Category: NATURE/SPACE

December 16, 2015 at 11:56 am

Picture of the Day: Cassini Captures Saturn Moons in Perfect Alignment with Rings

Picture of the Day: Cassini Captures Saturn Moons in Perfect Alignment with Rings

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft captured this incredible view of Saturn moons, Enceladus and Tethys, in perfect alignment with the planet’s rings

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December 16, 2015 at 11:13 am

Florists Turn Abandoned House Into Flower Sanctuary (18 Photos)

Florists Turn Abandoned House Into Flower Sanctuary (18 Photos)

Florists from across the country fill every nook and cranny of an abandoned house in Detroit with American-grown fresh flowers and plants

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December 14, 2015 at 12:25 pm

Crashing Waves on Lake Erie Look Like Liquid Mountains (18 photos)

Crashing Waves on Lake Erie Look Like Liquid Mountains (18 photos)

Dave Sandford has been a pro sports photographer for 18 years but says it’s the oceans and lakes that truly beckon him.

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December 12, 2015 at 10:34 am

Picture of the Day: Exploring Iceland’s Ice Caves

Picture of the Day: Exploring Iceland's Ice Caves

Exploring ice caves can be dangerous. Unless you’re an expert, go with a guide.

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December 10, 2015 at 2:41 pm

Scuba Divers Capture Shocking Reef Devastation Caused by Anchored Cruise Ship

Scuba Divers Capture Shocking Reef Devastation Caused by Anchored Cruise Ship

The giant anchor and constantly rolling chain destroyed what took nature thousands of years to create.

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December 9, 2015 at 12:40 pm

Ancient Ginkgo Rains Gold at a Buddhist Temple in China

Ancient Ginkgo Rains Gold at a Buddhist Temple in China

A 1,400 year old Gingko biloba at the Gu Guanyin Buddhist Temple in China’s Zhongnan Mountains bathes the temple garden in a sea of gold.

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December 7, 2015 at 11:56 am

Picture of the Day: Frosted Spider Web

Picture of the Day: Frosted Spider Web

Sifter reader Deanna Hoyt sent us this lovely close-up of a frosted spider web that she spotted in Washington’s Normandy Park on Nov. 30, 2015

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December 2, 2015 at 11:44 am

Picture of the Day: Hiya

Picture of the Day: Hiya

A playful grizzly bear in Alaska waves to the camera.

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November 30, 2015 at 11:53 am

Picture of the Day: Rare Hole Punch Cloud Spotted in Australia

Picture of the Day: Rare Hole Punch Cloud Spotted in Australia

The rare cloud phenomenon occurs when part of a cloud’s water droplets freeze into ice crystals and fall below the cloud layer.

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November 26, 2015 at 1:20 pm

Andrei Duman Captures Earth’s Tapestry from Above (17 Photos)

Andrei Duman Captures Earth's Tapestry from Above (17 Photos)

The world looks different from above.

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