Moulins on Glaciers
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 6, 2014
Just like rainwater dissolves the bedrock on the Earth’s crust and form sinkholes, meltwater on a glacier’s surface can melt ice and form si...
The Snow Monkeys of Jigokudani
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 6, 2014
Jigokudani is located in the valley of the Yokoyu River, in Nagano Prefecture, in Japan, at an elevation of 850 meters. Literally “hell’s va...
Cape Agulhas: The Place Where Two Oceans Meet
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 5, 2014
When Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias rounded the rocky headland of South Africa’s Cape Peninsula in 1488, he became the first European t...
The Iconic Gold Hill of Shaftesbury
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 3, 2014
Gold Hill, in the town of Shaftesbury in the English county of Dorset, is a picturesque steep cobbled street. The street was made famous by ...
Patrick Dougherty’s Twig Sculptures
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 3, 2014
North Carolina-based artist Patrick Dougherty has gained an international reputation for weaving tree saplings into massive, swirling forms...
Pearl-Qatar, A Luxurious Artificial Island
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 2, 2014
The Pearl-Qatar in Doha, Qatar, is a luxurious residential complex that is being developed on an artificial island, off the coast of Doha’s ...
Gubbio’s Enormous Christmas Tree on Mount Ingino
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 2, 2014
Every year on Christmas, the small medieval town of Gubbio, in northern Italy, lights up the world’s biggest Christmas tree on the slopes of...
Auckland, The City of Volcanoes
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 1, 2014
Auckland, the largest and most populous city of New Zealand, straddles a volcanic field that contains no less than 50 volcanoes. These volca...
Winter in Riisitunturi National Park
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 28, 2014
Riisitunturi National Park is situated in the southern part of Finnish Lapland near Posio, in Finland. The park covers an area of 77 square ...
The Long and Lonely Eyre Highway: Australia’s Longest Straight Road
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 27, 2014
Imagine a drive, a thousand miles long with no turns or bends, across a vast featureless plain with repetitive landscape, and hundreds of ki...
