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The single word that you would use is striking.

That strikes the attention of an observer; producing a vivid impression on the mind; telling, impressive, unusually remarkable. [OED]

 

People in red satin evening gowns, the pyramids in Egypt, and platform heels with fish in them are also striking. [vocabulary.com]

There is also the idiom not believe one's eyes that you can consider.

Fig. not to believe what one is seeing; to be shocked or dumbfounded at what one is seeing.

 

_{McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs}

Example:

When we arrived, I couldn't believe my eyes. Picture it – pyramids – gigantic pyramids of stone stretching into the heavens surrounded on all sides by miles and miles of bleach white sand.

 

_{The Hands of Aldulan - Book Two: The Isle of Dusk By Eric A. Radulski}

There is also the ear version: not believe one's ears.

The single word that you would use is striking.

That strikes the attention of an observer; producing a vivid impression on the mind; telling, impressive, unusually remarkable. [OED]

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People in red satin evening gowns, the pyramids in Egypt, and platform heels with fish in them are also striking. [vocabulary.com]

There is also the idiom not believe one's eyes that you can consider.

Fig. not to believe what one is seeing; to be shocked or dumbfounded at what one is seeing.

_{McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs}

Example:

When we arrived, I couldn't believe my eyes. Picture it – pyramids – gigantic pyramids of stone stretching into the heavens surrounded on all sides by miles and miles of bleach white sand.

_{The Hands of Aldulan - Book Two: The Isle of Dusk By Eric A. Radulski}

There is also the ear version: not believe one's ears.

There is the idiom not believe one's eyes.

Fig. not to believe what one is seeing; to be shocked or dumbfounded at what one is seeing.

_{McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs}

Example:

When we arrived, I couldn't believe my eyes. Picture it – pyramids – gigantic pyramids of stone stretching into the heavens surrounded on all sides by miles and miles of bleach white sand.

_{The Hands of Aldulan - Book Two: The Isle of Dusk By Eric A. Radulski}

There is also the ear version: not believe one's ears.

The single word that you would use is striking.

That strikes the attention of an observer; producing a vivid impression on the mind; telling, impressive, unusually remarkable. [OED]

People in red satin evening gowns, the pyramids in Egypt, and platform heels with fish in them are also striking. [vocabulary.com]

There is also the idiom not believe one's eyes that you can consider.

Fig. not to believe what one is seeing; to be shocked or dumbfounded at what one is seeing.

_{McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs}

Example:

When we arrived, I couldn't believe my eyes. Picture it – pyramids – gigantic pyramids of stone stretching into the heavens surrounded on all sides by miles and miles of bleach white sand.

_{The Hands of Aldulan - Book Two: The Isle of Dusk By Eric A. Radulski}

There is also the ear version: not believe one's ears.

There is the idiom not believe one's eyes.

Fig. not to believe what one is seeing; to be shocked or dumbfounded at what one is seeing.

_{McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs}

There is also the ear version: not believe one's ears.

There is the idiom not believe one's eyes.

Fig. not to believe what one is seeing; to be shocked or dumbfounded at what one is seeing.

_{McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs}

Example:

When we arrived, I couldn't believe my eyes. Picture it – pyramids – gigantic pyramids of stone stretching into the heavens surrounded on all sides by miles and miles of bleach white sand.

_{The Hands of Aldulan - Book Two: The Isle of Dusk By Eric A. Radulski}

There is also the ear version: not believe one's ears.