27 Photos That Serve As A Terrifying Reminder Of How Much Of A Speck You Really Are In Our Enormous Universe

We're all just teeny little ants in an endless universe.

This month, NASA released the deepest infrared image of the universe to date.

Worlds without end 😰 from megalophobia

From a scientific standpoint, this photo is obviously very exciting. But for people like me — who are in a chronic existential crisis — it's honestly quite terrifying. Everything around us is so vast, and we are so, so small in comparison!!!!! HELP!!!!

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Anyway, there's something called "megalophobia" that made me feel a little less alone in my anxiety. It's the intense fear of large objects, and applies to anything ranging from buildings, to monuments, to bodies of water. If these 27 photos make you panic, you might just be megalophobic:

1. This birds-eye view of the Pacific Ocean:

the sheer size of the Pacific. from megalophobia

2. This hotel that looks like it's about to crush the streets of Macau:

The Hotel Grand Lisboa viewed from the streets of Macau. from megalophobia

3. This itty-bitty boat under an enormous bridge:

Boat under the bridge from megalophobia

4. This windshield grasshopper that looks like it's going Godzilla on a town:

a post from r/bossfight I think it belongs here from megalophobia

5. This horrifying blanket of clouds:

Giant scary blanket. from megalophobia

6. This "underwater cliff":

Nooope from megalophobia

7. This oil rig platform that's 15 times the size of the hotel right next to it:

Oil rig platform being towed into the sea. The platform itself is dwarfing the luxurious hotel on the left from megalophobia

8. This ground floor perspective of St. Peter's Basilica:

I was in St. Peters Basilica this afternoon, people for scale. from megalophobia

9. This enormous mountain on Mars:

Olympus Mons, on the planet Mars. It’s the largest mountain in the solar system and is about 22KM high. from megalophobia

10. The wild screenshot from Dune:

The new Dune movie is 2 hours and 35 minutes of megalophobic mayhem. from megalophobia

11. This disorienting snapshot of the African Renaissance Monument:

Tallest statue in Africa from megalophobia

Credit: Ian Rutherford / Alamy

12. This photoshopped image of a comet next to LA that'll probably haunt my dreams for years to come:

Comet compared to Los Angeles. from megalophobia

13. This street view of Mt. Fuji:

Mt. Fuji view from a nearby town. from megalophobia

14. This daunting dam:

Damn, that's big. from megalophobia

15. This old, enormous ship:

400 year old vasa ship. from megalophobia

16. This model of a stadium that seats a million:

Post i saw on r/interestingasfuck. I thik this belongs here. A 1 million seater stadium concept made and designed by American artist Paul Pfeiffer. from megalophobia

17. This little human in a big mine:

Salt mines. from megalophobia

18. This ancient bird that's 10 times the size of a human:

Argentavis magnificens (literally "magnificent argentine bird") is the largest flying bird ever discovered from megalophobia

Credit: Image courtesy of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles

19. And this ancient millipede:

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20. This monstrous tree:

Coastal redwoods are a thing to admire from megalophobia

21. This seemingly endless crevasse:

A British scientist descending into an Antarctic crevasse from megalophobia

22. This big ol' bed:

Comfy from megalophobia

23. This dizzying fire escape:

Fire Escape from megalophobia

24. This unending trail:

Almost looks like if you tripped you’d roll forever into the icy horizon. from megalophobia

25. These massive air conditioners:

Each of the 8 stadiums at the World Cup in Qatar will have air conditioners to battle the hot temperatures and to keep the air clean. from megalophobia

26. This 400-pound whale heart:

What you're looking at is the LARGEST HEART ON EARTH, the heart from a blue whale ! An average blue whale's heart is about 4 feet wide, and 5 feet tall. (1.2 m/1.5 m) The heart itself weighs over 400 pounds! (182 kg) from megalophobia

27. And finally, this gigantic clock:

woman sits on big clock in mecca from megalophobia

H/T: r/megalophobia