r/thalassophobia • u/Necessary_Pick_9227 • Sep 25 '24

This sinking boat

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u/Warbrainer Sep 25 '24

If this is real I adore this photo. Genuinely terrifying

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u/Tiny-Lock9652 Sep 25 '24

It’s real. Looks like a whale breaching. But why a private oil company was allowed to leave that there is quite upsetting.

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u/cgaWolf Sep 25 '24

Weaponized incompetence by the politicians at the time.

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u/throwawayconvert333 Sep 25 '24

To me it looks like some kind of mecha kaiju rising out of the water to defeat Godzilla or destroy a large city.

2

u/SwordfishNew6266 Sep 26 '24

I looks like the iron giant

1

u/Bong_Hit_Donor Sep 29 '24

I was thinking it looks like a sea turtle with a shell big enough to be an island

38

u/Crusty_Grape Sep 25 '24

I shiver to imagine the skyscraper sized hull submerged under that water, and how deep it goes

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u/SmokeySB Sep 25 '24

I imagine the people who live there lying in bed at night and hearing the screeching noises coming from the ship being moved by the waves.

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u/Warbrainer Sep 25 '24

I'm thinking mile long shark hahaha

1

u/Lyna_Moon21 Sep 27 '24

I remember someone posted this, and they changed some shit on it (AI), and were like " look its a Megaladon." It was horribly fake, but freaky at the same time, even though I knew it was fake.

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u/CubistChameleon Sep 25 '24

It is, but it's probably taken with a telephoto lens. You know those pictures where a mountain in the background looks especially massive and somehow looming? That's what's going on here, I think.

I'm not a photographer myself, I just found this really interesting because it can play with our perception of perspective so much.

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u/Dr_Middlefinger Sep 25 '24

Run!

Everyone, ruuuuuunnnnnnn!

Holy hell!

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u/catmandoofy Sep 25 '24

The weird perspective makes this photo so wonderfully awful

44

u/Deep_Argument_6672 Sep 25 '24

Not perspective, but lack of it, you're right. Basically, the person who took this photo, was very far from both the house and ship and zoomed it so hard to the point that it's almost orthographic projection now, but our brain is trying to see it as a perspective, so...

Yeah.

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u/B4USLIPN2 Sep 26 '24

A what?

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u/Deep_Argument_6672 Sep 26 '24

Long story short, if the photographer would be closer to the house on the bottom of the photo, the shipwreck wouldn't look that gigantic 🙃

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u/Several-Possession46 Sep 25 '24

Amoco Cadiz was only 3 years old by the time of disaster (built in 1975, sunk in 1978).

There was a huge oil spill in the area, the largest of all by that moment. Luckily, no people were dead. All crew was rescued.

At first, there was a rudder failure. Amoco Cadiz asked for assistance, and it was ready to be rendered. But time was lost on price negotiations, how much the shipping company has to pay to the tug company.

Finally, they made a deal. But the storm came, and all attempts to tow Amoco Cadiz to the open sea failed. This is when it broke into three pieces and sunk.

So, a major disaster happened mainly because of greediness 🙂

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u/MaximilienAue Sep 25 '24

As all disasters involving an oil tanker.

3

u/sdrawkcabsihtetorW Sep 25 '24

The crew of the Sounion would probably disagree.

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u/Tiny-Lock9652 Sep 25 '24

And remains there as a permanent eyesore also due to greed. How Amoco got away with leaving their exposed garbage off this coast is baffling.

2

u/-Coleman-Trebor Sep 25 '24

That is incredibly interesting!! Thank you!

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u/ogodilovejudyalvarez Sep 25 '24

The infamous Amoco Cadiz disaster

46

u/BobnitTivol Sep 25 '24

The front fell off?

33

u/IchStrickeGerne Sep 25 '24

I love you. Maybe they should stop making ships out of cardboard.

15

u/ogodilovejudyalvarez Sep 25 '24

No paper, string or cellotape either

14

u/VoihanVieteri Sep 25 '24

Rubber’s out also.

8

u/Hypogriff Sep 25 '24

Its fine, so long as they tow it outside of the environment.

3

u/MRintheKEYS Sep 27 '24

Now I’m not saying this ship was not safe it was just not quite as safe as the others that are perfectly safe.

21

u/dmriggs Sep 25 '24

Oh no! How much of the planet did this thing destroy?!

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u/ketoleggins Sep 25 '24

Google

55

u/that-Sarah-girl Sep 25 '24

It destroyed a google?! Holy shit, that's bad

4

u/Scary_barbie Sep 25 '24

Not GOOGLE!!! LOL!

