More, more, more! Our favorite reader-submitted photos of chaos
Winners include a bevy of birds and a warehouse that got the Jackson Pollock treatment.
![snow gease](https://www.popphoto.com/uploads/2022/08/18/POTD-8.19-David-Terao-.jpg?auto=webp&width=1440&height=960)
No matter how we might try, there’s one thing we can’t escape in life: chaos. (Okay, death and taxes, too.) The universe tends towards disorder. But, as this week’s Photos of the Day winners prove, that’s not always a bad thing. From buildings so high the world seems to spin to splashes at Icelandic hot springs, chaos often lends an interesting perspective—and a little fun.
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Lead image by David Terao. See more work here.
Related: Simply splendid: Our favorite reader-submitted minimalist photos
Chaos in an abandoned warehouse
![abandoned warehouse Niland, California](https://www.popphoto.com/uploads/2022/08/18/POTD-8.19-Susan-Liepa.jpg?auto=webp&optimize=high&width=100)
It feels like Jackson Pollock has entered the building for a crossover with some street art. Susan Liepa captures graffiti’s interesting dichotomy between chaos and order. Every artist has a vision—but all collide on the same canvas.
High density living
![Quarry Bay, Hong Kong](https://www.popphoto.com/uploads/2022/08/18/POTD-8.19-Raymond-Choo.jpg?auto=webp&optimize=high&width=100)
Be prepared for a little vertigo—Raymond Choo attempts to convey the close quarters of this apartment complex.
“I racked my zoom lens during a five-second exposure to capture in-camera motion blur effects to convey a sense of dizziness in living closely in this older housing estate in Quarry Bay, Hong Kong,” Choo writes.
Icelandic hot pools
![iceland hot springs](https://www.popphoto.com/uploads/2022/08/18/POTD-8.19-Gary-Gustafson.jpg?auto=webp&optimize=high&width=100)
Gary Gustafson captures a gurgling hot spring in Iceland. Air pockets will often bubble up to the surface and burst, leaving an odiferous chaos in their wake.
Just whizzing by
![cambridge uk](https://www.popphoto.com/uploads/2022/08/18/POTD-8.19-Robert-Lalancette.jpg?auto=webp&optimize=high&width=100)
Color! Motion blur! Patterns! The effect of Robert Lalancette’s image is dizzying and perfectly on theme.
Back to school
![school of blue and yellow fish](https://www.popphoto.com/uploads/2022/08/18/POTD-9.19-Frank-Gaetano-Venditti.jpeg?auto=webp&optimize=high&width=100)
While not quite a dead-ringer for Dory, these fish come pretty close. We love how Frank Gaetano Venditti fills the frame with the school as they all swim different directions.