Photographer Unknown via leewdo on reddit A Banyan is a fig that starts its life as an epiphyte (a plant growing on another plant) when its seeds germinate in the cracks and crevices on a host tree (or on structures like buildings and bridges). “Banyan” often refers specifically to the Indian banyan (Ficus benghalensis),…
Flow Hive is a revolutionary beehive invention, allowing you to harvest honey without opening the hive and with minimal disturbance to the bees. The ground-breaking project launched on Indiegogo earlier this year with a modest goal of $70,000 USD. The project became a worldwide sensation and Indiegogo’s most successful crowdfunding campaign in history, raising…
Photograph by John Cobb In this beautiful capture of the Alaskan landscape we see the Tracy Arm fjord with the impressive Sawyer glacier lurking behind and mountains soaring above all. I love the composition and lines in this capture by John Cobb. Tracy Arm is a fjord in Alaska near Juneau (outlet at 57°…
Japanese art collective teamLab have created an incredible floating flower garden installation featuring over 2,300 living flowers in bloom. TeamLab adds: When a viewer gets close to this flower-filled space, the flowers close to the viewer rise upwards all at once, creating a hemispherical space with the viewer at its center. In other words,…
Photograph by Kien Do Kien Do captured this stunning view of a break in the clouds that looks like an eye in the sky. The photo was taken 31,000 ft above ground as the plane prepared for its descent to Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. via Kien Do on Unsplash
Photograph by IAN CROMBIE Website | Facebook | Instagram In this amazing before and after photo we see Ian Crombie at the beginning and end of a hiking journey from Mexico to Canada via the famous Pacific Crest Trail. The Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail (PCT) is a treasured pathway through some of the…
Photograph by Vladimir Kudinov It doesn’t get much better than this! Great capture by Vladimir Kudinov via Unsplash
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 1/4 of the way through 2015. I can’t wait to see what…
Photograph by Barto on Flickr In this aerial photo taken from the window seat of an airplane, we see a lonely rain cloud somewhere over the Pacific Ocean. The photo was recently used in a NASA article that discusses “increased rainfall in the tropics caused by more frequent storms“. Barto on Flickr via…
© Dean Treml/Red Bull Cliff Diving Seven divers perform a mass dive from 19 metres (62 ft) after the second training session of the seventh and final stop of the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series at the famous Ik Kil cenote in Yucatan, Mexico, on October 16th 2014. A cenote is a natural…
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