Photograph by Warren Goldswain In this beautiful sunset panorama, we see a tranquil beach near Cape Town, South Africa. In the distance you can make out the unmistakable flat-top of Table Mountain. Cape Town is the second-most populous city in South Africa after Johannesburg and one of the most multicultural cities in the world.…
Sure it’s far-fetched; but it’s well narrated, fantastically edited and an undeniably fun way to remember just how amazing Pixar movies have been. If you’re a fan of Pixar, be sure to check out our previous post: Pixar’s 22 Golden Rules of Storytelling
I think this might be / Quite possibly the greatest / Haiku of all time When a class of schoolchildren were asked to write haikus, this sassy submission was the clear-cut winner. Step aside ‘haikus are easy / but sometimes they don’t make sense / refrigerator‘ a new champion has been crowned. A haiku…
Amsterdam-based artist Max Zorn places multiple layers of brown packing tape on acrylic glass sheets. The more layers of tape he uses, the darker the shades become. He then uses an X-Acto knife to cut and shape the various layers. However, it’s not until a light source (like a lamp, light box or sunlight)…
It’s been three years to the day since Alan Becker released Animator vs. Animation III. After a successful Kickstarter campaign last August, the fourth installment is here and it’s awesome. If you’ve never seen the series before, I’ve embedded the previous installments below. Enjoy! Part I Part II Part III…
Photograph by Andrè Baumann A beautiful macro capture by Andrè Baumann shows a dragonfly covered in early morning dew. A dragonfly is an insect belonging to the order Odonata and is characterized by large multifaceted eyes, two pairs of strong transparent wings, and an elongated body. Dragonflies are among the fastest flying insects in…
This timelapse is the result of a 15,000 km road trip and tens of thousands of images taken over the last 5 months. The journey has covered all of Norway’s 19 counties, from the far south to the Russian border in the Northeast. Filmed and edited by MORTEN RUSTAD Video soundtrack composed by Jogeir…
We all have ‘friends’ on Facebook but how well do we truly know them? Matt Kulesza plans on finding out, starting a project he calls 1000+ coffees: “I plan to have a one-on-one coffee with every single one of my 1000+ Facebook “friends” over the space of the next three years, or as long…
At the end of every quarter the Sifter highlights the top 25 ‘Pictures of the Day‘, culminating in an epic Top 100 at the end of the year (see last year’s top 100 here). We’re now in the home stretch of 2014 with only three months left! I can’t wait to see what treasures…
We can’t all lead a life of adrenaline-filled adventure… even if you have a GoPro. But that doesn’t mean your life can’t be fun and fulfilling! You just may not BASE jump off a cliff any time soon.
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