Category: ARCHITECTURE

October 1, 2013 at 6:05 pm

Picture of the Day: House on Fire Ruin, Mule Canyon

Picture of the Day: House on Fire Ruin, Mule Canyon

HOUSE ON FIRE RUIN, MULE CANYON Photograph by John Fowler | lumenetic.com In this fantastic capture by John Fowler, we see the famous House on Fire Ruin in Mule Canyon, Utah. Located in the ‘South Fork’ of Mule Canyon, House on Fire is about a 3 mile (4.8km) round trip to reach.…

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October 1, 2013 at 12:50 pm

The Top 75 ‘Pictures of the Day’ for 2013

The Top 75 'Pictures of the Day' for 2013

*UPDATE 12/17/2013* THE TOP 100 ‘PICTURES OF THE DAY’ FOR 2013 HAVE JUST BEEN PUBLISHED! CHECK IT OUT! At the end of every quarter the Sifter highlights the top 25 ‘Pictures of the Day‘, culminating in an epic Top 100 at the end of the year (check out the ‘Top 100 POTDs for…

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September 27, 2013 at 12:23 pm

Picture of the Day: Skyline Silhouette at Sunset

Picture of the Day: Skyline Silhouette at Sunset

SKYLINE SILHOUETTE AT SUNSET Photograph by THOMAS HAWK Website | Flickr | Facebook | Twitter | Google+ In this stunning sunset photo by Thomas Hawk, we see a silhouetted skyline of San Francisco as seen from Albany Beach. Located on the east shore of San Francisco Bay, Albany Beach is part of…

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September 26, 2013 at 3:15 pm

Picture of the Day: A Building with a View

Picture of the Day: A Building with a View

A BUILDING WITH A VIEW Photograph by Doug Wheller | dougwheller.co.uk Somewhere in the Chilean Patagonia of Torres del Paine National Park, is this building (perhaps a cabin or refuge?) with a view that needs no description. If anyone knows more about the exact location and purpose of the building, please do…

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September 23, 2013 at 10:47 pm

Picture of the Day: Neuschwanstein Castle

Picture of the Day: Neuschwanstein Castle

NEUSCHWANSTEIN CASTLE Photograph by Taxiarchos228 on Wikimedia Commons Neuschwanstein Castle is a 19th-century Romanesque Revival palace (i.e., a style of building employed beginning in the mid-19th century inspired by the 11th and 12th century Romanesque architecture) on a rugged hill above the village of Hohenschwangau near Füssen in southwest Bavaria, Germany. [Source]…

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September 11, 2013 at 12:32 pm

Lake Michigan’s Famous Frozen Pier and Lighthouse

Lake Michigan's Famous Frozen Pier and Lighthouse

Photograph by TOM GILL Blog | Flickr | Google+ Located on Lake Michigan is the St. Joseph North Pier (google maps), which features two lighthouses (‘Outer’ and ‘Inner’) that were both built over a century ago. When the wind picks up during Michigan’s frosty winter months, large waves crash upon the pier and lighthouses,…

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September 7, 2013 at 2:55 pm

Picture of the Day: San Francisco Airport from Above

Picture of the Day: San Francisco Airport from Above

SAN FRANCISCO AIRPORT FROM ABOVE Photograph by Todd Lappin In this fantastic aerial photograph by Todd Lappin, we see the San Francisco International Airport (SFO) as it looked in 2006. In the foreground is the original mid-1950’s terminal building and control tower. It was later used as the International Terminal and then…

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September 6, 2013 at 6:34 pm

Picture of the Day: Mist-Tanbul

Picture of the Day: Mist-Tanbul

MIST-TANBUL Photograph by Jürgen Horn and Michael Powell | for91days.com In this beautiful capture by Jürgen Horn and Michael Powell @ for91days.com, we see mist on the Golden Horn of Istanbul. The Golden Horn is an inlet of the Bosphorus dividing the city of Istanbul and forming the natural harbor that has…

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September 5, 2013 at 4:46 pm

Artist Uses Modern Techniques to Preserve a Traditional Chinese Art Form

Artist Uses Modern Techniques to Preserve a Traditional Chinese Art Form

Yang Yongliang is a Chinese artist and photographer from Shanghai. Born in 1980, he studied calligraphy and traditional Chinese landscape painting from an early age until graduating from the China Academy of Fine Art where he now teaches. His bio on White Rabbit summarizes Yongliang’s thoughts adeptly: A longtime student and devotee of shanshui,…

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August 29, 2013 at 5:21 pm

Picture of the Day: UFO Spotted in Seattle

Picture of the Day: UFO Spotted in Seattle

UFO SPOTTED IN SEATTLE Photograph by NothingI5True on Reddit Taken earlier this month by redditor NothingI5True, is a picture of the famous Space Needle in Seattle, Washington. He says he took the photo from his office window just as a heavy fog was rolling through. Another case of right place right time,…

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