Redditor jennymaecry recently shared a series of love letter envelopes from her grandfather to her grandmother. Both have since passed away and she says they discovered the letters after going through some of his stuff. All of the letters were date stamped in 1946 and sent to Ruth Roy’s home in Chisholm, Maine which…
Photograph Courtesy of Sea Turtle Conservation Bonaire Website | Facebook Album On July 1st, 2013 at 4:00 pm local time, 112 Loggerhead sea turtle hatchlings began to climb to the top of their nest in the sand. Photograph Courtesy of Sea Turtle Conservation Bonaire Website | Facebook Album The eggs hatched 52…
PLANET MERCURY Photograph by NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington This colorful view of Mercury was produced by using images from the color base map imaging campaign during MESSENGER’s primary mission. These colors are not what Mercury would look like to the human eye, but rather the colors enhance…
Design by Jake Evill Jake Evill wants to use 3D printing to revolutionize the way we treat fractured bones. Instead of the typical bulky, itchy and smelly plaster or fiberglass casts we use today; Evill is proposing a custom, 3D-printed, lightweight, ventilated, thin, recyclable and washable design. Jake is a recent graduate from the…
SHIPWRECK BEACH Photograph by Robert Wallace Located on the coast of Zakynthos, Greece is Navagio (Shipwreck) Beach, an exposed cove often referred to as Smugglers Cove. The story goes that in 1980 Greek authorities discovered a boat suspected of smuggling contraband. The chase was on. During the pursuit and inclement weather, the…
Thierry Cohen began his professional career in 1985 and is seen as one of the pioneers of digital photography. Cohen currently lives and works in Paris. Since 2010 he has devoted himself to a single project – “Villes Enteintes” (Darkened Cities) – which depicts the major cities of the world as they would appear…
LIGHTNING-WORKS Photograph by AJ192 on Reddit In this perfectly timed photograph by Redditor AJ192, we see lightning strike at the exact moment a firework lights up the night sky. The photograph was taken at a firework show at the Rio Rancho High School in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, United States. The image…
Welcome to the Shirk Report where you will find the 25 funniest images, 10 most interesting articles, and 5 most viral videos from the previous week of sifting. Most images found on Reddit; articles typically originate from Twitter, RSS and email; videos come from a variety of sources. Any suggestions? Send a note to submit@twistedsifter.com!…
LOOKING UP TO LIBERTY Photograph by Stefan Georgi Independence Day, commonly known as the Fourth of July, is a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, declaring independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain. Seen here is a unique view looking…
Fabian Oefner (born 1984, Switzerland) is a curious investigator, photographer and artist, whose work moves between the fields of art and science. His aim is to present the unseen and poetic facets of our natural world and to invite us to stop for a moment and appreciate the magic that constantly surrounds us. In…
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