The Citadel Town of Erbil, Iraq
Kaushik Patowary
May 24, 2013
At the heart of the city of Erbil, in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, lies an ancient mound of earth some 25 to 30 meters tall from the surrou...
Ducks Rule at Peabody Hotel, Memphis
Kaushik Patowary
May 23, 2013
Peabody Hotel is not just another luxury hotel in downtown Memphis in Tennessee, USA. This one has a peculiar attraction – ducks. Every day ...
Scale Model of the Mississippi River on Mud Island
Kaushik Patowary
May 22, 2013
Mud Island is not actually an island, it is a small peninsula, in downtown Memphis on the Mississippi River. But it did rose out of mud. Wha...
Extraordinary Camouflage of Walking Leaves
Kaushik Patowary
May 22, 2013
Leaf insects or walking leaves are some of the most remarkable leaf mimics in the entire animal kingdom. These insects take the appearance o...
The Beautiful Fukang Meteorite
Kaushik Patowary
May 21, 2013
The Fukang meteorite, believed to be some 4.5 billion years old, which is as ancient as Earth itself, was unearthed near a town of the same ...
Colorful Danxia Landforms of China
Kaushik Patowary
May 20, 2013
The Danxia landform is a unique type of “petrographic geomorphology” found in China, characterized by strips of red sedimentary rock in stee...
Fire Rainbows: A Rare Cloud Phenomenon
Kaushik Patowary
May 19, 2013
“Fire Rainbows” or "rainbow clouds" are neither fire, nor rainbows, but are so called because of their brilliant pastel colors and...
Dietmar Eckell’s Photos of Plane Wrecks With “Happy Ends”
Kaushik Patowary
May 19, 2013
Airplane wrecks usually denote tragedies, but photographer Dietmar Eckell aims to highlight the rare miracles from the history of aviation ...
Photographer Tracks Down Abandoned Sets From Star Wars in Tunisia
Kaushik Patowary
May 19, 2013
New York-based Italian photographer Rä di Martino first discovered the ruins of the sets of Star Wars and The English Patient near Chott ...
Art and Decor of Moscow Metro Stations
Kaushik Patowary
May 18, 2013
The Metro began operating in Moscow in 1935 with a single 11 km line connecting just thirteen stations, but it has since grown into the worl...
