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50 "Before And After" Photos I Could Stare At All Day Long

Two photos, one incredible story.

1. A woman before and after being clean for 19 months:

2. A Viking axe as it was found and after restoration:

3. And a 300-year-old sword pommel before and after being cleaned:

4. Self-portraits drawn before and after taking a month-long drawing class:

5. A classic Datsun 240z sports car before and after being restored:

6. An Asian woman before drinking alcohol and after when she experienced "Asian flush":

A woman's face is redder and happier after a few drinks

7. The windows on a high-rise building before and after Hurricane Laura:

8. And Houston, Texas before and after Hurricane Harvey:

9. A pie before and after being put in the oven:

10. And an oven before and after a deep clean:

11. Abraham Lincoln on May 20, 1860 (10 months before his inauguration) and on Feb. 5, 1865 (a couple months before the end of the Civil War):

12. The side of a building before and after an absolutely unbelievable trompe l’oeil paint job:

13. An X-ray of someone's back before and after scoliosis surgery:

14. A cat before and after being told to get out of the high chair:

15. And a deaf dog before and after his owner signed "Good dog" at him:

A dog's face is still and then in a second photo it is smiling

16. Hiroshima, Japan shortly after the deployment of an atomic bomb and 75 years later:

17. A bald eagle who'd had his beak shot off by a poacher, before and after receiving a prosthetic beak:

In one photo an eagle has no nose and in a second he has a large beak

18. The night sky as we normally see it and after a blackout:

19. A wooden chair before and after extensive detailing:

20. People wasting time while waiting for public transportation then (the early 1900s) and now:

21. The Crew Dragon Endeavour_ _before traveling to the space station and after it returned:

22. A man before and after going into the sun with transition contact lenses:

23. A woman's hair before and after visiting her hairdresser:

24. Braces when they were first put on and after eight months of usage:

25. Basil before and after being watered:

26. The Swedish town of Söderhamn in 1920 and a hundred years later:

27. A scene from 2011's Rise of the Planet of the Apes before and after the digital visual effects were added:

An actor performs as an ape in one photo, then in another his performance is rendered as an ape with CGI

28. A 19th century oil panting before and after restoration:

The painting is dramatically improved in the second photo

29. OJ Simpson's book If I Did It (where he laid out what he called a "hypothetical" description of how he could have killed Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman) before and after a bankruptcy court awarded the book's rights to the Goldman family.

30. Uelzen, Germany then (around 1944 during World War II) and now:

31. Disney animators then (in the late '50s working on Sleeping Beauty) and now-ish (working on 2010's Tangled):

32. A mansion before and after being abandoned:

33. An abandoned mansion before and after being restored:

34. These adorable puppy pals then and now:

35. A person's room during and after a period of depression:

36. The Roman Forum (a couple thousand years ago or so) and now:

37. A man before and after the fall of the Berlin Wall:

38. This mother and son playing around on a copier then and now:

39. The London Underground then (a hundred years ago or so) and now:

40. Dallas, Texas's Dealey Plaza then (during the assassination of President Kennedy on Nov. 22, 1963) and now-ish (Oct. 23, 2013):

41. This racetrack in the '70s or '80s and today, after it was abandoned:

42. Brooklyn, New York, then (1916) and now:

43. A cat before and after being rescued off the street:

44. And a cat before and after drying off from a bath:

45. A man before and after cutting his hair to donate to a nonprofit that makes wigs for children with cancer:

46. A photo of the Andromeda Galaxy before and after processing:

47. The skyline of Manila before and after undergoing quarantine:

48. And Rio de Janeiro before and after 140 years elapsed:

49. And a street when it was navigated by tanks during World War II and today:

50. And a New York city building before and after being power washed: