Interesting pictures of International Borders

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Mexican and U.S. border

Mexico right, and US left.

Mexican and U.S. border

This was a volleyball game in the 1970's using the Mexican/U.S. border as the net.

Haiti and the Dominican Republic

The border between Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Haiti practiced no control of deforestation, whereas the Dominican Republic (albeit under a dictatorship) practiced a severe protection of its forest resources.

Haiti and the Dominican Republic

Another angle.

Norway and Sweden

Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay

India and Pakistan

This International Space Station image captures the floodlit border between India, above the orange line, and Pakistan, below the border in the picture.

India and Pakistan

Wagah border between India and Pakistan. They have a 'lowering of flag' ceremony everyday in the evening, simultaneously by each side.

Hong Kong and Mainland China

Hong Kong and Mainland China used to share a border on the same street. One side of the road was British and the other was Chinese. The border was marked with stone obelisks running down the center. The photo is of a British military policeman and a Chinese police officer eyeing each other up.

Germany and the Czech Republic

Two different approaches were taken to bark beetle infestation - silvicultural intervention versus intentional neglect. This is the result.

South Korea and North Korea

The entire dark region is North Korea, and when the lights resume farther up it's along the border with China.

U.S./Canadian border in Vermont

Former Berlin East/West wall

This is a recent photo of an old border. One can clearly see the former Berlin East/West frontier from the cold war. The picture was taken from space in April 2013 by Commander Chris Hadfield. This difference comes from the fact that in the East (ex Soviet Union satellite state), there are mainly lightbulbs with sodium gas while there are mainly halide bulbs in the West (ex Allied-occupied sector).

Malaysia and Singapore

Notice the difference in road surface.

Israel and Egypt

Differences in agricultural utilization and grazing make it possible to see the Israel/Egypt border from space.

Part II, by popular demand, is up: http://imgur.com/gallery/5sYnF/new

Part III: http://imgur.com/gallery/Cte1U/

ProfessorExpert

This is cool

11 years ago |

EclipseSkye

What am i supposed to be seeing with the Malaysia/Singapore one, I see a bridge?

ProudAussie

Australia's borders with other countries http://imgur.com/6jwzwTs

AssamLaksa

The border with Malaysia/Singapore is not really visible by road surface. It's the whole straits that's parting them.

thefirstcloudmaker

"albeit under a dictatorship"

ByThePowerOfSCIENCE

After a while, most dictatorships often bring about inefficiency and neglect.

C33bo

I love how you left out northern ireland and ireland; perhaps one of the most hotly contested borders the world has seen!

marquisdechocula

it might not be an interesting looking border though? Except things like the "You Are Now Entering Free Derry" mural and such

thereisnousernameavailable

"Notice the difference in road surface."... No I didn't.

UpvotesForCalicos

"And that barren wasteland, kids, is America. Your brother Esteban is working five jobs to send us money so we can live there someday, too."

Put that through google translate and you got something.

juanchits

Why do Sweden and Norway even separate?

LeeRockU

So this is borderline porn?

AMediocreSubstituteForDave

I see what you did there... +1

RandomCulturalReference

Not international, but: https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/18/23887130_7045581759.jpg

UsePNGnotJPEG

also photoshopped.

Aw, really? You're breaking my illusions...

ImtheladythatyellsChanceTimeinMarioParty

Germany and Czech: Who did what?

wangusangus

I'm guessing the bare trees on the Czech side are meant to be the intentional neglect, but I am not certain.

catfoodstudios

The czech border are the bare trees. Essentially a natural cleaning attempt to see how well it clears up. The beetles are crazy though.

grownupslikeimgurtoo

This is very cool, thanks OP.

You're welcome.

Khrye

Us-Mexico volleyball game: mexicans: "ok switch sides!"

tumblebuggy

This is gold! great job

WarJesus420

*Scatter*

spoileddentist

Which one is which for malaysian n singapore?

TitillatingRainbowSprinklesOfMelancholicLlamas

the city of which you see above is Malaysia

SuperheroNamedTony

I would lie down with one half of my body in norway and one half in sweden, and then just slide down screaming "jaaaaaa!!"

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mingotheflamingo

I love you(r comment, don't get too excited) +1

suihcta

which is norwegian for "there's snow in my face!!"

malloryarcher

Calvin and Hobbes would fuckin love this slope. They'd go down it while contemplating existence.

Therearetoomanyusernames

This is really interesting. Thanks for sharing OP. +1

My pleasure.

harassmentford

Haha

Iliterallycantthink

Yes! Vermont! We're pretty much the same as Canadians up here, so who needs security?

Ringshadow

Well ya'all got some different opinions on nuclear power than Canada :\ VY is shutting down meanwhile CANDUs hummin away just north..

StillChasingFireflies

Are you.... A fellow Vermonter?

JustHereForTheBooze

I am! Hello!

Hello! Whereabouts?

Hi, fellow Vermonter!

BeeR411

Papers please

Robvp

Great game actually

it is and oddly morbid

WRYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

Glory to Arstotzka

MongoloidFARTexplosion

I wonder if China sent it's tallest soldier?

Pharya

sent it is tallest

breadedfishstrip

S. Korea does this with border guards, they need to be at least 170cm tall while NK does not, leading to this

AskingTheRealQuestions

170cm is pretty short, though. I mean the average height is about 180 in most developed countries. Maybe less in the Asian ones, idk.

Probably not, factually speaking. Northern Chinese people can actually be quite tall.

Snarkoleptic

Grammar, Mr. Gerbil, grammar.

milanoz

Border between The Netherlands and Belgium: http://blog.meervrijheid.nl/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Borders.jpg

FabulouslyTiti

Also a good example: http://static.autoblog.nl/images/wp2014/belgie-nederland-wegdek.jpg

dudeinsha

And how much blood that chill border cost Europe in the past.. sigh.

Hannah1986

I know it cost me some, I was at that very place and tripped, got a bad nose bleed.

mrlemonofbanana

This border was fixed only recently, and apparently one guy actually moved his front door rather than "move" to the other country.

player112354

Santana sure pissed off a lot of Mexicans for losing the south west

Arufunsu

Yeeeep. He's regarded as one of the greatest villains in Mexican story. Also, clever little fella passed a tax on having windows.

You can tell apart houses from his era by looking at their walled off window spaces.

PleaseDontRespondToMySarcasticCommentsWithASeriousReply

These borders are pretty cool, but I've always been more of a Barnes and Noble kind of guy

totilasgrandeur

Hah.

lLikeTurtles

Now all the borders are closed.

Classic Madagascar.

TheBasementNerd

Did anyone else feel the urge to just walk along that Noway\Sweden barrier?

Fuck that. I'm allergic to temperatures below pants-and-long-sleeve-tshirt weather

UnavailableUsername1

No way

TheAnswerWasAlwaysMoreLube

I want to drive there!

You'd like the Canada/US no touching zone too:

Not as much. I like the stillness you can feel in that picture. I'd like to die in a place like the Norway/Sweden border. It's just perfect

pogon

There is a gasoline inspection on the Singapore side of that border. You can't leave the country with less than 3/4 tank (for tax reasons).

Bas368

there was a plan to remove malaysia part of the causeway and change it to a bridge, bcoz spore are stubborn but was scraped. (1)

otherwise i would be like this : http://yawningbread.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/pic_201007_21.jpg

It's the only one of these pictures I've been near.

DiedAndHauntingImgur

Do they have a circle you can drive around to get your gas tank 3/4th complient?

There's a ring road around the entire (miniature) country.

Cool. I'll be honest, I didn't know that.

They have to pay for the excellent roads somehow. (Actually they have a huge tax on car ownership, too.)

eggtartsandfarts

The car tax is called COE not to pay for the road but to decrease the number of cars. Small island problems.

But to solve the car problem. The national train and bus service is top notch.

Hmm not sure if its tax reason. Oil is way cheaper in Malaysia. So people take advantage hence the 3/4 rule was put in place.

anubisfike

Because gas and cars in general are taxed more in Singapore it's more expensive. So it's a tax reason, like he said.

coursingriver

I love egg tarts just saying

skullsanddaisiesandbubblegum

I find the East/West Berlin one fascinating - after all this time, remnants, even as intangible as light, remain.

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lesserknowncharacter

Certainly you mean North and South Berlin.

johanevj

East and West Germany are still culturally and economically divided.

fromsquareone

my favorite thing is the pedestrian crossing signals. In the West of Germany they are standard affair but in the East they have suave hats

Ratboy168

The east signals are installed in the west now too.

KalleSchnikov

Calm your tits now, Walt Whitman

altundhaesslich

As a Berliner, that picture as a wallpaper would be awsome!!

HermannZeGerman

Kiekste hier Keule: http://userpage.fu-berlin.de/~kyba/images/new_Berlin_from_space.jpg

ahh optimal, vielen dank!

Indeed.

dronir

Down on the streets it's often seen the architecture, too. After the war the west tore down broken and built new, east repaired them.

catwithacat

I don't really know where the divide is (never really learned much about all that), anybody mind helping me out?

Lemmesmash

Yeah, it captures the situation quite well. Both parts have a very unique feel to them on the ground. And it's been 25 years now.

abortedbabyjesus

Theres really not much benefit in changing to metal halide from L/HPS bulbs, metal halide are safer (color rendition) but use more energy

webbaba

Heyheyhey slow on the german/czech one, that is a really complex issue and it cannot be said like this (source: I'm czech biologist)

Yesnomaybeyes

As a German.. D:

youknownothig

I am slovak not biologist and I like czech solution more, they leave it to the nature..

mioelnir

The german side decided that 30 years ago iirc. What is shown on the picture is just replanting I think.

PNWRedHerring

I guess you should have (•_•) ( •_•)>⌐■-■ (⌐■_■) Czeched your trees. I'll go home now.

Vedar

I just wanna know how they made the beetles stop at the border.

thebiologist

Forest biologist here too. Two different ways of managing the forest. Germans salvaged dead wood and replanted. Czech side did not 1/3

2/3 salvage and let the forest naturally regenerate. Both have god and bad, depending on what you want to prioritize (biodiversity, wood

3/3 volume, etc). Keep in mind that this issue is quite complex and many things aren't considered here (scale, size of affected area, etc).

Hey dude I'll message you when I am doing the post, won't you mind?

whyteraven74

Czech biologist...so you study yeast for beer...I was born there, I'm allowed to make that joke ;)

Plauze123go

German here, no biologist: You can clearly see that on the German side only young treen are shown. Thats how you get rid of the beetles. 1/2

You chop of the infected trees and plant new ones. On the right side you can see tall, dead and not chopped trees

Yeah and thats wrong, you know the German side. I will explain it in the post I'm making

I'm a slovak biologist! :) And I wanted to say that too.

Hey ok guys I will try to make a post about this issue (in like a week, I am ill and have only desktop and I only lay down now

eatened

I feel you, lying ill in Šalingrad. :( Get well soon!

Actually Šalingrad is Brno (though I never heard that name before :D and I'm from Budejovice (Budweis) but thank you very much :)

Oh I get it now I am so stupid it hurts

Oh god, oh my god this is a nightmare :D

queenofeverything

Please explain. I am not a Czech biologist. It looks interesting and i want to understand

NexiKuro

I found a thing or two http://blogs.wsj.com/emergingeurope/2011/08/03/hungry-beetle-sparks-czech-political-controversy/ 1/2

I started work on the post!

I will try to make some post about it :)

please link here

Ok and I will tag all of you asking for the post in here

Same. Please elaborate.

I could maybe put together another post if you guys want. Anybody would like another one?

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theczar90

yes OP this gives me great pleasure

TrulsLunde

Travel the world. Take a selfie at each of the borders

9 years ago |

brynbuchholz

Do it again!!!!

vegetarianschnitzel

Yessss!

Pencillin

yes, have some

SchlongReviewer

Border porn

ThatSceneFromStepBrothers

eh ... i guess ?

Yayayupp

hell yeah

RabbiShmuley

Yes have some.

CatCraft

Moar pweez!

YouJustKindaWantIt

You might be interested in the border at Baarle-Nassau (border between Belgium and The Netherlands), it runs through houses

ohlookanotherdumbusername

Colombia and Venezuela OP

ArtemisArtemisArtemisArtemisArtemis

Oh, boy, would I1

TheLodown

yeah, just do it

ionlydidthisbecauseitsanoveltything

Look up the 49th parallel between Canada and the US, literally a whole country's length of cleared trees

lovingthecrackling

yes please

ChairBluePen

Yeah man! Next do the India/Pakistan boarder at night, thing is light up like a Christmas tree, you can see it from space!

DeeRockNRoll

This was cool.

CanadianMounty

MOAR!!

rookie23

*throws cup to ground

HowDoIInternet

Baby you know I always want more

ophirwaasdorp

Netherlands, Belgium, Germany. And most of all: botswana, namibia, zimbabwe and zambia!

DinoKebab

Show the border between Republic and Northern Ireland, bet a lot of people don't realise what is there.

ICannotStressThisEnoughBut

Only 3 dislikes - you're good to go! :)

julius152

give us more border porn!

madddawggg

if you really like something, you'll want more of it. we want more, we want more, like you really like it, ya want more.

ya follow me?

HennyPennyStegosaurus

I have a bunch of US/Mexico border shots from when I flew a USDA aerial photography project a few years back. I should go find them...

Wow, I think it could be something you could share with us.

Okay, I have them on my old external hard drive, let me dig it out. There's only a few places it could be.

Cool. Thanks@

Found them! :) How should I send them to you?

ImTheOneWhoTookYourRug

I really enjoyed the explanations as well. Nice work!

thanks!

Iamanowlhearmehoot

Yes!!! I really loved the Dominican one. As a Dominican myself, I can attest we are huge on protecting the environment. Thanks :D

asafemale8

Yes

Vampiratelycan

Do the borders between England and Wales; and England and Scotland count?

DrunkDolphin

Ireland and northern Ireland pretty plz. Maybe even in the 1960s and now?

IGuessThisBeatsWorking

yeeeeep

nikseen

ANOTHER !

mattycee

Sooooooo much.

dickwaffles

Hey OP could you explain the difference between the Malaysia and Singapore borders? I don't get it

I understand the confusion. Dont worry, second post going up, and it will explain it.

Great, thank you

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hahaha yes you did. you're pretty cool OP.

didneypls

YAAAAS

Aelinsaar

Oh hell yes.

vindik8or

Or put together the same post, but with full sized images instead of thumbnails.

daan123

border belgium - holland: http://imgur.com/8WwbGx7

Ewaa

this one is better!

VampriruM

Seriously?

Red0x

Oui, merci! Though, the more that are zoomable, the better.

KraftDurchKoelsch

Hey @gtaomg I found some of my pics I took of the swiss-austrian border in the alps. Not so super interesting, but if you wanna use it (1)

Oh taht's great. Thanks! I might use in another post if you don't mind, yes?

If you'd like to, sure!

robmom

Yep

XenoHorse

Please do. But also please use bigger pics.. >:

Excellent!

I'll try. :)

australianduck

The niciest OP

Haha thanks

ArcticPanda

Yes, maybe with some zoom if that's not too much trouble, please and thank you.

I'll try my best, and you're welcome.

Best OP ever!

Ok, so look for something else from me within the next 8 hours. :)

Lego23

Do you deliver in this area after dark?

