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...
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...
