Azerbaijan: The Land of Fire
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 31, 2014
Azerbaijan, located within the South Caspian Sea basin, is among the world's oldest oil producers. The petroleum industry in Azerbaijan ...
Showing posts from October, 2014
The Sarcophagi of Karajia
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 31, 2014
About 60 km northeast of the city of Chachapoyas, in Luya Province, in Peru, lies the archaeological site of Karajia, where the funeral tomb...
The Blue Grotto of Capri, Italy
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 30, 2014
The Blue Grotto is a sea cave located on the coast of the island of Capri, in southern Italy, famous for its otherworldly blue glowing water...
Torghatten - The Mountain With A Hole Through It
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 30, 2014
Torghatten is a mountain on the island of Torget in Brønnøy municipality, in Norway, famous for its characteristic hole that goes right thro...
The Flower Laden Patios Festival of Cordoba
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 28, 2014
Every spring, in the beginning of May, the city of Cordoba, in southern Spain, bursts into bloom with special festivities as the city launch...
Travertine Chimneys of Lake Abbe
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 27, 2014
Lake Abbe is a salt lake, the largest and last of a chain of six connected lakes on the Ethiopia-Djibouti border. The lake lies on a basin c...
Sculpture By The Sea: An Outdoor Exhibition at Bondi Beach
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 24, 2014
Sculpture by the Sea is an annual outdoor sculpture exhibition, the largest of its kind in Australia, that takes place at the beach in Sydne...
Moss Balls of Lake Myvatn and Lake Akan
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 23, 2014
Moss Balls or marimo (Japanese for "ball seaweed"), also known by various names such as Cladophora ball and Lake ball, is a specie...
Pantanal, The World’s Largest Freshwater Wetland
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 22, 2014
In the center of the South American continent, south of the Amazon basin and east of the Andes, lies an immense landlocked river delta calle...
Metro Stations in Naples Converted Into Beautiful Art Galleries
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 21, 2014
Over the past decade, the city of Naples, Italy, has been transforming sections of the subway system into full-fledged art galleries by cont...
Layered Sand Art by Andrew Clemens
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 21, 2014
The art in these bottles were created by carefully pouring colored sand in layers, without the use of glue or any adhesive. These were made ...
Saint Helena Island: The Place of Napoleon's Imprisonment
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 20, 2014
Saint Helena, a British Overseas Territory, is a remote island located in the South Atlantic Ocean about 1,950 km west of the south-western ...
Island Homes During Mississippi River Flooding
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 18, 2014
When the waters of the Mississippi River broke in April 2011, it created one of the largest and the most damaging floods in the U.S. in the ...
The Coal Fires of Jharia
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 18, 2014
Jharia and the neighbouring village of Bokapahari, in the state of Jharkhand, lie within one of India’s largest coal reserves. Coke coal is ...
Istanbul, The City That Lies in Two Continents
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 16, 2014
Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey and the fifth-largest city in the world by population, is considered European, yet it occupies two diff...
The Dragon Hill of Iquique, Chile
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 16, 2014
Cerro Dragon or The Dragon Hill is an enormous sand dune about 4 km long, located near the coast in the city of Iquique in Chile. Varying in...
Carol Milne's Knitted Glass
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 15, 2014
Canadian sculptor Carol Milne , who lives and works in Seattle, US, is best known for her Knitted Glass works. A pioneer in the field of kni...
Kim Alsbrooks’ Paintings on Discarded Beer Cans
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 15, 2014
For the past ten years, Philadelphia-based artist Kim Alsbrooks has been painting miniature portraits on flattened beers cans and fast food...
Ventisquero Colgante: The Hanging Glacier of Queulat
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 15, 2014
Ventisquero Colgante, or the Hanging Glacier, is located in the Queulat National Park, in Chile, and is the park’s biggest attraction. Hangi...