Igethatreference.gif and yes, I do. :)

WhereLBJsNutsHang

It's been 4 hours. Tick. Tock.

OOOHHHHH YEAAAAAAAAHHHH

momantra

Yay! Thank you!

my pleasure.

http://blogsohardsports.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Gif1.gif

zerofuchs

It's not Digiorno,

themuttonisniceandlean

I love the tight security between Canada and the US.

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wallsy

ISIS IS COMING

PantiePilferer

Don't let the photo fool you I've spent many long hours attempting to get into the US because they're ripping doors off, cavity searches ect

PleaseStopUsingApostrophesToMakeThingsPlural

I'm guessing that's pre-9/11.

copingcabana

Did they put that marker in backwards? Like Parks & Rec did? You see "United States" as you're leaving it.

KnockKnockWhosThereJehovahsWitness

+1 for parks and rec

I'm from NH and it really is this open. I feel like the border I've crossed had a gate thing, but yeah.

JaimeLannistersRightHand

I would ride something down that border every single day and go:" WEEEEEEEEH!!!" in the process

ImmaStealYoReactionPics

It's why Justin Bieber was able to get smuggled in :(

T0n1ka

It's way more secure than you think. I get pulled over going into Maine from New Brunswick and have my car searched every damn time.

whatisthiscorcery

Funny same thing happened. Got searched at the Maine border. Got a smile and a wave entering new Brunswick.

Sounds about right! I've never been pulled over coming back to NB and I've made the trip back and forth at least 20 times.

FlyntFlossyIsMyFavouriteRapper

I do a lot of work travel to Windsor. Always get hassled by the Canadians; coming back is more of "Welcome to Detroit, please stay a while."

JohnCalvinCoolidgeJr

in the boundary waters in minnesota i was supposed to canoe to an unman outpost to sign in to canada. but i didn't. and i stole their fish

picoucr

Canada once started to build a border but then promptly apologized and tore it down

terminalvelocity

http://nedroid.com/2013/05/oh-canada/

Tarbender2

In Minnesota, there is a phone booth you stop and use to tell them you are crossing the border

gearsmith

We have the same problems with America, as Americans do with Mexicans. Way too many Americans trying to sneak over the border into Canada.

RIPSlurmsMckenzie

We bros brah.

Zerubbabel

Come to Michigan, your perspective will change, lol

junkhacker

secure the border!

punqewe

they actually clear cut the border into the mountains as well.

Dalsbaek

As a Dane crossing in the middle of nowhere. 3 hours to get into the US. (1/2)

(2/2) "If you are not in to big of a hurry, you should come in for a cop of coffee, long way to the next rest area." Going north.

It's great. Used to be you could walk across the street in Derby, and end up in Canada.

YourVacuumCleanerJudgesYou

This is a great youtube video explaining it: http://youtu.be/qMkYlIA7mgw

TeamRocketBlastOffAtTheSpeedOfLightSurrenderNowOrPrepareToFight

Why, why do I always forget to never read youtube comments. +1 for video though, quite informative and comical.

Because sometimes you find gold! I was watching Hello by Lionel Ritchie because of a comment thread and was amazed. I will find it and post.

Got it!

joejoe13

+1 for CGPGrey

MightaswellbeaCanadian

In Maine you can literally take a walk through the woods and end up in Canada.

Rhase

Yeah the NY border is abit rougher. I blame the people who used to attempt to smuggle in beanie babies from Canada.

comeflywithme

Don't be fooled. We got moose and beavers patrolling Canadian borders.

Devido45

Its pretty wierd but i live in canada and have never seen a moose

EngineOfChaos

But Toronto is not really in Canada ^^

gloomyjim

I'd be terrified if moose patrolled the border. Those things are huge. Source: Canadian

Picturing RCMP riding moose.

