Category: NATURE/SPACE

July 29, 2015 at 5:36 pm

Picture of the Day: Barcelona from Space

Picture of the Day: Barcelona from Space

Astronaut Scott Kelly shows us what the beautiful city of Barcelona looks like from the International Space Station.

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July 28, 2015 at 6:26 pm

Picture of the Day: The Bokeh Panorama

Picture of the Day: The Bokeh Panorama

The Brenizer Method (bokeh panorama) allows for the creation of an image exhibiting a shallow depth of field in tandem with a wide angle of view by use of panoramic stitching techniques in portraiture.

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July 27, 2015 at 10:22 am

A Flower Pot That Grows as the Plant Does

A Flower Pot That Grows as the Plant Does

Studio Ayaskan have created a pot that grows as the plant does; using an origami-based geometry design.

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July 26, 2015 at 12:08 pm

Picture of the Day: Alarm Clock by Nature

Picture of the Day: Alarm Clock by Nature

Photographer Jesse Attanasio wakes up to nature on ‘Second Beach’ in Washington’s Olympic National Park.

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July 25, 2015 at 2:38 am

Picture of the Day: This is Hair Ice

Picture of the Day: This is Hair Ice

You may have never seen or heard of it, but hair ice – a type of ice that has the shape of fine, silky hairs and resembles white candy floss – is remarkable.

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July 23, 2015 at 3:54 pm

Picture of the Day: Baby Orca Breaches Like a Boss

Picture of the Day: Baby Orca Breaches Like a Boss

Six-month old J50 breached 60 times that day, and none were more spectacular than this one.

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July 22, 2015 at 7:00 pm

Picture of the Day: Clouds to Scale

Picture of the Day: Clouds to Scale

Six islands of varying sizes, each with their own cloud of equally varying size.

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July 22, 2015 at 8:31 am

This Photo was Taken 1 Million Miles from Earth

This Photo was Taken 1 Million Miles from Earth

A NASA camera on the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) satellite has returned its first view of Earth from one million miles away.

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July 15, 2015 at 11:06 am

The Clearest Photo of Pluto Yet

The Clearest Photo of Pluto Yet

NASA’s New Horizons Spacecraft has travelled nearly 3 billion miles in 9.5 years, and is our first ever mission to Pluto and beyond.

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July 13, 2015 at 3:11 am

The Top 50 ‘Pictures of the Day’ for 2015

The Top 50 'Pictures of the Day' for 2015

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 2014!). It’s hard to believe we’re already half way through 2015. I can’t wait to see what the rest…

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