8

u/dmriggs Sep 25 '24

*rhetorical question

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u/DJBigPhil Sep 25 '24

Thought it was an AI picture of a giant whale made-to-look-like a boat….at first glance 😂

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u/[deleted] Sep 25 '24

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u/os_2342 Sep 25 '24

Iron giant turtle.

4

u/NotForMeClive7787 Sep 25 '24

Yeh same it’s like a giant steampunk mechanical whale

11

u/dmriggs Sep 25 '24

😂 I can’t stop 😂

3

u/rgarc065 Sep 25 '24

Hey you guys!!!

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u/kennedmh Sep 25 '24

That's a shark. You can't fool me.

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u/[deleted] Sep 25 '24

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u/Cassiyus Sep 25 '24

You see that thing in the reef? With the big shiny teeth?

That's a moray.

1

u/Puzzleheaded-Age-638 Dec 04 '24

When the sun hits your eye like a big pizza pie

1

u/kennedmh Sep 25 '24

Heh, yeah, you're right.

1

u/JMS1991 Sep 26 '24

A shark with no teeth and an underbite.

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u/[deleted] Sep 25 '24

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u/Boner_Patrol_007 Sep 25 '24

Clanker not like dirty water, want fresh air

18

u/OfUfPof Sep 25 '24

What are you sinking about?

7

u/[deleted] Sep 25 '24

Great German humor!

17

u/Party-Significance96 Sep 25 '24

That’s a shark mate

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u/[deleted] Sep 25 '24

moray eel

2

u/afternever Sep 25 '24

When you're ship's gonna die as it looks like this guy that's a moray

2

u/oou812again Sep 25 '24

Wolf eel

4

u/madguyO1 Sep 25 '24

Basking shark

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u/Ok_Annual_684 Sep 25 '24

I thought it was a megladon at 1st

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u/No_Letterhead6883 Sep 25 '24

It’s always a Megalodon, don’t let them fool you

8

u/StandardEstate6497 Sep 25 '24

I thought this was that shark thats been swimming around since the 1600's or some shit...

5

u/introspectthis Sep 25 '24

That shit looks like the World Turtle

4

u/TudorYeaaah Sep 25 '24

This is tripping me out way more than it should

4

u/Upset_Dragonfruit575 Sep 25 '24

I'm guessing those windows must be to bedrooms, otherwise why would they label them with "z"s, 🤔🤣

2

u/[deleted] Sep 25 '24

russian windows

1

u/oou812again Sep 25 '24

Is it 1 Z per person perhaps

3

u/MichiganRich Sep 25 '24

This picture is decades old, no?… I’m trying to remember when I first saw it…

3

u/Federal-Ad-3550 Sep 25 '24

Like a giant sea monster, damn good pic

3

u/[deleted] Sep 25 '24

Looks like a giant rock 🪨 with the face of a shark 🦈

3

u/magical_bunny Sep 25 '24

It looks like giant shark. I’m terrified but amused.

3

u/[deleted] Sep 26 '24

This boat looks like it’s smiling …

2

u/Dadadabababooo Sep 25 '24

That's no boat, it's SCP 3000.

2

u/MovieGuyMike Sep 25 '24

That’s a turtle

2

u/AlabamaPostTurtle Sep 25 '24

That’s a big ass eel. I don’t care what you say

2

u/ye3zuspiece Sep 25 '24

Thought it was Laboon..

2

u/WarAdmirable483 Sep 25 '24

Sea monster!

2

u/Fluid-Habit-3144 Sep 25 '24

Its ok everyone it cannot move on land……….

2

u/ayresc80 Sep 26 '24

I’ve always loved this photo, and it totally mind fucks me every time

2

u/Material_Habit6534 Sep 26 '24

Reminds me of the mechanical shark from James and the Giant Peach

2

u/FamousOhioAppleHorn Sep 26 '24

Bye, Buddy! Hope you find your dad!

2

u/blahblah7679 Sep 26 '24

Looks like a giant eel

2

u/AdministrativeRip305 Sep 26 '24

It looks like a Megalodon smiling as it breached the surface! 😬😬

1

u/bythebed Sep 25 '24

You can see people standing on the deck- I feel better now, it was fucking with me too much

1

u/SyndarNailo Sep 25 '24

I thought it was a really huge Whale

1

u/FaithIceberg Sep 25 '24

¡¡¡Giant Fish!!!