Imagine how dangerous it would be if someone smuggle Kinder Surprise Eggs into the US :-o

kerbie

or smarties!

wait are smarties illegal in the USA ?!?

i don't think they're illegal but they don't sell them haha

ivegottwolegs

It actually passes through a library in Derby Line, Vermont.

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IcameHeretoChewBubblegumAndGiveDownvotesAndImAllOutofBubblegum

Do you have to go through customs to go to the other side?

RyanTheInsane1

It divides the Opera House in that building, the stage is in Canada and the seating is in the US.

WanderingBlueWanderlust

That's really cute :D

I'm so confused about how you would buy tickets. There must be ticket stations on both sides instead of just upfront, which is-

-traditionally before the entrance to seating.

BradleyCooper123456789

Why would that even matter?

imjustgoingtoputsomethinghere

Visited northern Montanan one summer and saw Canadian citizens coming into town regularly to shop for food and stuff.

paisleyschmaisley

I have friends who cross in Montana to buy cheese. So much cheese.

Akeera

Food and liquor is rediciuclously cheaper down there.

This happens in NY too. Apparently we sell turkey at a much more affordable price than Canada. (canadian thanksgiving)

LordPuck

Drove from Chicago to VT thru Canada. Going into Canada, we got a smile and a wave; into US, (in rural Upstate New York) we got searched.

jurassicbond

When I drove to Canada for a weekend trip they searched my car and questioned me for two hours. Going back to the U.S I was waved through.

Granted, I was up in NY for a month long business trip and had a lot of stuffed packed in my car so they might've thought I was sneaking in.

wandergeist

Admit it: you were smuggling Kinder Eggs.

Yep. It's the beanie babies man. Can't be smigglin beanie babies. :p

Sleepsintrees

We got our Kinder Suprises confiscated - no joke. I think they were illegal at the time. Even the border guard was giggling.

WhimsicalCalamari

BUT THERE MIGHT BE TURRRISTS

My 80+ yr old granparents and a 20 yr old. Very threatening...

Gnomesworld

You also chose to go through NY aka the strictest of US/Canadian boarders. And you get searched if they can't see everything in the vehicle.

Secsletariat

To be fair, if they're going after drug smugglers, it's always the ones you least expect. Until you expect them instead. Then... *shrug*

Thepostinglurker

it's not like that anymore. Every road up here now has stations.

In areas of Montana there aren't any checkpoints, just drive right across.

CPatricoo

These stations in many cases are huts where a guy walks out sometimes. Moreso in the west.

TheBreaux

It's a shame. Open borders work in the EU and the US/CA differences are nothing compared to some EU nations, and the freedom didn't kill b4

doyourworkidiot

Personally I think Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and USA should have a EU-style open borders arrangement for all natural born citizens.

Agreed ... I'm a wacky libertarian though so I'm always suspicious of tightly enforced borders.

In Vermont there are still "blind" areas, where you can cross the border either way without much oversight. Highly illegal, but it happens.

which roads are they? In western vermont/eastern NY the three I know of are monitored and stationed.

Well they're not roads, more like spots where the signalling devices for the Border Patrol don't detect well. Hunters cross them on accident

ahh ok I have heard of stuff like that. there is a gorge in NYS like that.

EmperorPain

How do you 'accidentally' cross a huge gap in the forest that is obviously not there for powerlines (mostly cause ya know, no powerlines)?

What about in all the woods? There's probably just a 6 foot fence to hop.

There's pretty much no fence, there are concrete bollards and cameras in a lot of places, but sometimes the cameras don't see everything.

axelasdf

Cameras? In the boundary water canoe area?

Mexican and U.S. border

Mexican and U.S. border

Haiti and the Dominican Republic

Haiti and the Dominican Republic

Norway and Sweden

Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay

India and Pakistan

India and Pakistan

Hong Kong and Mainland China

Germany and the Czech Republic

South Korea and North Korea

U.S./Canadian border in Vermont

Former Berlin East/West wall

Malaysia and Singapore

Israel and Egypt

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