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...
Waitomo Glowworm Caves, New Zealand
Kaushik Patowary
May 15, 2013
The Waitomo Glowworm Caves, located just outside the main Waitomo township on the North Island of New Zealand, is a famous attraction becaus...
Wadi Al-Salaam: The Largest Cemetery in The World
Kaushik Patowary
May 15, 2013
Wadi us-Salaam, which literally means the Valley of Peace, is an Islamic cemetery located in the holy city of Najaf, Iraq. The cemetery cove...
Impressive Artwork Made Out of Denim by Ian Berry
Kaushik Patowary
May 11, 2013
Ian Berry is a British born artist currently based in Sweden, who creates artwork solely from denim. Using old jeans, jackets, and other de...
Bunda Cliffs in Australia: Is this the Edge of the World?
Kaushik Patowary
May 11, 2013
Located on the Great Australian Bight in Southern Australia, is the vast, featureless Nullarbor Plain - the world’s largest single piece of ...
