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At the end of every quarter the Sifter highlights the top 25 “Pictures of the Day“, culminating in an epic Top 100 at the end of the year (check out the Top 100 POTDs for 2014!).

It’s hard to believe we’re already half way through 2015. I can’t wait to see what the rest of the year will bring. Below you will find the second instalment of this quarterly compilation. All credit goes to the individual photographers and their inspiring visions of our beautiful planet.

For more information on any individual photograph, click the title or image to be taken to the original post.

*Please note the photographs themselves were not necessarily taken in 2015, they just happened to be featured as a POTD on TwistedSifter. The pictures are also listed in reverse chronological order. There is no ranking amongst the photos

 

 

50. City Issues Parking Ticket to Car Sculpture it Commissioned

 

Artwork by Erwin Wurm

 

 

 

49. Cypress Tree Avenue – Point Reyes, California

 

Photograph by FRANK SCHULENBURG

 

 

 

48. Room With a View

 

Photograph by CHRIS BURKARD
Website | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Online Store

 

 

 

47. Forced Perspective or World’s Biggest Dog?

 

Photographer Unknown via jstrydor on reddit

 

 

 

46. Students Lining Up to Get Their Yearbook Signed
by Mr Steve the Custodian

 

Photograph by Carrie Doig

 

 

 

45. The Galaxy Inside a Flower

 

Photograph by Nomi Oranchuk

 

 

 

44. Rolling Through the Streets

 

Artwork by Cosimo ‘Cheone’ Caiffa

 

 

 

43. I Believe I Can Fly

 

© Ashley Neuhof / National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest

 

 

 

42. Water Walkway in Croatia

 

Photograph by David Sim

 

 

 

41. Tree Pose on Trolltunga

 

Photograph via Unsplash

 

 

 

For more info, click any title or image
to see the original post

 

 

 

40. Sunset on Mars

 

Photograph by NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Texas A&M Univ.

 

 

 

39. Swim Call in the Gulf of Aden

 

U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Megan Anuci

 

 

 

38. Guide Dog Pup in Training

 

Photograph by Southeastern Guide Dogs

 

 

 

37. Rio at Night

 

Photograph by Vitaliy Raskalov / On The Roofs

 

 

 

36. Just a Turtle Riding a Crocodile

 

Photograph by _iond_ on reddit

 

 

 

35. The Surface of a Strawberry

 

Photograph by ALEXEY KLJATOV
Blog | Flickr | Facebook | Google+ | deviantART | 500px | Tumblr | Prints

 

 

 

34. This Neighborhood Looks Suspicious

 

Photographer Unknown via DeathByTrayItShallBe on reddit

 

 

 

33. Perfectly Timed Pirate Ship Kite

 

Photograph by bijoubear on reddit

 

 

 

32. Dynjandi Waterfalls, Iceland

 

Photograph by Diego Delso, Wikimedia Commons, CC-BY-SA 4.0

 

 

31. Rare Quadruple Rainbow Spotted

 

Photograph by Amanda Curtis on Twitter

 

 

 

For more info, click any title or image
to see the original post

 

 

 

30. Real-Life Kermit the Frog Discovered

 

Photograph by Brian Kubicki

 

 

 

29. Banyan Tree

 

Photographer Unknown via leewdo on reddit

 

 

 

28. Levels of Nature

 

Photograph by John Cobb

 

 

 

27. Hiking With Your Best Friend

 

Photograph by Vladimir Kudinov

 

 

 

26. A Lonely Rain Cloud Somewhere in the Pacific

 

Photograph by Barto on Flickr

 

 

 

25. Northern Guangxi Province, China

 

Photograph by Trey Ratcliff | StuckinCustoms.com

 

 

 

24. Solar Eclipse at the Isle of Skye

 

© Rutger Pauw / Red Bull Content Pool

 

 

 

23. Earth from Mars and Mars from Earth

 

Left Photo NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/TAMU | Right Photo Bill Dunford

 

 

 

22. Cardinal Levitation

 

Photograph by the_pride_of_VPI on reddit

 

 

 

21. Astronaut Salutes Nimoy From Space

 

Photograph by Terry Virts

 

 

 

For more info, click any title or image to see the original post

 

 

20. Rice Terraces from Above

 

Photograph by Jialiang Gao | http://ift.tt/P0WsMt

 

 

 

19. Aurora Borealis, Bear Lake, Alaska

 

United States Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joshua Strang

 

 

 

18. Curiosity’s Latest Selfie from Mars

 

Photograph by NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

 

 

 

17. Canadian Gothic

 

Photograph by Bethe (@PuzzleBethe on Twitter)

 

 

 

16. Ice Grill

 

Photograph via WITN

 

 

 

15. A River Runs Through It

 

Photograph by Manuel Vidal

 

 

 

14. Times Square, D-Day, 1944

 

Photograph by Howard Hollem, Edward Meyer or MacLaugharie

 

 

 

13. Team Rwanda Sees Snow For First Time Ever

 

Photograph by Team Rwanda Cycling

 

 

 

12. Spirals of Light Bursting from Earth

 

Photograph by NASA/Barry Wilmore

 

 

 

11. The Tokyo Metropolis from Above

 

Photograph by Panic_Switch
Flickr | Picsurge | Reddit

 

 

 

For more info, click any title or image to see the original post

 

 

10. Inside Baltimore’s George Peabody Library

 

Photograph by MATTHEW PETROFF

 

 

 

9. The Dark Hedges of Northern Ireland

 

Photograph by GIUSEPPE MILO
Website | Facebook | Twitter | 500px

 

 

 

8. Winter at the Wiesen Viaduct

 

Photograph by Kabelleger / David Gubler (www.bahnbilder.ch)

 

 

 

7. Barbecuing On Top of a Moving Submarine

 

Photograph via shanbuscus on reddit

 

 

 

6. Meanwhile in Canada

 

Photograph by Parks Canada

 

 

 

5. Not Afraid

 

Photograph via Ian Bremmer on Twitter

 

 

 

4. Pillars of Creation Redux

 

Photograph by NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

 

 

 

3. Real-Life Pegasus

 

Photograph via Carly Brooke (@ftcreature on Twitter)

 

 

 

2. Snowstorm at the Grand Canyon

 

Photograph by Michael Quinn/NPS

 

 

 

1. Mt Rainier from Above at Sunset

 

Photograph by -rabid- on reddit

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you enjoyed this post, the Sifter highly recommends:

 

The Top 100 ‘Pictures of the Day’ for 2014

 

 

The Top 100 ‘Pictures of the Day’ for 2013

 

 

The Top 100 ‘Pictures of the Day’ for 2012

 

 

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