PEAK-A-BOO! Photograph by DOUGLAS TANNER Great capture by photographer Douglas Tanner of a raccoon in Stanley Park, Vancouver, Canada. Camera and lens was a Canon EOS T1i with a Sigma 50mm f/1.4. Those little buggers are cute and crafty; we have tons of them in Toronto and you have to admire their…
Photograph by RUDIGER NEHMZOW PHOTOGRAPHY | Edition Prints Available After seeing Rudiger Nehmzow’s incredible cloud photography featured on My Modern Met and Behance it was too impressive not to share on the Sifter as well. These remarkable shots were taken from a height of 20,000 ft (6,000m) from the open doors of a…
BATHING SUIT REBELLION, CHICAGO 1922 Photograph via Reddit Fascinating historical photograph of two women in Chicago being arrested for wearing one piece bathing suits without the required leg coverings. Alleged date is 1922. How far we’ve come! via Reddit SEE MORE ‘PICTURES OF THE DAY’
Photograph by Russell Watkins/Department for International Development An unexpected side-effect of the flooding in parts of Pakistan has been that millions of spiders climbed up into the trees to escape the rising flood waters. Because of the scale of the flooding and the fact that the water has taken so long to recede, many…
CLOUD CITY DUBAI Photograph by MATTHEW MAKES for Turner Construction Stunning photograph of Sheik Zayed road in Dubai taken from the top of the Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world. E 11 is a highway in the United Arab Emirates. The longest road in the UAE, E 11 streches from…
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…
THE FINAL FRONTIER IS NEAR Photographs by MARK GREENBERG for Spaceport America Above we see Virgin Galactic’s WhiteKnightTwo with SpaceShipTwo attached, flying overhead during the dedication of the New Mexico Spaceport Authority Spaceport America 10,000 ft. (3.048 Km) long runway at Upham, New Mexico, USA. As the dawn of commercial space…
Photograph via Joel Schemmel @ Sotheby’s International Realty Situated on an acre of property at the coveted north end of Siesta Key (directly on the Gulf of Mexico), this opulent Mediterranean mansion with Moorish flair can be yours for a cool $13.45 million USD. Located in Sarasota, Florida, the home was completed in…
AUTUMN IN THE ADIRONDACKS Photograph by MICHAEL MELFORD, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Photographer’s Description: Sunlight dapples the shoulders of Algonquin and Wright, two of the more than 40 so-called High Peaks that rise above 4,000 feet. Once blighted by logging and industry, the region has undergone a renaissance of woods and waters. For more…
OFFICIAL BIRTH DATE OF ORGANIZED CHEERLEADING – NOV. 2, 1898 World’s first cheerleader Johnny Campbell – University of Minnesota Organized cheerleading started out as an all-male activity. In 1898, University of Minnesota student Johnny Campbell directed a crowd in cheering “Rah, Rah, Rah! Ski-u-mah, Hoo-Rah! Hoo-Rah! Varsity! Varsity! Varsity, Minn-e-So-Tah!”, making…
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