The photos you won’t believe are real

THEY are the photos that leave us in awe. And whether it’s a clever trick or light or the imagination, you’ll be gobsmacked.

Chinese artist Liu Bolin stands at the end of a happening at the Grand Palais in Paris in 2011. Bolin, from Shandong, China, manages to camouflage himself in any surroundings, no matter how difficult they might be.

THEY are the photos that wow us and leave us in awe and make you ask how they can possibly be real.

But whether it’s a clever trick or light or the imagination, these photos are definitely the Real McCoy and will no doubt leave you gobsmacked.

THE INVISIBLE MAN

When Chinese artist Liu Bolin shot to fame with his invisible art back in 2013, many were amazed by how he did it.

But aside from people trying to guess where he was among his artwork were a few who wondered if the photos were a clever trick.

Liu Bolin has wowed the world for more than a decade and spends up to 10 hours at a time being covered in paint so as to camouflage into the background.

Liu Bolin, the invisible man, can you spot him?

REAL NATURE

This might appear as if it’s something out of this world, but in reality, it’s much more organic.

The picture is of an old Secropia leaf in a Guyana rainforest was taken by Jan Vermeer and was once part of an International Wildlife Photographer of the Year Exhibition at Sydney Museum.

This photo is nothing but natural. Picture: Jan Vermeer

MAGIC LOOK

This may look like a painting but it is indeed a real photograph of the Grand Prismatic Spring, Yellowstone National Park.

In fact it won photographer Jassen Todorov second place in the USA National Award, 2015 Sony World Photography Awards.

In describing the picture he said he flew across the country to capture this spectacular natural wonder which he said was magical.

“At sunrise and 11,000 feet, I overcame high winds and turbulence while trying to maintain altitude and capture the right angle without people on the walkway. This place is not only remote but flying over mountains and high terrain is dangerous.”

The Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone. Picture: Jassen Todorov.

DESERT BEAUTY

This startling image of trees will make you look twice.

While it may look like a painting the clever use of shadow makes it appear as if the trees are painted on.

The picture was taken inside Namib-Naukluft National Park, in Namibia in 2012.

Dead camel thorn trees silhouetted at sunrise. Picture Vince Manna.

PERFECT STORM

Australia is used to seeing some perfect storms and this picture taken across Darwin’s waterfront sums up the country nicely.

Storms are not usual for the Top End which is often hit by severe weather due to its tropical climate.

Lightning storm over Darwin on Easter Sunday. Photo Brent Reinke

BRIGHT LIGHTS

The Northern lights illuminate the sky over the snow covered beach of Unstad, on Lofoten Islands, Arctic Circle. Picture: Olivier Morin/AFP

Your eyes are not deceiving you. This picture shows a surfer looking at the Northern Lights (aurora borealis) illuminating the sky over the snow covered beach of Unstad, on Lofoten Islands, in the Arctic Circle, in March this year.

Surfers from all over the world come to Lofoten island to surf in extreme conditions where ocean temperatures are as low as 5-6C, and air temperature around 0C.

WHITE RAINBOW

The Snowy Mountains High Plains.

We all grew up believing rainbows were colourful but as this picture shows they can also have a less brighter side.

The picture taken over the Snowy Mountains High Plains shows what appears to be a white rainbow.

PLANE CRAZY

People at Maho Beach watch a KLM Boeing 747 come in for a landing at Princess Juliana International Airport in St. Maarten.

This has to be seen to be believed and it definitely isn’t a trick of the eye or the camera.

Maho Beach is one of the world’s best plane-spotting locations, and is flooded by thousands of tourists who stand under the flight path as jets come in to land.

The beach literally right next to Princess Juliana airport, the second-busiest in the eastern Caribbean, The Sun reported.

STRANGE HAPPENINGS

When these sinkholes first appeared in 2014, they created as much excitement as the photos themselves.

The three craters — one in Taymyr peninsula and two in Yamal — are believed to have been caused by huge underground gas explosions and were referred to as the “end of the world”.

Scientists believe that they are the result of large underground gas explosions.

The Siberian sinkholes appeared earlier this year and captivated people everywhere.