Mark Mawson is an international award-winning photographer with over 21 years of experience capturing people and places. His specialty is shooting underwater and his incredible skill can be seen in full display in the Aqueous series below. Mark has recently returned to London after living in Sydney for several years. In his ongoing Aqueous…
The Beach Park is an aqua park and resort located just outside the city of Fortaleza, Brazil. It is also home to the world’s tallest and highest water slide, the aptly named ‘Insano‘. Insano stands at a staggering height of 41 meters (134.5 ft) with an approximate drop time of 4-5 seconds. Their…
A crater lake is a lake that forms in a volcanic crater or caldera, such as a maar; less commonly and with lower association to the term a lake may form in an impact crater caused by a meteorite, or in an artificial explosion caused by humans. Sometimes lakes which form inside calderas are…
Photograph by PHIL HART @ philhart.com | Prints available at Red Bubble Starting in late December of 2008 and ending in January of 2009, the shores of the Gippsland Lakes in Victoria, Australia were awash in a sea of glowing bioluminescent flagellate protists known as Noctiluca scintillans. This incredible phenomenon was captured brilliantly…
In geography, a confluence is the meeting of two or more bodies of water. Known also as a conflux, it refers either to the point where a tributary joins a larger river, called the main stem, or where two streams meet to become the source of a river of a new name, such as…
THE KING OF THE RIVER Photograph by LARRY LYNCH for National Geographic | PRINTS AVAILABLE All hail the mighty alligator! Featured as yesterday’s Picture of the Day on National Geographic, this incredible shot by Larry Lynch shows an intimidating American alligator at night. In his own words: I made this image at…
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…
On the beautiful island of Thassos, Greece lies a secluded lagoon near the village of Astris called Giola. This seaside gem is apparently quite a trek, but for those willing to make the journey, they are rewarded with an incredible natural pool to soak in the gorgeous views of the sea. For one…
Artwork and Photography by ALBERTO SEVESO Alberto Seveso is an illustrator and graphic designer from Italy. In his latest series a due Colori, Alberto photographs plumes of ink underwater. The textures, detail and organic shapes are absolutely incredible. You can find previous versions of this series on Behance here, here and here. Be…
Red Bull, the wing-giving purveyors of all things extreme, has graciously granted the Sifter total access to their incredible library of photographs and videos. Following up from the popular feature on the Cliff Diving World Series earlier this year, we explore the adrenaline-pumping sport of whitewater kayaking. The Sifter went through Red Bull’s…
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