THE LION MONUMENT OF LUCERNE, SWITZERLAND Photograph by MOUSTACHEBOY ON FLICKR Photograph by VICTOR WONG The Lion Monument, or the Lion of Lucerne, is a sculpture in Lucerne, Switzerland, designed by Bertel Thorvaldsen and hewn in 1820–21 by Lukas Ahorn. It commemorates the Swiss Guards who were massacred in 1792 during…
Photograph via GEORGIA AQUARIUM The Georgia Aquarium is the largest aquarium in the world, whether you’re measuring by the number of fish or volume of water. Located in Atlanta, Georgia, USA at Pemberton Place, it has more than 8.5-million-US-gallon (32,000 m3) of marine and fresh water housing more than 120,000 animals of 500 different…
JOE KITTINGER JUMPING FROM SPACE Photograph by THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE On Aug. 16, 1960, Colonel Joseph Kittinger stepped from a balloon-supported gondola at the altitude of 102,800 feet (31,333 meters). In freefall for 4.5 minutes at speeds up to 714 mph (1,149 km/h) and temperatures as low as -94 degrees…
Artwork and Photography by M-E-S-A The Sifter was unable to uncover much information on this fascinating street artist. I believe he is from Spain and based on his work, he has a definite affinity for crows and human faces. Beyond that, I urge you to check out his Flickr profile to see all of…
YAKUZA FAMILY PORTRAIT Photograph via Reddit Yakuza, also known as gokudo, are members of traditional organized crime syndicates in Japan. The Japanese police, and media by request of the police, call them boryokudan, literally “violence group”, while the yakuza call themselves “ninkyo dantai”, “chivalrous organizations”. The yakuza are notoriously known for their…
Photograph by MITCH DOBROWNER – Fine Art Photography A recent TIME Lightbox gallery featured the incredible work of Mitch Dobrowner. Mitch describes his passion for landscape photography and specifically, capturing the ‘nastiest weather’ he can find. Taking an active approach to seeking out these super-cell thunderstorms, Dobrowner describes the immense power and beauty of…
RAGING RHINO! Photograph by PETER DELANEY Photographer’s Description [Peter Delaney]: While on a lion photo shoot in the Madikwe Game Reserve in the North West province of South Africa, my guide and I saw two black rhinos, a critically endangered species. Suddenly the adult and calf began running headlong in our direction.…
Photograph by KLAUS KEHRLS Measuring a staggering 534 ft (164 meters), the mega yacht Eclipse was built by the Blohm & Voss shipyard in Hamburg, Germany. It is owned by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich who owns four other yachts as well. The yacht ‘eclipsed’ (sorry I had to) the former largest yacht in the…
WATCH YOUR STEP! Photography by MARAT DUPRI 19-year-old Russian Marat Dupri takes stomach churning shots of him and his friends scaling incredibly high heights without any safety harnesses. Often they trespass on private property bypassing security to ‘get the shot’. While the photographs are spectacular the risks are very real……
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