GÁSADALUR VILLAGE IN THE FAROE ISLANDS   Photograph by GARETH CODD PHOTOGRAPHY on Flickr   Gásadalur is located on the west-side of Vágar, Faroe Islands, and enjoys a panoramic view over the island of Mykines. The tiny village (of 17 in 2007) is surrounded by the highest mountains on Vágar and lies at 62°6’44′N [...]

Photograph by HOPE ABRAMS (Hopefoote on Flickr)     The crafty little caterpillar above is known as a wavy-lined emerald moth or camouflaged looper (Synchlora aerata). It is a species of moth of the Geometridae family and can be found in most of North America. The wingspan is about 17 mm and adults are green [...]

  The Sifter has already featured photographs from NASA’s incredible archive (see here, here and here), and we continue that tradition with this series that documents the history of NASA’s various rocket launches from as early as 1950 up to 2003. Nothing captures the imagination like space travel, and these amazing images mark the beginning [...]

  THE COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS FROM SPACE   Photograph by Jesse Allen and Robert Simmon for NASA Earth Observatory   The Cocos (Keeling) Islands lie in the eastern Indian Ocean, about 2,900 kilometers (1,800 miles) northwest of the Australian city of Perth. Comprised of coral atolls and islands, the archipelago includes North Keeling Island and [...]

  WORLD’S EDGE   Photograph by RHYS DAVIES   The Sifter has already featured the incredible Beachy Head Chalk Cliff as the Picture of the Day back in October but the view was never this dramatic. Unfortunately a reverse image search on Google and Tineye did not reveal the original source, please let us know [...]

  In the amazing step-by-step gallery below, Redditor laporkenstein shows how he forged a custom wedding band for himself out of a Gibeon meteorite. There are captions in the gallery that help explain a bit of the process. I’ve also compiled a few additional details below that were culled from the comments section of this [...]