Photograph by National Park Service For the second year in a row, a rare phenomenon called a ‘temperature inversion’ filled the Grand Canyon with clouds. The weather occurrence is said to only happen roughly once every 10 years, yet it has happened twice in the span of a year; first occurring on 29 November…
More than 9,200 entries were submitted from over 150 countries, with professional photographers and amateur photo enthusiasts across the globe participating. Photographs were submitted in three categories: people, places and nature. The competition was judged on creativity and photographic quality by a panel of experts including National Geographic photographers John Stanmeyer and Erika Larsen,…
Featured on Good Morning America and ABC’s Great Christmas Light Fight, this light show set to Star Wars music is over the top, incredibly well synced and… well you just have to watch it. From the YouTube description: “I sequenced the show using LOR, mixed the music/sound effects with Digital Performer, and filmed it…
Photograph by Vladimir Pushkarev/Russian Centre of Arctic Exploration Scientists in northern Siberia’s Yamal Peninsula recently descended into a massive, newly formed crater. Vladimir Pushkarev, the leader of the new mission and director of the Russian Centre of Arctic Exploration, took probes and made measurements with his team in hopes determining the cause of the…
233 viral video clips in 6 non-stop minutes. How many can you recognize? Editing by Zapatou (Luc Bergeron), whose annual “Best of Web” compilation is now in its seventh year. I can’t wait to see what treasures 2015 will bring!
Vadim Makhorov and Vitaliy Raskalov are two of the preeminent ‘rooftoppers’ in the world. Together they are On The Roofs; the duo gained notoriety earlier this year when their GoPro video of them scaling world’s second tallest building (Shanghai Tower) went viral. The Sifter has previously featured their amazing exploits (see here, here and…
We’re now one step closer to Star Trek’s Universal Translator! Skype recently previewed Skype Translator to two elementary school classes—one in Washington and one in Mexico City. Skype Translator relies on machine learning, which means that the more the technology is used, the smarter it gets. The team is starting with English and Spanish…
Photograph by Stephanie Alexis on Instagram In this 360 ‘tiny planet’ panorama by Stephanie Alexis, we see her and a friend appearing to sail on a tiny water planet. The photo was recently featured by GoPro as their Photo of the Day. The photo is actually a composite of two images: the sailboat pic,…
Watch demolition experts fell the old Marble Falls Bridge in Central Texas in super slow motion. Photographer Kirk Drummond captured the amazing scene on a Red Epic camera filming at 300 FPS. Over 950 feet of metal truss works collapsed in an eventful four seconds after having been up for nearly 78 years. According…
Now that’s what friends are for! A poor tortoise got stuck upside down so his friend gave him a hand and flipped him back over. What a treat for the (clearly audible) kids to see!
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