BEAUTIFUL BERN FROM ABOVE Photograph via loki010 on Reddit The city of Bern or Berne is the Bundesstadt (federal city, de facto capital) of Switzerland, and, with (as of December 2010) a population of 133,920, the fourth most populous city in Switzerland. The Bern agglomeration, which includes 43 municipalities, has a population…
GODZILLA’S FOOTPRINT – PALMACHIM BEACH, ISRAEL Photograph by ILAN SHACHAM Photographer’s Description [Ilan Shacham]: I went with my kids to the beach on a winter’s day, and we stood on this rocky outcrop, me enjoying the photography, and the kids enjoying the waves wetting their feet. Well, until a few seconds after…
FIRST RISING SUN OF 2012 Photograph by JIJI Press/AFP/Getty Images The first rising sun of 2012 appears above Mt. Fuji, observed at Yamanashi prefecture on January 1, 2012. All Nippon Airways (ANA) had organized a rising sun observation flight with 137 passengers on New Year’s Day. via The Atlantic’s…
ONWARD AND UPWARD Photograph by VITALY SOKOL aka WILLYAM BRADBERRY This fantastic capture of a dolphin jumping off into the sunset seemed most fitting for the final picture of 2011. The Sifter can’t wait for 2012, it’s going to be a glorious year. All the best to our readers around the world,…
SUPER MOM! Photograph by MARK GORMUS/TIMES-DISPATCH With an 8-month baby in one hand, a golden glove in the other, super mom Tiffany Goodwin shows the boys how it’s done; catching a foul ball with ease at a home game for the minor league Richmond Flying Squirrels. The photograph was snapped on May…
AMAZON’S GIGANTIC FULFILLMENT CENTER IN SWANSEA Photograph by Matt Cardy/Getty Images Staff at the Amazon Swansea fulfillment center process orders as they prepare their busiest time of the year, on November 24, 2011, in Swansea, Wales. The 800,000 sq ft (74,322 sq m) fulfillment center is one the largest of Amazon’s six…
JUST HANGING OUT Photograph via splitwheel on Reddit Pictured above is the late Dan Osman (February 11, 1963 – November 23, 1998) an American extreme sport practitioner, known for excelling at the dangerous sports of “free-soloing” (rock climbing without ropes or other safety gear); and “rope jumping” (falling several hundred feet from…
SELJALANDSFOSS WATERFALL, ICELAND Photograph by Noelia Magnusson Seljalandsfoss Falls in Iceland is located between Selfoss and Skogafoss on the Southern Ring Road down to Vik. It is a picturesque waterfall that plummets two hundred feet (60 meters) to a deep pool below. It is a unique and popular tourist attraction because visitors…
CENTRAL PARK FROM ABOVE Photograph via Reddit Central Park is a public park in the center of Manhattan in New York City, United States. The park initially opened in 1857, on 843 acres (3.41 km2) of city-owned land. In 1858, Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux won a design competition to improve…
YO HOMES TO BEL-AIR! Photograph via Will Smith on Facebook Spotted: Will Smith (who’s first name is actually Willard, who knew!), Alfonso Ribeiro (Carlton Banks), Tatyana Ali (Ashley Banks), James Avery (Big Phil!) and Karyn Parsons (Hillary Banks). Apparently the guy on the right is Blake Ross, co-creator of Firefox (and now…
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