At the end of last year, the Sifter posted the Top 50 Pictures of the Day for 2011. It went on to become one of our most popular posts of the year. For 2012, we will be highlighting the top 25 ‘Pictures of the Day’ at the end of every quarter. By the…
DRAMATIC MOSS COVERED WATERFALL IN ROMANIA Photograph by SANDRA RUGINA (behindmyblueeyes @ etsy.com) According to Sandra and comments on Reddit, this is the Bigar Cascade Falls in Carass Severin, Romania at the 45th parallel (45° 0′ 15.28″ N 21° 57′ 36.41″ E). The dramatic moss-covered falls are situated in the forests of…
On Sunday March 25, 2012 at noon, local time (10 p.m. ET), James Cameron’s vertical torpedo sub, the ‘Deep Sea Challenger’, broke the surface of the western Pacific, carrying the National Geographic explorer and filmmaker back from the Mariana Trench’s Challenger Deep. It is Earth’s deepest, and perhaps most alien, realm. After a…
THE ROAD LESS TRAVELLED Photograph by VFAGB on Reddit/getting-lost.com A beautiful capture of Great Escape Road in Wilsall, Montana. This was posted to Reddit a few days ago by user VFAGB who says him and his girlfriend sold all of their possessions (camera not included) and travelled the Western states of America…
Photograph by Larrousiney Photograph by Mtu33260 The Great Dune of Pyla (or Pilat) is the tallest sand dune in Europe. It is located in La Teste-de-Buch in the Arcachon Bay area, France, 60 km from Bordeaux. Pilat is often spelled Pyla, hence the alternative name “dune of Pyla”. More accurately,…
OVERLOOKING A FOGGY TORONTO FROM THE CN TOWER Photograph via The CN Tower / La Tour CN on Facebook Posted earlier this week to the CN Tower Facebook page, we see a dramatic view of a fog that rolled through Toronto on March 17, 2012. At 553.33 meters tall (1,815.4 ft), the…
Photograph by SIEMA @ Panoramio.com The Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route is an international mountain sightseeing route some 90 kilometers (56 miles) long. The route goes across the 3,000-meter-high North Alpine mountains, the so-called “roof of Japan,” and connects Toyama and Shinano Omachi. You can enjoy the panorama by taking a train, highland bus,…
Photograph via Kulula on Facebook Kulula (Zulu for ‘easily’), first took to the skies in August 2001 as South Africa’s first low fare airline. Their fleet consists of one Boeing 737-200 (118 seats), one Boeing 737-300 (136 seats), seven Boeing 737-400’s (162 seats) and two 737-800’s (186 seats). While most airlines have the…
South Bridge, Kiev | Photograph by Vadim Mahorov @ dedmaxopka.livejournal.com Russian photographer Vadim Mahorov goes to death-defying heights for the perfect shot. While the thrill of scaling buildings, towers and monuments is part of the allure, the dramatic aerial landscapes Vadim captures are absolutely breathtaking. Although many are quick to lump Vadim with…
THE CONCRETE JUNGLE Photograph by Edward Burtynsky The Judge Harry Pregerson Interchange is a stack interchange near the Athens and Watts communities of Los Angeles, California. Though the interchange permits traffic entering the interchange in all directions to exit in all directions (cf. Hollywood Split, East Los Angeles Interchange), the interchange also…
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