans between 1915-1941. It's illegible to most younger Germans. [sign says : 'Backerei' or 'Bakery']6yr ⋅ nehala ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
Dau Hu Don Thit: Vietnamese style fried tofu stuffed with pork, mushrooms, and tomatoes9yr ⋅ nehala ⋅ r/food
This verb table for Basque verbs makes it immediately clear that it isn't related to any other language, European or not.7yr ⋅ nehala ⋅ r/europe
Moldova summed up in one photo: obscenely cheap wine and a functional East German-manufactured rotary telephone in a Soviet-era hotel.9yr ⋅ nehala ⋅ r/mildlyinteresting
On an SRF game show tonight: these have to be the most Swiss categories imaginable.7yr ⋅ nehala ⋅ r/Switzerland
These brands of jasmine rice appear to be engaged in a quality rating war.8yr ⋅ nehala ⋅ r/mildlyinteresting
