Pictures I Like

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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

  • The Sun Sets Sail by Rob Gonsalves

    The Sun Sets Sail

    Rob Gonsalves · 2001

  • Late Afternoon Light by Cyril Cox, vivid autumnal birch landscape

    Late Afternoon Light

    Cyril Cox

  • A crescent moon with soft vapor trails hangs among dark clouds lit from below

    Crescent in Cloud

  • A full moon rises over a frozen river with snow-covered banks, bare trees and a distant castle

    Winter Moonrise

  • Translucent figures drift above a pond in the moonlight, framed by willow branches

    Fairies in Moonlight

  • A full moon shines through a rift in towering banks of cloud above a dark hillside

    Moon Over Clouds

  • Hutten's Grave by Caspar David Friedrich, a man in old German dress leaning on a sword beside a tomb inside a ruined Gothic choir

    Hutten's Grave

    Caspar David Friedrich · c. 1823

  • Two Men Contemplating the Moon by Caspar David Friedrich

    Two Men Contemplating the Moon

    Caspar David Friedrich · 1819

  • Woodland Pool by Caspar David Friedrich, bare trees and a fallen trunk above still water

    Woodland Pool

    Caspar David Friedrich

  • The Cemetery Entrance by Caspar David Friedrich

    The Cemetery Entrance

    Caspar David Friedrich · 1825

  • A woman at a portative organ is crowned by a winged angel, in coral red and celadon

    Saint Cecilia

    Ezio Anichini

  • A woman in a patterned gown leans back against a pedestal of white daisies, palm fronds and a lake behind her

    The Terrace

    Ezio Anichini

  • A young woman in green looks upward as roses spill from her apron, white lilies in the foreground

    Spring

    Ezio Anichini

  • A dancer arches back in veils and gold jewellery, a severed head framed in a golden disc behind her

    Salomé

    Ezio Anichini

  • A pale woman rises waist-deep from still water under a red and gold halo, rings spreading across a dark sea at night

    The Mermaid

    Harald Sohlberg · 1896

  • A tall valley of rocky peaks at sunrise, sunbeams breaking through storm clouds onto a green valley floor with a distant waterfall and lake, dark pines in the foreground

    Lander's Peak

    Albert Bierstadt · 1863

  • Four paintings of Victorian haunted houses under full moons at night by Lewis Barrett Lehrman

    Haunted Houses

    Lewis Barrett Lehrman

  • A boy in round spectacles reads a chivalric adventure book on the floor beside a sleeping dog, with a knight and maiden conjured in a circular scene behind him

    Dreams

    Norman Rockwell · 1923

  • A solitary black magpie perched atop a snow-covered wooden gate in a bright winter landscape, long blue-violet shadows raking across fresh snow toward frost-dusted orchard trees and a farmhouse

    The Magpie

    Claude Monet · 1868-69

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

  • White egret perched on a branch in dark evergreen foliage

    James Kemp

  • Overhead view of a blue jay in mid-flight with its blue, black and white barred wings and tail feathers fully spread

    Blue Jay in Flight

    nerdyverz

  • Front-facing portrait of an Agami heron standing still in a Costa Rican swamp, long dark bill pointing straight down between maroon breast feathers and draping slate-blue crest plumes

    Swamp Stalker

    Kenneth Martinez

  • Barn owls perched on a wooden water tower at dusk

    Barn Owls

    alexqarbuckle

  • A hedgehog curled asleep in a bed of autumn leaves

    Good Night

    Henriette Boerendans

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

  • A glowing orb low over a treeline at dusk

    Undisturbed Moment

    craftsmangod

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 · 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

  • Mystic Mountain pillar of gas and dust in the Carina Nebula, Hubble Space Telescope

    Mystic Mountain

    Hubble · processed by Judy Schmidt · 2010

  • Filaments of the Veil supernova remnant in red and cyan across a dark star field

    Veil Nebula

    astromatthewt · 2026

  • A vertical cascade of fine blue filaments in the Veil Nebula, edged in magenta and crimson

    Veil Filaments

    astromatthewt · 2026

  • A chaotic web of crossing filaments in the Veil Nebula, cyan braided through crimson

    Shock Web

    astromatthewt · 2026

  • A curved shock ridge in the Veil Nebula sweeping from upper right to lower left, blue over faint red clouds

    Shock Ridge

    astromatthewt · 2026

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

Architecture

  • Black and white cutaway drawing of a round hall whose curved wall is covered in carved lettering, with a colossal statue at its centre

    Rotunda Interior

    Adalberto Libera

  • Perspective drawing of a fluted round hall with a sculpted frieze, standing in a sunken circular plaza

    Rotunda Exterior

    Adalberto Libera

  • Night rendering of a colossal arch spanning a water basin with a cascading fountain at its centre

    Arch Over Water

    Adalberto Libera

  • Blue-toned elevation drawing of a reception hall with a colonnaded porch and a curved vault behind it

    Reception Hall

    Adalberto Libera

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

  • Grand glass solarium library glowing warmly at twilight

    Twilight Sanctuary

  • Man sitting on a cliff edge overlooking a gorge

    On the Edge

  • Travel flat lay with map, camera, journal, and magnifying glass

    Adventure

  • Point-of-view shot over a car hood driving a rain-soaked city avenue lit by teal, amber and pink neon.

    Neon-Drenched Cruise

    Wet roads at night

  • A single car on a dark wet boulevard drives toward an illuminated clock tower under glowing street lamps.

    Broad Street at Midnight

    Wet roads at night

  • Two figures walk past a diner lit with red neon on a misty wet city street.

