Author: twistedsifter

July 10, 2012 at 6:23 pm

Picture of the Day: A Break in the Clouds

Picture of the Day: A Break in the Clouds

A BREAK IN THE CLOUDS Photograph by Jeffrey Pang on Flickr In this fabulous capture by Jeffrey Pang, we see two canoers paddling through Lake Louise as a break in the clouds reveals the majestic Victoria Glacier in the background. Lake Louise is a glacial lake located in Banff National Park in…

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July 10, 2012 at 3:21 pm

Football Club Removes Red from Jersey for Blood Donation Campaign

Football Club Removes Red from Jersey for Blood Donation Campaign

EC Vitoria is a Brazillian football team from Salvador, Bahia. They are a Series B team that is in the midst of a brilliant marketing campaign for blood donation. The team jersey typically features four horizontal red stripes. At the start of the season the team replaced the red stripes with white stripes.…

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July 10, 2012 at 1:23 pm

This Machine Prints Brick Roads

picture of the tiger stone brick laying machine in action

Block paving (also known as brick paving) is an alternative to an asphalt road. It’s typically used for aesthetic purposes on roads where traffic is relatively slow. Unfortunately, the process of laying these roads is manually intensive and can by quite harsh on one’s back and knees. Dutch-company Vanku BV sought to address this…

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July 10, 2012 at 9:01 am

The Only Lamborghini Aventador J In Existence

The Only Lamborghini Aventador J In Existence

Unveiled at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show in March, Automobili Lamborghini presented their most uncompromising open super sports car of its entire history, the Aventador J. The 515 kW / 700 hp two-seater is a first class technology showcase, combining innovative solutions and brand new materials and demonstrating Lamborghini’s expertise in carbon fiber technology.…

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July 9, 2012 at 7:04 pm

Picture of the Day: The World’s Longest Bridge Fountain

picture of the moonlight rainbow bridge fountain in seoul south korea, the longest in the world

THE WORLD’S LONGEST BRIDGE FOUNTAIN Photograph by Gu Gyobok The Moonlight Rainbow Fountain is the world’s longest bridge fountain that set a Guinness World Record with nearly 10,000 LED nozzles that run along both sides that is 1,140m long (3,740 ft), shooting out 190 tons of water per minute. Installed in September…

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July 9, 2012 at 4:32 pm

15 Hilarious Strikeout Moves by Major League Umpires

major league baseball umpire strikeout call move

Sports website Deadspin has recently published an epic two-part post of every single Major League umpire’s strikeout call (part 1, part 2), all 72 of them. If you’re a fan of baseball and on a decent Internet connection it’s definitely worth checking out. From shadow punches, to leg lifts and kung fu fighing…

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July 9, 2012 at 1:56 pm

Mind-Blowing Oil Paintings by Fulvio di Piazza

oil on canvas by fulvio di piazza

Fulvio Di Piazza creates whimsical paintings of anthropomorphized landscapes with an extraordinary level of detail and depth. In Ashes to Ashes, the artist’s work follows a dramatic new direction of fiery volcanic imagery. Twisted figures rise through mushrooming clouds of soot and smoke with faces comprised of burnt debris, their bodies as vulnerable and…

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July 9, 2012 at 9:00 am

20 Award-Winning Microscope Images

20 Award-Winning Microscope Images

Olympus America Inc. is in the ninth year of sponsoring the BioScapes International Digital Imaging Competition. It honours the world’s most extraordinary microscope images of life science subjects. The Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition recognizes outstanding images of life science specimens captured through light microscopes, using any magnification, any illumination technique and any brand…

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July 8, 2012 at 1:48 pm

Celebrity Photo Mosaics by Charis Tsevis

photo mosaic of hugh laurie from house for tv guide cover by charis tsevis

Charis Tsevis is an award-wining visual designer and illustrator living and working in Athens, Greece. He serves a global list of clients from his studio, Tsevis Visual Design. He’s also a part time professor of Editorial Design at the AKTO College of Art and Design. In a recent showcase on Behance, Charis shared his…

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July 7, 2012 at 8:08 pm

Picture of the Day: Hafragilsfoss Waterfall, Iceland

Hafragilsfoss waterfalls in Jokulsargljufur national park Iceland

HAFRAGILSFOSS WATERFALL, ICELAND Photograph by Alexander Shchukin In this wonderful capture by Alexander Shchukin, we see the beautiful Hafragilsfoss waterfall located in Jokulsargljufur National Park in Iceland. The waterfall has a single drop of approximately 27 meters (89 feet) and an approximate width of 91 meters (300 ft). The falls are just…

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