December 12, 2011 at 9:10 am

The Top 50 ‘Pictures of the Day’ for 2011

The Top 50 'Pictures of the Day' for 2011

Every day at 5pm the Sifter posts the Picture of the Day. Below you will find a collection of the Sifter’s Top 50 from 2011. It’s hard to imagine the year is almost over, time seems to fly faster each successive year so it’s fun to take a moment and look back at the…

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December 11, 2011 at 6:29 pm

Picture of the Day: The Mighty Great White Shark

Picture of the Day: The Mighty Great White Shark

THE MIGHTY GREAT WHITE SHARK Photograph by DAVID LITCHFIELD Photographer David Litchfield took this incredible photograph of cage divers confronting a massive great white shark on the Isla de Guadalupe. The shot was one of the finalists of National Geographic’s annual photo contest. It’s hard to tell how big this shark is,…

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December 11, 2011 at 11:59 am

Anamorphic Medusa by Truly Design

Anamorphic Medusa by Truly Design

Artwork and Design by Ninja1 and Mach505 of Truly Design Hailing from Torino, Italy, the art collective turned visual communication studio, Truly Design, created this awesome anamorphic artwork for the factory/urban lab for Sub Urb Art. The images below will give you a sense of the trick perspective work it takes to make…

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December 10, 2011 at 6:00 pm

Picture of the Day: Beautiful Day for Baseball

Picture of the Day: Beautiful Day for Baseball

BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR BASEBALL Photograph by JEFFREY PHELPS A beautiful capture by Jeffrey Phelps as Milwaukee Brewers starting pitcher Yovani Gallardo throws during the eighth inning of Game 1 of baseball’s National League division series against the Arizona Diamondbacks on October 1, 2011, at Miller Park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The Brewers would…

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December 10, 2011 at 1:00 pm

The Ultimate Swim-up Bar

The Ultimate Swim-up Bar

Built and Designed by VITA Planning & Landscape Architecture The Sifter has never seen a swim-up bar quite like this. And it’s in a private residence nonetheless! Located in Cao San Lucas, Mexico, this incredible swim-up bar was built and designed by VITA Planning & Landscape Architecture. You can see in the last…

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December 9, 2011 at 5:00 pm

Picture of the Day: Long Exposure Candle Trails at Salisbury Cathedral

Picture of the Day: Long Exposure Candle Trails at Salisbury Cathedral

LONG EXPOSURE CANDLE TRAILS AT SALISBURY CATHEDRAL Photograph by MATT CARDY In a long-exposure photo, the interior of Salisbury Cathedral is illuminated by trails of candles carried by choristers during the annual “darkness to light” advent procession in Salisbury, England, on November 25, 2011. The service – which begins with the medieval…

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December 9, 2011 at 9:03 am

The Shirk Report – Volume 139

The Shirk Report - Volume 139

Welcome to the Shirk Report where you will find the 20 funniest images, 10 most interesting articles, and 5 most viral videos from the previous week of sifting. Enjoy! *For those that prefer the links open in a new tab/window, try holding the CTRL key whilst clicking a link with your mouse Stay sifty…

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December 8, 2011 at 5:00 pm

Picture of the Day: Rare Cyclops Shark!

Picture of the Day: Rare Cyclops Shark!

RARE CYCLOPS SHARK Photograph by Marcela Bejarano-Alvarez An extremely rare cyclops shark (pictured) has been confirmed in Mexico, new research shows. The 22-inch-long (56-centimeter-long) fetus has a single, functioning eye at the front of its head—the hallmark of a congenital condition called cyclopia, which occurs in several animal species, including humans. Cyclops…

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December 8, 2011 at 9:08 am

Incredible Interactive Photos Let You Focus Anywhere

Incredible Interactive Photos Let You Focus Anywhere

Shoot now, focus later. That’s the idea behind Lytro’s light field cameras. This disruptive technology is the brainchild of Dr. Ren Ng. In fact, his seminal Ph.D. research on light field technology earned the field’s top honor, the ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award for best thesis in computer science and engineering, as well as…

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December 7, 2011 at 4:57 pm

Picture of the Day: Vintage Tour de France from the 1920s

Picture of the Day: Vintage Tour de France from the 1920s

VINTAGE TOUR DE FRANCE FROM THE 1920s Photograph via joshsaldana on Reddit The image above is a cropped version of a popular poster/print that you may have seen before. It shows two riders smoking cigarettes during the Tour de France some time in the 1920s. The two riders smoking have been identified…

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