Your face ages faster than your feet, scientists claim. This fact is a curious part of Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity, and scientists claim that time passes faster if you’re just standing a few steps higher on a staircase. Today’s article can show you some other tricks that time can pull like a real wizard, and sometimes you’ll be faced with the illusion of feeling these effects yourself.
Here at Bright Side, we found 20 photos that vividly show how years play with our lives. We’d love for you to take a look at some really amusing stunts of time together with us.
1. “That’s me on the left, approximately 3 years old in 1970; while on the right is my son, age 4 years old, in 2013.”
2. “The unintended, uncanny, unbelievable photo of my mom and my sister. Both 18 months old but about 31 years apart.’”
3. “A 50-year gap in one photo”
4. “I don’t think the years have been kind to me. Recently moved back in 50 years later.”
5. “As an adult, I will go to great lengths to recreate a feeling as good as this.”
6. “The effect of 60 years”
7. “After almost 60 years together, my grandad still carries her purse for her.”
8. “This bond after so many years”
9. “Yesterday, they celebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary. Puppy love is cute, but old people in love are even cuter.”
10. “A sequential picture of my dad in the ’80s taken in the same place nearly 30 years later”
11. “The year was 1998 and we spent 2 hours getting ready to take our girl band photo.”
12. “True love — 30 years later and still going strong!”
13. “40 years later, almost exactly — my parents!”
14. “Every day for almost 40 years, my dad has carried this 1972 silver dollar with him in his pocket.”
15. “I took a photo of my boyfriend’s grandparents’ wedding photo and accidentally caught the reflection of his grandmother admiring it 50 years later.”
16. “Our attempt at a photo recreation, nearly 50 years apart. Well, these things are not easy.”
17. “70 years together”
18. “My dad and I on the same tractor, 29 years apart — just brought the family tractor to my new farm.”
19. “17 years apart”
20. “13 years and a gender change later. First day of kindergarten vs today (first day of college).”
What is your one favorite family photo that shows different generations? What is a thing that you’ve had for a long time that has become a part of you?