27 "Before and After Pictures" That Will Leave You Amazingly Surprised

#1 Meme People: Then and Now

#2 Beauty blogger comparing pictures of before and after edit

#3 A nurse in the Philippines before and after a shift in her hospital's COVID-19 area

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#4 Rush hour traffic in Los Angeles in March 2020, a week before home orders were issued in response to the coronavirus pandemic, and a month later

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#5 An Ancient Greek stadium before and after it was excavated by archaeologists

#6 The Roman Forum (a couple of thousand years ago or so) and now

#7 An adorable picture of before and after playing in the snow

#8 Heartwarming before and picture of the cat rescued from the street

#9 San Francisco's Candlestick Park

The onetime home of the Giants and 49ers, and the site of the Beatles' last concert, before and after being demolished.

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#10 Legendary Queen guitarist Brian May taking a mirror selfie in the '70s and some 40+ years later

#11 Seeing the before and after on my face of a full year of transitioning made me smile

#12 A beach in Mumbai before and after a massive clean-up campaign

This is a before and after image of a beach in Mumbai after a cleanup hosted by a lawyer named Afroz Shah allowed turtles to lay eggs there for the first time in 20 years. They are not done, but it is great progress.

#13 California's Lake Oroville in 2014, pictures taken before and after the drought period

California's Lake Oroville in 2014, when the state was mired in its third straight year of extreme drought, and the same spot three years later after record rainfall.

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#14 A sailor while serving in the United Kingdom's Royal Navy during World War II and 70 years later at age 92

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#15 Before and After of deep cleaning my room after my depression slump

#16 A backyard before and after two days of power washing

#18 I took a month-long class called “Drawing is a Learnable Skill”. Here’s my self-portrait, before and after!

#19 A bald eagle who'd had her beak shot off by a poacher, before and after receiving a prosthetic beak

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#20 A woman before and after addiction recovery

Someone else posted my before and after a few months ago the one everyone thought was fake because of the tattoo thing lol but here’s an updated picture of my recovery I’m 19 months clean and I’m finally starting to see the beauty in life again hope this inspires some people much love.

#21 Boats in Nevada's Lake Mead in 2007, and the same location seven years later after years of drought

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#22 Lake Mead...a dirty boat in an area that had recently been underwater, and the same boat surrounded by undergrowth seven years later in 2014

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#23 A wall before and after an art mural on it was painted over

#24 The view from this person's window before and after this tree was cut down

#25 The Crew Dragon Endeavour before traveling to the space station and after it returned

#26 Family reunited after a year of pandemic lockdown

Grandparents visiting with their grandsons through a glass window during the pandemic, and hugging them for the first time in over a year after being vaccinated.

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#27 Australia's Kangaroo Island during bush fires that killed two people and tens of thousands of animals in 2011, and the same location 6weeks later

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27 "Before and After Pictures" That Will Leave You Amazingly Surprised

#1 Meme People: Then and Now

#2 Beauty blogger comparing pictures of before and after edit

#3 A nurse in the Philippines before and after a shift in her hospital's COVID-19 area

#4 Rush hour traffic in Los Angeles in March 2020, a week before home orders were issued in response to the coronavirus pandemic, and a month later

#5 An Ancient Greek stadium before and after it was excavated by archaeologists

#6 The Roman Forum (a couple of thousand years ago or so) and now

#7 An adorable picture of before and after playing in the snow

#8 Heartwarming before and picture of the cat rescued from the street

#9 San Francisco's Candlestick Park

#10 Legendary Queen guitarist Brian May taking a mirror selfie in the '70s and some 40+ years later

#11 Seeing the before and after on my face of a full year of transitioning made me smile

#12 A beach in Mumbai before and after a massive clean-up campaign

#13 California's Lake Oroville in 2014, pictures taken before and after the drought period

#14 A sailor while serving in the United Kingdom's Royal Navy during World War II and 70 years later at age 92

#15 Before and After of deep cleaning my room after my depression slump

#16 A backyard before and after two days of power washing

#18 I took a month-long class called “Drawing is a Learnable Skill”. Here’s my self-portrait, before and after!

#19 A bald eagle who'd had her beak shot off by a poacher, before and after receiving a prosthetic beak

#20 A woman before and after addiction recovery

#21 Boats in Nevada's Lake Mead in 2007, and the same location seven years later after years of drought

#22 Lake Mead...a dirty boat in an area that had recently been underwater, and the same boat surrounded by undergrowth seven years later in 2014

#23 A wall before and after an art mural on it was painted over

#24 The view from this person's window before and after this tree was cut down

#25 The Crew Dragon Endeavour before traveling to the space station and after it returned

#26 Family reunited after a year of pandemic lockdown

#27 Australia's Kangaroo Island during bush fires that killed two people and tens of thousands of animals in 2011, and the same location 6weeks later

#28 My moms hometown 1920 vs 2019 not much happened but i thought it was cool