Photograph by MORTEN KOLDBY ‘Animal Portraits’ is an ongoing project by Morten Koldby, who plans to create a coffee-table book of some sort once he has enough portraits. What started out as a weekend project has blossomed into a wonderful series. Animals are captured giving human-like facial expressions; some look nervous, others look arrogant,…
HURRICANE IRENE POOL PREPARATIONS Photograph via REDDIT Pretty clever if you ask me! via Reddit SEE MORE ‘PICTURES OF THE DAY’
THE PARIS OPERA GRAND STAIRCASE Photograph by BENH LIEU SONG The Palais Garnier, known also as the Opéra de Paris or Opéra Garnier, but more commonly as the Paris Opéra, is a 1,600-seat opera house on the Place de l’Opéra in Paris, France, which was the primary home of the Paris Opera…
Welcome to the Friday Shirk Report where you will find the 20 funniest images, 10 most interesting articles, and 5 most viral videos from the previous week of sifting. Enjoy! *For those that prefer the links open in a new tab/window, try holding the CTRL key whilst clicking a link with your mouse Stay…
IRIDESCENT RAINBOW CLOUD Photograph by ESTHER HAVENS Description by NASA: Pictured behind this darker cloud, is a pileus iridescent cloud, a group of water droplets that have a uniformly similar size and so together diffract different colors of sunlight by different amounts. The above image was taken just after the picturesque sight…
Artwork by Brett, Photography by Dan4th The only thing the Sifter can make from a paperclip is a slightly crooked line. Brett on the other hand, makes incredible miniature weapons from multiple paperclips and glue. Now we just need some miniature warriors to wield these amazing paperclip weapons and office boredom would be forever…
CARACOL FALLS, BRAZIL Photograph by TIAGO FIOREZE Caracol Falls, or Cascata do Caracol, is a 426-foot (130 meter) waterfall about 4.35 miles (7.00 km) from Canela, Brazil in Caracol State Park (Parque do Caracol). It is formed by the Caracol River and cuts out of basalt cliffs in the Serra Geral mountain…
PRESIDENT VARGAS OF BRAZIL COMMITS SUICIDE – AUGUST 24, 1954 Getúlio Vargas (center) and his followers pictured by Claro Jansson during their short stay in São Paulo on the way to Rio de Janeiro after the successful Brazilian Revolution of 1930 Getúlio Vargas (April 19, 1882–August 24, 1954) served as President…
VINTAGE STREET GANG FROM 1916 Photograph by LEWIS WICKES HINE June 27, 1916. Springfield, Massachusetts. “Street gang, corner Margaret and Water streets — 4:30 p.m.” Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine. via SHORPY.COM – Always Something Interesting
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