Ordinskaya or the Orda Cave is the longest underwater cave in Russia. Accoridng to the Orda Cave Awareness Project it is the first and only underwater gypsum excursion cave in the world. The two founders of the project are Vitya Lyagushkin, a famous underwater photographer, journalist and dive-instructor; and Bogdana Vashchenko, a diving journalist.…
Located at the Villa Escudero Plantations and Resort in the Philippines is the Labassin Waterfall Restaurant. The restaurant is only open for lunch and guests dine from a buffet-style menu and eat at bamboo dining tables. As you can see from the pictures it’s not a natural waterfall but a spillway from the Labasin…
SUBTERRANEAN SUPER-COLUMNS IN JAPAN Photograph by Dddeco You are looking at the world’s largest underground flood water diversion facility. The Metropolitan Area Outer Underground Discharge Channel, also known as the G-Cans Project, is an underground water infrastructure project in Kasukabe, Saitama, Japan. It was built to prevent overflow of the city’s…
Last year the Sifter featured 21 hilarious photos of terrified people as they made their way through the Nightmares Fear Factory in Niagara Falls, Canada. Legend has it the building used to be an old coffin factory, and now it is open to the public, but you enter at your own risk… The popular…
PREACHER’S PULPIT, NORWAY Photograph by John & Tina Reid | NomadicVision.com In this beautiful photograph by travel photographers John & Tina Reid, we see the view rewarded to those who make the hike to Preikestolen, a massive 604 metre (1982 feet) cliff in Forsand, Ryfylke, Norway. The top of the cliff…
Classroom Portraits is an ongoing series by photographer Julian Germain that started in 2004. Germain received his MA from the Royal College of Art in London and has had exhibitions around the world. He has also published several books including Classroom Portraits 2004 – 2012. The series engages the viewer because the portraits trigger…
A SEA OF SUNFLOWERS IN JAPAN Photograph by Jason Arney In this incredible capture by photographer Jason Arney we see a dazzling field of sunflowers in Daisetsuzan National Park (Taisetsuzan) in Hokkaido, Japan. Jason submitted this photo to Gizmodo’s Summer Shooting Challenge, taking home first prize for this amazing shot. The…
REMEMBER YOUR ROOTS Photograph by Brian Yen (briyen on Flickr) In this incredible capture by photographer Brian Yen (briyen on Flickr) we see an incredible system of roots scaling a wall as a child runs past a group of elderly people. Brian took this moment in time to reflect about our…
THE SERENITY SWING Photograph by Mebi on Reddit Located at the top of hill on a big oak tree is the Serenity Swing in Poly Canyon. For those interested, it’s a short hike just outside of San Luis Obispo in California. The photo was taken and posted to Reddit by user…
A CLOUD ILLUMINATED BY LIGHTNING Photograph by Mike Jones (mrjones131 on Flickr) While on a diving trip in the Grand Cayman Islands this past September, photographer Mike Jones captured this incredible lightning storm illuminating a storm cloud. Featured last week in The Telegraph’s ‘Pictures of the Day‘ gallery, Jones explained: “I…