Photograph by Damioanos Sotheby’s International Realty Located in the heart of the yachting paradise of the Exumas in the Central Bahamas, this 38-acre isle is listed at a cool $85,000,000 USD. Island buildings and amenities include: – five individual dwellings: Manor House, Beach Cottage, Harbourmaster House and the twin guest cottages – luxurious…
7 FOOTER GOES AS SHORT GUY ON STILTS FOR HALLOWEEN Photograph by firstclass_scamp on Reddit 7-foot Irish Redditor, firstclass_scamp, posted this hilarious photo earlier today. Sure Halloween is still six months away but this was too clever not to share. And if you’re thinking that he looks a little like Cameron Frye…
Mnfx is a design studio that specializes in creating custom props, models and FX. As part of a marketing campaign for Trex Decking & Railing, mnfx created these incredible miniature model decks at a scale of 1:12. The coolest part is that the decks were made using actual Trex decking materials! Yes, they…
Photograph by ALEXANDER SEMENOV Alexander Semenov is the head of the scientific divers team at the White Sea Biological Station (WSBS) in Russia. He’s also a prolific undersea photographer that has graciously shared his incredible work online on countless sites (Flickr, Behance, LiveJournal, 500px) so others may study and marvel at the beauty…
EXTRAORDINARY ICE CAVE IN ICELAND Photograph by SHY COHEN This extraordinary image by Shy Cohen was EarthShots.org’s photo of the day for February 16, 2012. It’s one of the many ice caves in Iceland and a nature photographer’s dream. Shy captured the scene with a Canon 7D (10-22). He also emphasizes the…
Artwork by MARK BROOKS Mark Brooks is a graphic designer and art director who’s career has landed him in both Barcelona and New York City (two pretty stellar places to call home!). Back in 2009, Mark did a series of ‘Star Grid‘ designs for a Barcelona-based apparel brand called SantaMonica. These awesome prints…
Every now and then the Sifter likes to see what’s happening on Twitter. In the past, we’ve featured the top ‘Humble Brags‘ and admired the endless wisdom of Neil deGrasse Tyson. Last week the Huffington Post published an article about people who didn’t realize the Titanic was real. Twitter user @boring_as_heck followed it…
THE THORNY DEVIL Photograph by ihatecoverbands on Reddit The Thorny Devil (Moloch horridus), also known as the Thorny Dragon, Mountain Devil, Thorny Lizard, or the Moloch is an Australian lizard. It is the sole species of genus Moloch and grows up to 20 cm (8 in) in length and can live up…
When one needs to transport a large number of ships (perhaps they aren’t ocean-ready), move a gigantic oil rig (like BP’s Thunder Horse PDQ) or perhaps carry a damaged warship home (The USS Cole), the MV Blue Marlin heeds the call. Blue Marlin is a semi-submersible heavy lift ship designed to transport very large semi-submersible…
Calligraphy by Julien Breton aka Kaalam | Photography by David Gallard aka Mr. Guep French artist Julien Breton aka Kaalam started calligraphy in 2001 by copying Arabic calligraphers. Self-taught, he began to incorporate long exposure photography to create incredible light paintings around the world. All of the images in this gallery were created…