Meet Rufus, the Wimbledon Hawk that has protected the courts from pigeons since 2000. Before Rufus, pigeons would often interrupt play and groundskeepers were deployed to shoo away the birds with varying levels of success. Ever since Rufus joined the security team, Wimbledon has been ‘pigeon interruption free’.
Andrew Clemens (1857-1894) was an artist from Dubuque, Iowa but spent most of his life in nearby McGregor. At the age of five Clemens was stricken with encephalitis that left him completely deaf and nearly mute. At age 13 Clemens began experimenting with sand art, collecting multicolored sands from Iowa’s Pictured Rocks region. He…
STREET CYCLOPS Artwork by OakOak Website | Facebook | Twitter Another gem from OakOak (featured previously here and here) shows a tiny Cyclops somewhere in Paris. When the sunlight is just right, something delightful happens and the X-Men character comes to life. Be sure to check out Oakoak’s website and Facebook page…
An incredible collaboration between master cellist Yo-Yo Ma and street dance legend Lil Buck. The performance, entitled The Dying Swan, was recorded by director Spike Jonze on his cell phone Yo-Yo Ma (born October 7, 1955) was a child prodigy and was performing by age five. The artist has recorded 75 albums, won 15…
So intense! Unreal footage takes you inside the middle of a peloton during the sprint finish on stage 5 of the Tour de Suisse. For those unfamiliar, a peloton (from French, meaning little ball or platoon) is the main group of riders in a road bicycle race. Riders in a group save energy by…
NAKED FRUIT Photograph by Holger Niehaus Courtesy of the Van Zoetendaal Gallery In this “still life capture with a twist”, German photographer Holger Niehaus provides his take on the classic bowl of fruit image; stripping fruits of their skin and removing the bowl entirely. Art Daily has a great write-up of the…
Graphic designer Tom Anders Watkins created a wonderful series of vector animal logos that have been receiving plenty of accolades on the creative showcase website, Behance. The 19-year-old, half Finnish half English artist is currently studying Creative Advertising at the University of Lincoln (UK) and hopes to pursue a career in advertising after graduation.…
8,255 miles (13,285 km) apart, Sarah and Paige have been best friends since they were 8 years old and have shared everything over Skype. The crazy part is that they have never met in person. Until now.
I could watch timelapse footage of supercell thunderstorms forming all day. They just have an unmistakeable awe to them that makes you respect and appreciate the power of nature. For previous posts of supercells on the sifter, see here, here and here. The amazing footage above was captured by storm chaser Stephen Locke. A…
DARK AND STORMY Photograph by Peter Essick/National Geographic In this incredible black and white photograph by Peter Essick, we see mighty thunderclouds towering over Banner Peak (12,942 ft/3,945 m) on the right and Mount Ritter (13,149 ft/4,008 m) on the left. Both are situated in the Ansel Adams Wilderness area in the…
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