July 11, 2012 at 4:45 pm

Picture of the Day: Child’s Play

street art of two kids drawing scribbling on wall

CHILD’S PLAY Artwork and Photography by Telmo Pieper | Codex Inferno Art Collective This awesome mural by the Codex Inferno Art Collective was completed back in 2009 in Delft, a city in the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. It depicts two young kids scribbling on a wall, something many of…

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July 11, 2012 at 2:22 pm

Water Drop Refractions by Markus Reugels

Water Drop Refractions by Markus Reugels

The Sifter has already featured the amazing work of Markus Reugels, an incredibly talented German photographer that specializes in high-speed and macro photography. His 975-photo Flickr page is a constant source of wonder and inspiration, and I find myself checking in on his latest work often. Much of his photography centers around water drops…

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July 11, 2012 at 11:01 am

The Highest Point on Every Continent

The Highest Point on Every Continent

As you would imagine, the highest point is found at the peak of the continent’s highest mountain. In mountaineering this is known as the Seven Summits, which was first postulated and achieved on April 30, 1985 by Richard Bass. Below you can see the highest points on every continent compared to the “Eight-Thousanders“,…

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July 10, 2012 at 6:23 pm

Picture of the Day: A Break in the Clouds

Picture of the Day: A Break in the Clouds

A BREAK IN THE CLOUDS Photograph by Jeffrey Pang on Flickr In this fabulous capture by Jeffrey Pang, we see two canoers paddling through Lake Louise as a break in the clouds reveals the majestic Victoria Glacier in the background. Lake Louise is a glacial lake located in Banff National Park in…

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July 10, 2012 at 3:21 pm

Football Club Removes Red from Jersey for Blood Donation Campaign

Football Club Removes Red from Jersey for Blood Donation Campaign

EC Vitoria is a Brazillian football team from Salvador, Bahia. They are a Series B team that is in the midst of a brilliant marketing campaign for blood donation. The team jersey typically features four horizontal red stripes. At the start of the season the team replaced the red stripes with white stripes.…

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July 10, 2012 at 1:23 pm

This Machine Prints Brick Roads

picture of the tiger stone brick laying machine in action

Block paving (also known as brick paving) is an alternative to an asphalt road. It’s typically used for aesthetic purposes on roads where traffic is relatively slow. Unfortunately, the process of laying these roads is manually intensive and can by quite harsh on one’s back and knees. Dutch-company Vanku BV sought to address this…

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July 10, 2012 at 9:01 am

The Only Lamborghini Aventador J In Existence

The Only Lamborghini Aventador J In Existence

Unveiled at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show in March, Automobili Lamborghini presented their most uncompromising open super sports car of its entire history, the Aventador J. The 515 kW / 700 hp two-seater is a first class technology showcase, combining innovative solutions and brand new materials and demonstrating Lamborghini’s expertise in carbon fiber technology.…

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July 9, 2012 at 7:04 pm

Picture of the Day: The World’s Longest Bridge Fountain

picture of the moonlight rainbow bridge fountain in seoul south korea, the longest in the world

THE WORLD’S LONGEST BRIDGE FOUNTAIN Photograph by Gu Gyobok The Moonlight Rainbow Fountain is the world’s longest bridge fountain that set a Guinness World Record with nearly 10,000 LED nozzles that run along both sides that is 1,140m long (3,740 ft), shooting out 190 tons of water per minute. Installed in September…

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July 9, 2012 at 4:32 pm

15 Hilarious Strikeout Moves by Major League Umpires

major league baseball umpire strikeout call move

Sports website Deadspin has recently published an epic two-part post of every single Major League umpire’s strikeout call (part 1, part 2), all 72 of them. If you’re a fan of baseball and on a decent Internet connection it’s definitely worth checking out. From shadow punches, to leg lifts and kung fu fighing…

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July 9, 2012 at 1:56 pm

Mind-Blowing Oil Paintings by Fulvio di Piazza

oil on canvas by fulvio di piazza

Fulvio Di Piazza creates whimsical paintings of anthropomorphized landscapes with an extraordinary level of detail and depth. In Ashes to Ashes, the artist’s work follows a dramatic new direction of fiery volcanic imagery. Twisted figures rise through mushrooming clouds of soot and smoke with faces comprised of burnt debris, their bodies as vulnerable and…

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