A TINY HERMIT CRAB CLOSE-UP Photograph by sleepychinchilla on Flickr In this wonderful close-up taken on the island of Olhuveli in the Maldives, we see the home of a tiny little hermit crab. The photograph was taken back in 2008 by sleepychinchilla. There are over 1100 species of hermit crabs and…
Christoph Niemann is well-known illustrator, graphic designer, and author. After his studies in Germany he moved to New York City in 1997 (he moved back to Berlin after 11 years). From 2008-2011, Niemann wrote and illustrated a wildly popular blog for the New York Times called Abstract City. In a post entitled My Way,…
With over 17,000 historic photos on Flickr, the Library of Congress is a treasure trove for vintage awesomeness. Not only do the fine people at the LOC share an amazing archive for the world to enjoy, but they also categorize and tag many of the images, helping others sort through their extensive collections. One…
PURPLE HAZE OVER EDINBURGH CASTLE Photograph by Scott Hutcheson (SMHutch Photography on Flickr) In this amazing shot by Scott Hutcheson, we see a hazy purple twilight over Edinburgh Castle. In the picture comments on Flickr Scott says the purple colour was completely natural. Edinburgh Castle is a fortress which dominates the…
Earlier this year, scuba instructor and amateur photographer, Gerardo Aizpuru, uploaded a series of stunning images to the website Project Noah in hopes that members of the community might be able to identify the semi-translucent caterpillar. Another member suggested the 3 cm caterpillar was a member of the Dalceridae moth fmaily known as Acraga…
The Sifter has already profiled the fantastic work of Richard Silver for his New York Sliced series. In his ongoing exploration of his hometown city of New York, Richard takes us on a tour of beautifully designed church ceilings around NYC. Each photo is a vertical panorama composed of 6-10 photos stitched together. Shooting…
THE DINE-IN THEATER AT DISNEY WORLD Photograph by Joe Penniston (Express Monorail on Flickr) The Sci-Fi Dine-In Theater restaurant in Disney’s Hollywood Studios theme park (one of the four theme parks that make up Disney World) serves American cuisine for lunch and dinner. Like a night at the old drive-ins, servers…
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.…
TURBINES ABOVE THE FOG Photograph by iron_mike34 on Reddit Redditor and iron worker iron_mike34 took this amazing shot from a height of approximately 325 ft, as he stands atop the nacelle, which is the cover housing that contains all of the generating components in a wind turbine. This includes things like…
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…