The Incredible Barringer Meteor Crater of Arizona
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 31, 2013
About 50,000 years ago, a rock fragment broke away from the asteroid belt and hurtled towards earth. The rock, composed of nickel and iron, ...
Showing posts from July, 2013
U Bein’s Iconic, Kilometer Long Wooden Bridge in Myanmar
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 30, 2013
U Bein’s bridge is a teak structure that stretches almost 1,200 meters across the Taungthaman Lake, near the ancient Burmese capital of Amar...
Pico Cão Grande: The Towering Volcanic Plug
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 30, 2013
The Pico Cão Grande or the Great Dog Peak is a towering needle-shaped volcanic plug peak in São Tomé and Príncipe, in the south of São Tomé...
Cruise Ship On a Cliff is Actually a Hotel
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 28, 2013
Perched high above the shores on the costal cliff in Jeongdongjin, a South Korean tourist town known for having the best view of the sunrise...
Annual Sand Washing Operation at Xiaolangdi Dam on Yellow River
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 28, 2013
These incredible pictures were taken at Xiaolangdi Reservoir on the Yellow River in Jiyuan, Central China’s Henan province early this month....
Anne-Catherine Becker-Echivard Makes Art Out of Fishes
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 28, 2013
Dressing up animals and placing them in a variety of situations is not a new concept. We have seen cats , squirrels , rats and rabbits dre...
The Poisonous Blue Lagoon of Harpur Hill, Buxton
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 26, 2013
From a distance, an abandoned quarry at Harpur Hill in the English town of Buxton looks like a true paradise. The water is a brilliant turqu...
Blue Lagoon Geothermal Spa in Iceland
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 25, 2013
The Blue Lagoon geothermal spa is one of the most visited attractions in Iceland, and easily the most photographed. The spa is located in a ...
Friedensreich Hundertwasser’s Strange Architecture
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 25, 2013
Friedensreich Hundertwasser (1928–2000) was an Austrian painter, architect, and sculptor best known for his architecture characterized by co...
What If You Dropped Manhattan Into the Grand Canyon?
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 21, 2013
When Swiss photographer Gus Petro took a trip to the United States last year, he was struck by two things – the vast emptiness of the Grand...
Giant Dragon Skull on an English Beach Promotes “Game of Thrones”
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 21, 2013
On Monday morning, locals and holiday makers were surprised to discover what appeared to be a giant skull of a dragon on Charmouth beach in ...
Sao Paulo: The City With No Outdoor Advertisements
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 20, 2013
In September 2006, the mayor of São Paulo passed the so-called “Clean City Law" that outlawed the use of all outdoor advertisements, in...
Bishop Rock: The Smallest Island in the World
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 19, 2013
Bishop Rock is a small rocky ledge jutting out of the sea, 4 miles west of the Isles of Scilly in Cornwall. The rock rises from a depth of 4...
Anamorphic 3D Illusion Drawings by Alessandro Diddi
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 19, 2013
When Alessandro Diddi takes his pencil to paper, he makes drawings come to life. The 42-year-old Italian artist creates clever anamorphic p...
Floating Umbrellas Once Again Cover The Streets in Portugal
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 19, 2013
Remember the colorful floating umbrella installation on a street in the city of Agueda, Portugal, that we posted about last year? The city ...
Cocora Valley: The Valley of Palms
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 18, 2013
Wax palms or palma de cera is Colombia’s national tree and the world’s tallest palms. These palms grow exclusively in the high-altitude val...
Kubu Island: A Desert Island of Baobabs and Ancient Fossils
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 18, 2013
In the vast expanse of the great salt flats of Makgadikgadi in the north of the Kalahari, lies an isolated granite outcrop, some 10 meters h...
Mosaiculture Exhibition 2013 at Montreal Botanical Garden
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 17, 2013
Considered the world’s most prestigious competition of horticultural art, the 2013 edition of Mosaiculture is currently on display at Montr...
Silfra: The Crack Between Two Continents
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 16, 2013
Located in the Thingvallavatn Lake in the Thingvellir National Park in Iceland, Silfra is part of the Atlantic rift – the dividing line betw...
The Langkawi Sky Bridge in Malaysia
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 16, 2013
Langkawi Sky Bridge is a 125 meters curved pedestrian cable-stayed bridge, located at the peak of Gunung Mat Chinchang mountain, on Pulau La...
The Last House on Holland Island
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 16, 2013
Holland Island is located in the Chesapeake Bay in Holland Strait, between Bloodsworth Island and Smith Island, six miles west of Wenona, Ma...
Tower of Wind in Tokyo
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 15, 2013
Located just to the southeast of Tokyo's Haneda airport, in the middle of the ocean, is a rather interesting structure. Referred to as t...
Salton Sea - The Accidentally Created Lake
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 14, 2013
The Salton Sea is a shallow, saline lake located 226 feet below sea level, occupying the lowest elevations of the Salton Sink in the Colorad...
The Ghostly Remains of the Yacht “Mar Sem Fim”
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 12, 2013
Mar Sem Fim (“Endless Sea” in English) is a Brazilian yacht that was shipwrecked, sunk and subsequently got frozen in ice in Maxwell Bay of...
7 Highest Cities in the World
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 12, 2013
Like the microscopic bacteria, human beings too have learned to evolve and flourish in extreme conditions – from the scorching heat of the S...
7 Most Spectacular Spits on Earth
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 9, 2013
In geography, spit is a landform made by the deposition of sand by the movement of tides. Spits are narrow and elongated – one end is attach...
Beautiful Cinematic Paintings by Brian Tull
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 7, 2013
Coming from Nashville, Tennessee, artist Brian Tull uses both oil and acrylic paint to create photorealistic images that are heavily inspir...
Rhone Glacier Covered in Blankets to Slow Melting
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 7, 2013
The Rhone Glacier in the Swiss Alps is one of the oldest know glaciers in the Alps, and an important one ‘cause it gives rise to the Rhone R...
The Peculiar Architecture And Design of Eixample, Barcelona
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 6, 2013
Eixample is a district of the Spanish city of Barcelona, that lies between the old city and the surrounding small towns. The district was bu...
Chinese Beaches Once Again Hit by Invading Algae
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 5, 2013
The seas off China have been hit by the largest ever growth of algae. The vast swath of green growth is washing onto the shores of the Yello...
Jabuticaba: The Tree That Bear Fruits on its Trunk
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 3, 2013
Jabuticaba is a Brazilian grape tree found in the states of Minas Gerias and Sao Paulo, in the south of Brazil. The fruit grows directly fro...
Hyperrealistic Drawings of Rain on Windshield by Elizabeth Patterson
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 2, 2013
Los Angles based artist Elizabeth Patterson uses colored pencils and solvent to recreate, very faithfully, the absurdly complex formation t...
Bristlecone Pines – The Oldest Trees on Earth
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 2, 2013
The Great Basin Bristlecone Pines, or Pinus longaeva , is a long-living species of tree found in the higher mountains of the southwest Unit...
Kelvin Helmholtz Clouds
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 2, 2013
Kelvin-Helmholtz clouds resemble waves breaking in the ocean. These clouds are formed between two layers of air with different densities and...
