Category: PICTURE OF THE DAY

March 5, 2011 at 5:00 pm

Picture of the Day: Into the Fog

Picture of the Day: Into the Fog

Stunning photograph of a foggy day in Budapest, Hungary

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March 3, 2011 at 5:00 pm

Picture of the Day: Mexico City from Above

Picture of the Day: Mexico City from Above

MEXICO CITY FROM ABOVE Photographs by Pablo Lopez Luz Pablo Lopez Luz via Reddit Every day at 5pm the Sifter will post the picture of the day PLEASE CLICK HERE TO SEE ALL ‘PICTURES OF THE DAY’

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March 2, 2011 at 5:00 pm

Picture of the Day: The Biggest Lava Lake in the World

Picture of the Day: The Biggest Lava Lake in the World

THE BIGGEST LAVA LAKE IN THE WORLD Photographs by Olivier Grunewald The permanent lava lake of the Nyiragongo Crater is the biggest in the world with an estimated 282 million cubic feet of lava. The volcano’s rim lies 11,380 feet above the ground. At 1,300 feet deep, the lava lake has created one of the…

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March 1, 2011 at 5:00 pm

Picture of the Day: Giant Wisteria Vines in Japan

Picture of the Day: Giant Wisteria Vines in Japan

GIANT WISTERIA VINES IN JAPAN Photograph by Brian Young This stunning picture of giant Wisteria vines was taken in Ashikaga Flower Park in the Tochigi Prefecture of Japan. Wisteria is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae, that includes ten species of woody climbing vines native to the eastern United States and…

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February 28, 2011 at 5:00 pm

Picture of the Day: Left Brain vs Right Brain

Picture of the Day: Left Brain vs Right Brain

LEFT BRAIN VS RIGHT BRAIN Does it have to be one or the other? Can’t it be both? Great illustration/print ad for Mercedes Benz. Full credits below: Advertising Agency: Shalmor Avnon Amichay/Y&R Interactive Tel Aviv, Israel Chief Creative Director: Gideon Amichay Executive Creative Director: Tzur Golan Creative Director: Yariv Twig Art Directors: Gil Aviyam, Dror…

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February 27, 2011 at 5:03 pm

Picture of the Day: Awww Yeah Flowers!

Picture of the Day: Awww Yeah Flowers!

AWWW YEAH FLOWERS! Photograph by ANDREA ZAMPATTI @ WILDLIGHTS.IT The Hazel Dormouse or Common Dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius) is a small mammal and the only living species in the genus Muscardinus. It is 6 to 9 centimetres (2.4 to 3.5 in) long with a tail of 5.7 to 7.5 centimetres (2.2 to 3.0…

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February 26, 2011 at 5:00 pm

Picture of the Day: Discovery’s Final Launch

Picture of the Day: Discovery's Final Launch

DISCOVERY’S FINAL LAUNCH Photograph by AP Photo/Chris O’Meara The space shuttle Discovery lifts off at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011. Discovery, the world’s most traveled spaceship, thundered into orbit for the final time Thursday, heading toward the International Space Station with a crew of six on a journey that…

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February 24, 2011 at 5:00 pm

Picture of the Day: The White Stripes

Picture of the Day: The White Stripes

THE WHITE STRIPES Photograph by Soren Solkaer via Reddit Every day at 5pm the Sifter will post the picture of the day PLEASE CLICK HERE TO SEE ALL ‘PICTURES OF THE DAY’

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February 23, 2011 at 5:00 pm

Picture of the Day: The King of Kings?

Picture of the Day: The King of Kings?

THE KING OF KINGS? Photograph by AP Photo/Alaguri Graffiti showing a caricature of Libyan Leader Muammar Gaddafi with writing in Arabic reading: “The Monkey of Monkeys of Africa”, a reference to Gaddafi’s self-declared title “The King of Kings of Africa”, is seen on a wall in Benghazi, Libya Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Alaguri) via…

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February 22, 2011 at 5:00 pm

Picture of the Day: Lofty Dreams

Picture of the Day: Lofty Dreams

LOFTY DREAMS Photograph by Vanden Eeckhoudt-Creyf Architectes via Reddit Every day at 5pm the Sifter will post the picture of the day PLEASE CLICK HERE TO SEE ALL ‘PICTURES OF THE DAY’

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