Bourke's Luck Potholes
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 14, 2014
Bourke's Luck Potholes are a natural water feature found within the Mpumalanga province of South Africa, about 35km north of Graskop on ...
Sewell, An Abandoned Mining Town in The Andes
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 14, 2014
Located on the slopes of the Andes in the commune of Machalà in Chile, at an altitude of 2,000 metres, lies the abandoned mining town of Sew...
Taroko Gorge, The Marble Mountains of Taiwan
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 13, 2014
Taroko Gorge, also known as “Marble Gorge” because of the abundant supply of marble in the area, is an impressive 19-km-long canyon, located...
Sail Rock, Russia
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 13, 2014
Sail Rock, also known as Parus Rock, is a natural sandstone monolith located on the shore of the Black Sea, in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, about...
What Kids Around The World Have For Breakfast
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 12, 2014
“Americans tend to lack imagination when it comes to breakfast,” begins Malia Wollan in an article that appeared on New York Times last wee...
Castle Meur: The House Between The Rocks, Plougrescant
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 10, 2014
Castel Meur, also known as La Maison du Gouffre or “the house between the rocks”, is a charming cottage wedged between two huge jagged rock...
The Lava Trees of Hawaii
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 10, 2014
When hot lava from a volcanic eruption invades a forest, often the lava does not overthrow the larger trees, but flows around them. The mois...
GuaÃra Falls: A Natural Wonder Flooded By An Artificial Lake
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 9, 2014
About 200 kilometers north of the spectacular Iguazu Falls, along the border between Brazil and Paraguay, was another natural wonder even mo...
London’s New Folding Bridge Opens and Closes Like a Fan
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 8, 2014
British firm Knight Architects and structural engineers AKT have designed and completed a new moving footbridge in Paddington, London, that ...
Jordan Mang-osan Solar Pyrography Drawings
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 8, 2014
Magnifying glasses are fascinating, even more, if you are a kid. I remember holding them in the sun burning holes on newspapers or trying to...
Christopher McCandless' Abandoned "Magic Bus"
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 8, 2014
Those who have read Jon Krakauer's book Into the Wild or watched the 2007 Sean Penn’s movie by the same name, should be able to recolle...
Photographer Captures Sprite Lightning Over Italy
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 7, 2014
Up in the atmosphere, high above thunderstorm clouds or cumulonimbus, sometimes mysterious electrical discharges occur known as sprites. The...
Yom Kippur, The Day When Israel Goes Car Free
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 7, 2014
For twenty-four hours each year, all cars goes off the road all over Israel in celebration of Yom Kippur, also known as Day of Atonement - t...
The Chandelier at Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 7, 2014
A magnificent chandelier hangs under the dome of the main entrance of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, the world's largest muse...
The Sand Covered Church of Skagen
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 6, 2014
About 2 km southwest of the town center of Skagen, in Denmark, is a brick church half buried in sand. Known as Old Skagen Church or The Buri...
The Crooked House of Windsor
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 3, 2014
While many crooked houses are deliberately built crooked for visitor attraction, the one that stands at market square in Windsor, in England...
Historian Discovers 800 Year Old Doodles in Old Books
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 3, 2014
Some human behavior never change, such as the urge to doodle in the margin of a book. Historian Erik Kwakkel discovered this simple truth wh...
The Surreal World of Google Earth by Clement Valla
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 2, 2014
Brooklyn-based artist Clement Valla scours Google Earth looking for anomalies. They aren’t visible right away, but when the viewpoint is in ...
Terrifying Glass-Bottomed Bridge Opens in China
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 2, 2014
China’s latest attraction is a glass-bottomed suspension bridge that straddles two rocky peaks, 300 meters apart, in Pingjiang county, in th...
35,000 Walruses Come Ashore in Alaska Due to Lack of Sea Ice
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 2, 2014
The brown patch, on the photo below, is a congregation of an estimated 35,000 walruses that came ashore on a beach near Point Lay, an Inupia...