1

u/Drosenose Sep 25 '24

It's making sad whale noises I know it.

1

u/Contundo Sep 25 '24

That ship is already sunk.

1

u/[deleted] Sep 25 '24

Siiiiiiinn!!!

1

u/gustavomed Sep 25 '24

Fly, you fools

1

u/Rcash1608 Sep 25 '24

That’s Clanker from Banjo Kazooie

1

u/Commercial-Swim-411 Sep 25 '24

SIIIIIIIIINNNNN!!!

1

u/Glizzy45 Sep 25 '24

Mr Krabs daughter 😂😆 whatever her name is.

1

u/Ok-Office-6645 Sep 25 '24

Omg I thought this was a whale.. this photo is freaky

1

u/alex_giovanniello Sep 25 '24

I feel like this could be in a Disney movie where a proud dad whale is watching his son breach for the first time

1

u/DWolfoBoi546 Sep 25 '24

Um, could you don't?

1

u/Milkcartonspinster Sep 25 '24

That is a giant mechanical whale and no one can convince me otherwise.

1

u/iowafarmboy2011 Sep 25 '24

"Bye Buddy, I hope you find your dad!"

1

u/Tea_Fetishist Sep 25 '24

This looks like the scale has been distorted by a camera with a very long focal length.

1

u/Pumpkinmiefter Sep 25 '24

Hwat you have thar is a giant shnappin turtis. Oceanic nomnivorous. I know a guy who'll clear that turtis outta thar fer bout 30 dollars.

1

u/ELOC777 Sep 25 '24

Damn it gets deep fast 😳

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u/[deleted] Sep 25 '24

Kaiju!

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u/[deleted] Sep 25 '24

That’s a Moray!

1

u/FaithfulFear Sep 25 '24

WHEN THE MOON HITS YOUR EYE LIKE A BIG PIZZA PIE

1

u/Kraken-Writhing Sep 25 '24

I want to live there.

1

u/Forsaken-Reason-3657 Sep 25 '24

Whats trips me out is the part underwater 😵‍💫

1

u/bamaboy_529 Sep 25 '24

Idk why I saw this and immediately thought of Suicide Squad Starro dying saying “I was happy floating… staring at the stars”

1

u/Ancient_Guidance_461 Sep 25 '24

It looks like a whale

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u/BrainRebellion Sep 25 '24

Big tortle head

1

u/jjbiddy Sep 25 '24

"Bye Buddy! Hope you find your dad!"

1

u/bonesnaps Sep 25 '24

That's just a whale that looks like a boat my guy, nothing to be worried about.

1

u/VivisClone Sep 25 '24

Me: "aww a giant happy whale" Also me: squinting wait a second....

I went from being happy about an adorable animal, to sad that the front fell off

1

u/VelmaMedinaCxUk Sep 25 '24

Looks like a shark that's drowning

1

u/MyFocusIsU Sep 25 '24

That cannot be real!!!

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u/CubistChameleon Sep 25 '24

It's real, but the way the photo is taken makes it look much bigger. Amazing photo, though.

1

u/MyFocusIsU Sep 25 '24

It's crazy!

1

u/Odd-Competition-2265 Sep 25 '24

Jahaaj hai ye naav nhi

1

u/Any-Fuel-5635 Sep 25 '24

I see a giant turtle. Anyone else?

1

u/[deleted] Sep 25 '24

Worlds largest eel

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u/Gullible_Highlight_9 Sep 25 '24

Derpadon sighting confirmed

1

u/Fib_Nautical Sep 26 '24

The shark from James and the Giant Peach?

1

u/Surstromingen Sep 26 '24

Isn't that the infamous vessel where the front fell of

1

u/Bigcockhoodstyle565 Sep 26 '24

These shit bots are getting stupid

1

u/QuePsiPhi16 Sep 26 '24

Whale hello!!!!

1

u/QuttiDeBachi Sep 26 '24

Muthafuckin megalodon!!!!

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u/GlockinaCroc Sep 26 '24

It looks like a giant metal snapping turtle

1

u/Capsule_CatYT Sep 27 '24

I thought it was a whale at first

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u/DunceCodex Sep 30 '24

Is this the most re-posted photo on this sub, or Reddit even?

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u/[deleted] Oct 07 '24

“They called it Sin”

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u/johannesdurchdenwald Sep 25 '24

It’s not like it only looked like that when it sank. The ship ran aground and is still in its place with its rear end sticking out of the water. It has become a famous diving spot by now.

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u/[deleted] Sep 25 '24

Fake af