The Pink Lake at Retba, Senegal
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 22, 2010
Lake Retba or Lac Rose lies north of the Cap Vert peninsula of Senegal, north east of Dakar. This lake has an unusual color – it’s pink. Lak...
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The Lost Pink and White Terraces of Lake Rotomahana
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 17, 2015
In the Rotorua district, in northern New Zealand, about 25 kilometers to the east of the city of Rotorua, were two small lakes known to the ...
Pink Lake Hillier in Australia
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 5, 2013
Lake Hillier is a pink-colored lake on Middle Island, the largest of the islands and islets that make up the Recherche Archipelago, Western ...
Lake Magadi, Kenya’s Pink Lake
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 2, 2016
Lake Magadi is located in the Great Rift Valley, in southern Kenya, in a vast depression whose bed is made almost entirely of solid or semis...
Lake Retba Looks Like a Giant Strawberry Milkshake
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 6, 2012
Lake Retba or Lac Rose lies north of the Cap Vert peninsula of Senegal, north east of Dakar. Depending on the time of day, the lake changes ...
Thousands of Pink Flamingos at Lake Nakuru, Kenya
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 3, 2012
Lake Nakuru is one of the three inter-linked lakes in the Rift Valley Province of Kenya. These lakes are home to 13 globally threatened bird...
Lake Natron, Tanzania
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 28, 2013
Lake Natron is a salt lake located in northern Tanzania, close to the Kenyan border, and just north east of the Ngorongoro Crater, in the ea...
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...
Koyashskoye Salt Lake
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 2, 2015
Koyashskoye is a salt lake located on the coast of the Kerch Peninsula in Crimea, and separated from the Black Sea by a strip of land. Like ...
Flowering of Lupins in Lake Tekapo, New Zealand
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 28, 2013
Lake Tekapo is the second-largest of three roughly parallel lakes running north–south along the northern edge of the Mackenzie Basin in the ...
Frying Pan Lake of New Zealand
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 18, 2016
The Frying Pan Lake in Waimangu, New Zealand, is one of the largest hot pools in the world. Its acidic waters stay at about 50–60° centigrad...
Salar de Uyuni in Boliva: World’s Largest Salt Flat
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 18, 2011
Salar de Uyuni (or Salar de Tunupa), located in southwest Bolivia, near the crest of the Andes, is one of the most visually captivating plac...
Jal Mahal: Jaipur’s Submerged Water Palace
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 26, 2016
Submerged in the waters of an artificial lake, in the “pink city” of Jaipur, in the state of Rajasthan, India, is the beautiful marbled pala...
The Statue of Liberty of Lake Mendota
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 8, 2019
This is what will happen when the polar ice melts and sea level rises. Well, not really. It’s just a continuation of a prank that started f...
Salmon Spawning at Kuril Lake in Kamchatka
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 12, 2010
The Kamchatka Peninsula is a 1,250-kilometer long peninsula in the Russian Far East. It lies between the Pacific Ocean to the east and the S...
The Buried Village of Te Wairoa
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 10, 2020
Until the late 19th century, the shores of Rotomahana, in northern New Zealand, were adorned by one of the most spectacular travertine terra...
Red Lotus Lake, Kumphawapi, Thailand
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 7, 2016
There is lake called Nong Han Kumphawapi in northeast Thailand, north of the town of Kumphawapi, and about 50 kilometers away from Udon Than...
Farming Algae in Hutt Lagoon, Western Australia
Kaushik Patowary
May 30, 2013
Hutt Lagoon is a salt water lake near the coast, just north of the mouth of the Hutt River, in Western Australia. The water of the lake is b...
Mount Conner: The Rock That Fools You
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 13, 2016
One of Australia’s most recognizable natural icon is a large sandstone rock formation called Ayer’s Rock or Uluru, located about 450 km away...
Best of 2013
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 31, 2013
In a few hours, we will enter a new year, and in the spirit of this new year’s eve we've compiled our best articles from the past 365 da...
