Category: NATURE/SPACE

January 2, 2014 at 12:17 pm

Apparently Iceland is One Giant Abstract Painting

Apparently Iceland is One Giant Abstract Painting

Andre Ermolaev is a photographer from Moscow, Russia (featured previously). In an ongoing series of aerial photos, Andre captures Iceland’s incredible landscape like you’ve never seen. Many of his images focus on capturing glacial rivers flowing through Iceland’s volcanic areas and the patterns and colours that emerge from the resulting flow. As Andre describes…

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December 30, 2013 at 6:43 pm

Picture of the Day: The Shelf Cloud

Picture of the Day: The Shelf Cloud

THE SHELF CLOUD Photograph by Gonzalo G. Useta In this stunning capture by Gonzalo G. Useta, we see a massive shelf cloud off the coast of Montevideo, Uruguay. A shelf cloud is a low, horizontal, wedge-shaped Arcus cloud. They are typically attached to the base of a parent cloud, which is usually…

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December 29, 2013 at 4:06 pm

Picture of the Day: World’s Largest Reflection Pool

Picture of the Day: World's Largest Reflection Pool

WORLD’S LARGEST REFLECTION POOL Photograph by Kuroiniisan on Wikimedia Commons When it rains at Bolivia’s Salar de Uyuni (the world’s largest salt flat), the landscape transforms into a giant and shallow reflection pool. And if you happen to capture the phenomenon at sunset, you get a beautiful photograph like this. At 10,582…

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December 28, 2013 at 1:39 pm

Picture of the Day: The Space Selfie

Picture of the Day: The Space Selfie

THE SPACE SELFIE Photograph by NASA On Dec. 24, 2013, NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins, Expedition 38 Flight Engineer, participates in the second of two U.S. spacewalks, spread over a four-day period, which were designed to allow the crew to change out a faulty water pump on the exterior of the Earth-orbiting International…

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December 26, 2013 at 12:03 pm

Picture of the Day: White Christmas in Toronto

Picture of the Day: White Christmas in Toronto

WHITE CHRISTMAS IN TORONTO Photograph by SCOTT ROGERS In this incredible capture by Scott Rogers we see trees bathed in snow and sunlight on Christmas eve in Toronto, Canada (the Sifter’s home town!). Unfortunately Christmas was a difficult time for many Toronto residents this year. Last Saturday (Dec. 21) the city experienced…

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December 24, 2013 at 2:34 pm

Picture of the Day: Aurora Borealis – Christmas Edition

Picture of the Day: Aurora Borealis - Christmas Edition

AURORA BOREALIS – CHRISTMAS EDITION Photograph by Frank Olsen Seen here is a rare red aurora beautifully complementing the green band of colour below. The image was taken at Hakoya island, just outside of Tromsoe, Norway on October 25th, 2011 by photographer Frank Olsen. An aurora is a natural light display in…

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December 23, 2013 at 4:53 pm

Picture of the Day: What Lurks Beneath

Picture of the Day: What Lurks Beneath

WHAT LURKS BENEATH Photograph by JUSTIN HOFMAN Website | 1x.com | Prints available In this amazing over/under photograph we see a southern right whale underneath the boat of whale watchers off the coast of Argentina in the Peninsula Valdez. The whales come to these waters to birth their calves and mate. The…

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December 21, 2013 at 6:02 pm

Picture of the Day: Frosted Spider Web

Picture of the Day: Frosted Spider Web

FROSTED SPIDER WEB Photograph by shivs1147 on reddit Seen here is a spider web in -23 C temperature (-10 F). The photo was taken and submitted to reddit by shivs1147 last week. According to the wikipedia entry on spider webs there are several classifications of webs and different types of silk are…

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December 20, 2013 at 4:23 pm

A Cabin so Small it Doesn’t Even Require a Permit

A Cabin so Small it Doesn't Even Require a Permit

In 2010, Finnish designer Robin Falck wanted to build a place he could call his own. While hiking in the woods he found a beautiful location for a cabin. With mandatory military service coming up in less than a year, he knew he didn’t have time to build anything substantial that would require a…

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December 19, 2013 at 7:20 pm

Picture of the Day: Nat Geo’s 2013 Photo Contest Grand Prize Winner

Picture of the Day: Nat Geo's 2013 Photo Contest Grand Prize Winner

NAT GEO’S 2013 PHOTO CONTEST GRAND PRIZE WINNER Photograph by Paul Souders/National Geographic Photo Contest During the month of November, National Geographic magazine invited photographers from around the world to submit photos in three categories: People, Places and Nature. The 2013 National Geographic Photo Contest received more than 7,000 entries from over…

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