Pictures I Like

Paintings

Cueva de las Manos cave paintings in Santa Cruz, Argentina — Cueva de las Manos, Santa Cruz, Argentina, c. 7300 BC

The Death of Socrates by Jacques-Louis David — The Death of Socrates, Jacques-Louis David, 1787

Wanderer above the Sea of Fog by Caspar David Friedrich — Wanderer above the Sea of Fog, Caspar David Friedrich, 1818

The Great Wave off Kanagawa by Katsushika Hokusai — The Great Wave off Kanagawa, Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1831

Dresden by moonlight, painting by Johan Christian Dahl — View of Dresden by Moonlight, Johan Christian Dahl, 1839

Satan Overlooking Paradise by Gustave Doré — Satan Overlooking Paradise, Gustave Doré, 1866

Cliff in the Moonlight by Rufin Sudkovsky — Cliff in the Moonlight, Rufin Sudkovsky, 1880s

Nighthawks by Edward Hopper — Nighthawks, Edward Hopper, 1942

Nighthawks parody with slasher character — Nighthawks (Slasher Edit)

Portrait of Mrs. Mary Sigall by Salvador Dalí — Portrait of Mrs. Mary Sigall, Salvador Dalí, 1956

Salvador Dalí inside a crystal ball with melting clocks — Dalí's World

Wave optical illusion print by Larry Carlson — Wave, Larry Carlson

Mountains

Snow-capped mountain peak in moody clouds — Aleks Dahlberg

Mountain peaks under a starry night sky — Daniel Leone

Aerial view of mountain ridges at golden hour — Mountain Ridges

Icefields Parkway through a mountain valley in the Canadian Rockies — Icefields Parkway

Yosemite Valley at sunset with El Capitan — Yosemite Valley

Mountain panorama landscape — Panorama

Lush tropical valley meeting the coast from above — Sarah Humer

Forests

Sunlight streaming through a dense forest — The Forest

Sunset over a vast forested landscape from a cliff — Łukasz Szmigiel

Road disappearing into a tunnel of tall pine trees — Sébastien Marchand

Foggy road through a dark tree-canopied forest — Danis Lou

Aerial view of terraced tea fields and winding paths — Ferdinand Stöhr

Fern canopy framing deep jungle darkness — Yoal Desurmont

Close-up of a leaf with water droplets — Leaf

Deserts

Golden sand dunes of the Sahara Desert — Emma van Sant

Pale sand dunes under a hazy sky — Mark Eder

Wadi Rum desert with red sand and jagged mountains — Juli Kosolapova

Aerial view of a road winding through red rock canyons — Jeremy Bishop

Person overlooking the Wadi Rum desert from a cliff — Wilson Szeto

Road through a palm oasis toward a desert mountain — Max van den Oetelaar

Abandoned house in a barren desert landscape — Rémi Jacquaint

Cactus in desert light — Cactus

Water

Waterfall cascading into a lush green valley — Andrew Coelho

Chamarel Waterfalls in Mauritius — Chamarel Waterfalls, Mauritius

Emerald Bay at Lake Tahoe at sunset — Emerald Bay, Lake Tahoe

Alpine lake with cabin and mountain reflections at sunrise — Cabin on the Lake

Wooden dock extending into perfectly still foggy water — Calm Sea

Crossed wooden beams of a bridge over a turquoise river — Border

Sailboat on the open water — Sailing

Sea Life

Cuttlefish swimming — Cuttlefish

Glowing jellyfish in deep blue water — Braden Collum

Fluorescent coral in ultraviolet light — David Clode

Garden eel peeking up from the sand — Uriel Soberanes

Diver next to a shipwreck underwater — Shipwrecked

Animals

Two budgies on a branch — Budgies, Stephanie LeBlanc

The Crabs, 1976 animated short by Václav Mergl — The Crabs, Václav Mergl, 1976

Night Sky

Moon close-up — Moon

Milky Way over a landscape — Milky Way

Silhouette of a person under the Milky Way — Wow

Snow-covered forest treeline under a starry sky — Meltdown

Deep Space

Blue nebula in space — Blue Nebula

Starry nebula in deep space — Starry Nebula

Pillars of Creation, James Webb Space Telescope — Pillars of Creation, NASA/ESA/CSA JWST, 2022

Cosmic Cliffs in the Carina Nebula, James Webb Space Telescope — Cosmic Cliffs, Carina Nebula, NASA/ESA/CSA JWST, 2022

Stephan's Quintet, James Webb Space Telescope — Stephan's Quintet, NASA/ESA/CSA JWST, 2022

Southern Ring Nebula, James Webb Space Telescope — Southern Ring Nebula, NASA/ESA/CSA JWST, 2022

Tarantula Nebula, James Webb Space Telescope — Tarantula Nebula, NASA/ESA/CSA JWST, 2022

Space & Flight

Saturn V rocket launch — Saturn V Launch, NASA, 1969

Space Shuttle launch — Space Shuttle, NASA

F-22 Raptor in flight — F-22 Raptor, USAF

SpaceX Falcon 9 boosters after landing — Falcon Landed, SpaceX

SpaceX Starman in a Tesla Roadster with Earth behind — Starman, SpaceX, 2018

Mars surface with smiley face — Mars :), NASA/JPL

All planets of the solar system in vertical panels — Every Planet in One

Cars

Nissan Skyline GT-R R34 at night — Nissan Skyline GT-R R34

Top-down view of a green Singer Porsche 911 — Singer 911

Mood

Hungarian Parliament in fog at sunrise — Budapest Dawn

Train tracks curving through a forest at sunset — Irina Iriser

Rainy day through a window — Rainy Day

Deep snow at night under a street lamp — Snow and Light

Warm-lit cabin among snow-covered trees at night — Cozy

Man sitting on a cliff edge overlooking a gorge — On the Edge

Travel flat lay with map, camera, journal, and magnifying glass — Adventure

Sci-fi & Fantasy

Cyberpunk neon city street at night, Ghost in the Shell — Ghost in the Shell

Synthwave neon gas station at night — Outrun Gas Station

Child on a bike approaching a giant robot on a dusty road — Robot

Floating sci-fi city in the clouds by Wojtek Fus — Cloud City, Wojtek Fus

The Iron Giant looking up at stars — The Iron Giant, 1999

Fantasy map of the world with land and ocean swapped — Reverse World

Surreal mirror portals standing in a misty mountain forest — Doors

Surreal & Digital Art

Planet in space with meteors and a distant star — Cosm

Silhouette figure in ripples looking up at planets — Spacing Out

Cosmic cloudscape with a star beam and sphere — Ascension I

Sci-fi pillars framing Earth with a beam of light — Ascension II

Cosmic jungle with clouds and celestial structures — Ascension III

Alien desert landscape with towering clouds and lightning — Ascension IV

Golden Anubis statue in a greenhouse with flowers and fireflies — Anubis

Skull wearing a Native American headdress with dripping paint — Everyone Gets High

Manhattan cityscape in the shape of a brushstroke — Brushstroke Manhattan

Monkey Brain surrealist painting — Monkey Brain

Psychedelic cosmic temple artwork — Cosmic Temple

Empty train interior with text: Dance like no one is watching, Encrypt like everyone is — Encrypt Like Everyone Is

First Words children's book in a junkyard — First Words

Music & Culture

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness album art — Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, The Smashing Pumpkins, 1995

The Smashing Pumpkins band photo — The Smashing Pumpkins

All Junglists - A London Somet'ing Dis — All Junglists, A London Somet'ing Dis

Muhammad Ali in a bank vault with cash — Muhammad Ali

Mugging face emoji — Muggingface