    Steam by the River Diner

    Wet roads at night

  • Car headlights cast long white reflections along a rain-slicked empty road under overhead gantry trusses.

    Headlights on the Bridge

    Wet roads at night

  • A figure and a horse in deep snow beside a wooden fence, photograph by Félix Thiollier

    Shadows in the Snow

    Félix Thiollier · c. 1899

  • A black and white night photograph of a couple walking through fog past a parked vintage car and a row of townhouses in San Francisco

    Couple in Fog

    Fred Lyon · 1953

  • Dune grass on a sloping Truro dune below a pale blue sky, a white clapboard house cropped at the right edge, in soft afternoon light

    Dune Grass, Truro

    Joel Meyerowitz · 1984

  • A snow-dusted playground climbing frame and slide in an unlit park at night, flakes falling through bare trees

    Snow, Night 1

    nyafu · 2026

  • A cleared snowbank piled along an empty road in front of suburban houses, one warm second-storey window lit

    Snow, Night 2

    nyafu · 2026

  • A narrow snow-lined Japanese street framed by houses, lit from above by a single streetlamp

    Snow, Night 3

    nyafu · 2026

  • An elevated night view over a snow-covered parking lot and rooftops laced with power lines, a red vending machine glowing

    Snow, Night 4

    nyafu · 2026

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

  • A solitary figure on a steel truss bridge looks out over a dense city skyline at sunset

    Sunset on the Bridge

    Cowboy Bebop · 1998

  • A narrow market alley at night, its lit stalls and shoppers crowded between tall buildings under glowing signs

    Night Market Alley

    Cowboy Bebop · 1998

  • Sheared and crumbling towers half submerged in floodwater under a bright sky

    Drowned City Ruins

    Cowboy Bebop · 1998

  • Figures on a broad stone staircase above a sunlit city of flat-roofed terracotta houses

    Old Town Steps

    Cowboy Bebop · 1998

  • A lander built from an open truss fires maneuvering jets as it descends toward structures inside a vast curving habitat interior

    Still Under Rotation

    Simon Roy

  • A woman lying with a cathedral lit inside her open chest

    VALIS

    Philip K. Dick

  • A lone figure on a walkway before a docked starship and a tall tower in blue haze

    Cygnus

    Les Edwards

  • A colossal starship under construction in a hangar, cut by beams of searchlight

    Shipyard

    John Harris

  • A crowded footbridge spanning a void above a vast city at dusk

    Bridge Above the City

    John Harris

  • Stepped monolithic towers rising out of a violet mist

    Stepped Towers

    John Harris

  • A salvage compound of timber and corrugated metal on a dusty shore, a wrecked Citroen DS in the foreground and musical notes drifting above the rooftops at dusk

    The Roadside Compound

    Bernard & Flao · Gasolina, 2018

  • A lone desert outpost of low ramshackle buildings on a pale violet plain, a single peak burning on the horizon beneath a black sky of swirling turquoise streaks

    Under the Vortex

    Bernard & Flao · Gasolina, 2018

  • A gaunt man at the door of a cluttered curio shop, its rafters hung with car parts, clocks and books, the front of an old car mounted above a pair of spread wings

    The Curio Shop

    Bernard & Flao · Gasolina, 2018

  • Colony Ship by Dexter Dickinson, a ringed colony ship with a glowing domed city drifting between an Earth-like planet and a cratered moon, against orange nebulae

    Colony Ship

    Dexter Dickinson · 1980

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

  • A small white cat by a red door on a terrace, red wall against a blue sea

    Red Door by the Sea

  • Surreal illustration of a red and cyan goldfish among ghostly hands, lime technical diagrams, Spanish poetry and kanji reading exhale.

    Exhale

    sanfang10_

  • Aerial view of farmland woven into Ukrainian folk embroidery patterns, with two white storks flying at the lower left

    Above the Native Land

    Oleg Shupliak

  • Two fox-like characters stringing fairy lights over a wooden apple cider stand in an autumn orchard at night, pumpkins and baskets of apples around them beneath a crescent moon and stars

    Apple Cider for Everyone

    Anastasiia Panchenko

  • Four-panel illustration of a plump bumblebee reading, first stretched out on its stomach with a glass of white wine, then sitting upright behind a green book with pomegranate seeds around it, then leaning against a stack of books with coffee and a croissant, and last asleep on its back with an open book on its belly beside strawberries and red wine

    I Would Rather Bee Reading

    beekeepersklub

  • Art Nouveau poster of a bare-backed woman with flame-like red hair raising a glass of absinthe, a sugar cube balanced on a slotted spoon, green vapor rising behind her

    Absinthe Robette

    Privat-Livemont, 1896

  • Vintage absinthe poster over a Belle Époque photograph: a dancer in a pearl-trimmed dress and beaded veil holds a slotted absinthe spoon while a large glass of green absinthe stands in front

    Je Bois Absinthe Verte

  • Art nouveau illustration of the green fairy crowned with wormwood, her green dress flowing down into the bowl of an absinthe glass, under the word Absinthe

    La Fée Verte

  • Absinthe poster for Allure: a Belle Époque woman in an elaborate updo holds a glass of absinthe, green vapor curling into the frame, with two small Parisian cafe scenes below

    Allure: The Green Fairy

  • A large white bird with its wings folded around a small figure, on a dark starry ground

    I Am With You

    mehavves · 2026

  • A wide mirrored panorama: a person rowing on still water, a white cottage among green, orange, red and blue trees, the bank curving up into a giant cloud, all reflected in the lake

    Every Color Knows Its Role

    QamarRiaz1 · 2026

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