We don’t have to make art on purpose for it to be beautiful – sometimes, the stuff that happens by accident can be just as amazing as the things we create on purpose.

If you’re not sure what accidental art looks like or what that might mean, these 13 images should totally prove my point.

13. Thin your carrots.

Or they’ll hold on for dear life.

This is what happens when you fail to thin out your carrots. from mildlyinteresting

12. Windmills in the fog.

Ethereal.

What happens to windmills when there’s fog from pics

11. Careful with your food in Antarctica.

I don’t even know what this is supposed to be.

Image Credit: Bored Panda

10. M&Ms in water.

Going to try this with my kid!

What happens when you put M&Ms in a dish of water. Diffusion force barriers from mildlyinteresting

9. A candle on a hot patio.

Do you think they make a pill for that?

This is what happens when you try to display candles on a hot patio from mildlyinteresting

8. Nature will always reclaim its space.

I love this image.

What happens when nature takes over- This boat on a river in Frankfurt, Germany from Damnthatsinteresting

7. An 8-year-old’s hands in a petri dish.

This is unsurprising, except for the part where it’s kind of pretty?

What happens when an 8-year-old puts his hand in a petri dish of agar from interestingasfuck

6. When the triple foam breaks at the car wash.

Psychedelic, man.

This is what happens when the triple foam breaks at the car wash from interestingasfuck

5. Even dirty coffee cups can be pretty.

You still have to clean it up, though.

What happened to my coffee cup after I left it sideways for a while… from mildlyinteresting

4. Mesh patio furniture in an ice storm.

Ice storm photos are the best.

This is what happens to mesh patio furniture in an ice storm from mildlyinteresting

3. A highlighter in the microwave.

When stoners or teenagers get bored.

this is what happens when you put a highlighter in the microwave in case you were wondering from pics

2. This is the inside of a bike seat that’s been left outside.

It’s like a whole little world in there.

PsBattle: This colony of moss growing inside a bike seat. from photoshopbattles

1. After lightning strikes asphalt.

It looks like some kind of fungus.

This is what happens when lightning strikes asphalt from interestingasfuck

I could honestly scroll through these forever.

Which one amazed you the most? Share your awe in the comments!

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If you know anything at all about science then you know that some of the greatest discoveries in history happened by accident – the microwave, x-rays, LSD, and more than a few more – so there’s nothing to say that there can’t be happy accidents in the world.

These 16 people are sort of different, because they really didn’t even mean to do the experiments at all, but that doesn’t mean we can’t love the results!

16. Frozen waterfall mist.

It looks like something out of a fantasy film.

What happens when the mist around a waterfall freezes from pics

15. He grew a pumpkin inside a mold.

This is pretty incredible.

What happens when you grow a pumkin inside a plastic mold. from pics

14. When lightning strikes beach sand.

In case you haven’t seen Sweet Home Alabama.

This is what happens when a lightning hits beach sand from interestingasfuck

13. When a cat touches a plasma ball.

Cats remain the best part of the internet.

This is what happens when a cat touches a plasma ball from interestingasfuck

12. The result of 50 mph winds and freezing temperatures combine with Lake Erie.

How do you even know which house is yours?

What happens when 50 mph winds, freezing temperatures and Lake Erie hits your house. from Damnthatsinteresting

11. This is an ordinary marble…

Heated over an open flame and then dropped into cold water.

This is what happens when you heat an ordinary marble over a flame then immediately drop it into cold water from mildlyinteresting

10. Someone is about to be mad about their chalk drawing.

But at least your tires look cool.

Sidewalk chalk on tire. from accidentalart

9. This totally looks Photoshopped!

It’s someone swinging a string of glow sticks with burning steel wool at the end, taken by a long-exposure photo. Why? Obviously because we can.

What happens when you swing a string of glow sticks with burning steel wool at the end and take a long exposure photo [photo by Chris Matthew Brady] from interestingasfuck

8. Life will find a way.

Even when that life is a half-eaten cabbage.

Here’s what happens when you leave half a cabbage in the fridge too long. from pics

7. You think you’ve seen cold water.

But you haven’t seen water THIS cold.

What happens when water gets really, really cold. from interestingasfuck

6. Pipes burst under the floor.

Everyone get those roller-scooter things from gym class!

This is what happens to a basketball court when the pipes burst from pics

5. When a frog eats a firefly.

It looks sort of magical. Unless you’re the firefly.

This Is What Happens When Frogs Eat Fireflies from NatureIsFuckingLit

4. High voltage burns in wood.

I never get tired of these.

What happens when wood is burnt with high voltage from mildlyinteresting

3. Horizontal mirrors on a desert shack.

Almost makes you want to live in the desert, right?

This is what happens when you put horizontal mirrors on a shack in the desert from interestingasfuck

2. Lightning meets golf course flag.

That probably ruined at least one round of golf.

This Is What Happens When Lightning Strikes A Flag On A Golf Course from interestingasfuck

1. A polished coconut.

It looks so…naked.

This is what happens when you polish a coconut from mildlyinteresting

Some people are just charmed in this life, I suppose.

Has anything like this ever happened to you? Tell us about it in the comments!

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