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David Keochkerian.

These infrared photographs taken by France-based photographer David Keochkerian look like bizarre, saturated landscapes created from a Dr. Seuss illustration.

Gravitation. Handicapped youngsters were photographed in situations in which their bodies can temporarily give up restrictions in relation to gravity. In one image we see the youngsters caught as they jump into the water.

Katrin Korfmann.

Standing at an impressive 5-foot-8, Katrin Korfmann’s photographs are hard to miss. Easier to miss—at first glance—are the details. Seen from a distance, Korfmann’s images are often mistaken for abstract paintings with bold colors and radical brushstrokes.

Paparazzi photograph Shauna Sand as she comes out of Villa, a popular club in Los Angeles, Nov. 14, 2008.

Jessica Dimmock/VII.

Jessica Dimmock’s series Paparazzi is strangely connected to Nick Ut’s iconic image commonly referred to as "Napalm Girl."

Silt from the Geba River drains into Guinea-Bissau’s shores in West Africa, creating intricate patterns in the shallow Atlantic Ocean waters, January 2000.

NASA/USGS EROS Data Center.

It’s easy to imagine these satellite photos of Earth hanging in a modern art exhibition. Their unexpected and vibrant colors bring to light the weird shapes and uncanny patterns that make up Earth’s landscapes.

Custer's Last Stand, 2012.

David Levinthal.

David Levinthal has made a career of photographing toys and figurines, which isn’t to say his work is all fun and games.

Sandbagging.

Alan Sailer.

Don’t get bent out of shape about photographer Alan Sailer’s series titled War on Christmas.

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Jill Peters.

“Sworn virgins” are Albanian women who decide to ignore their female identity and live as men in the Balkans. More a choice about gender roles in the Albanian culture rather than a statement of sexuality, these women live their lives appearing as men ...

Scout Tufankjian for Obama for America

If you scroll down, you'll probably notice that you've seen most of these photographs -- if not all of them -- before.

What do they all have in common? All of these photos took the internet by storm this year. Despite their differences, each of these images gained steam in just a few hours and were re-posted over and over (and over) again, making these photos our favorites of the countless viral images of year.

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Tereza Vlckova.

Tereza Vlckova identifies with fairytales and daydreaming. And while that might sound like a happy existence, there is also a darker side to her sensibility—and her photographs.

Chicago, 1959.

Ray K. Metzker.

Ray K. Metzker’s career, which spans six decades of inventive photography, is notable for its bold, graphic style.