Vertical Earth Kilometer
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 26, 2016
In Friedrichsplatz Park in Kassel, Germany, there is a public art installation of epic scale, but you can’t see it. The only visible sign of...
The Stunning Beauty of Braided Rivers
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 26, 2016
Most rivers flow in one broad channel of water, but some rivers split into lots of small channels that continually split and join each other...
The Norway Spiral
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 25, 2016
On December 9, 2009, a curious spiral of blue and white light appeared in the night sky over northern Norway and Sweden, freaking out a sect...
Highbury Square: A 93-Year-Old Football Stadium Converted Into Apartments
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 25, 2016
For any die-hard Gooner with half-a-million pound to spare, what’s better than buying a property at the old Arsenal Stadium in Highbury, Nor...
The Urban Villages of China
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 25, 2016
Over the last four decades, China has experienced rapid urban growth and massive rural to urban migration. Between the late seventies to the...
Collaborating With Insects to Make Art
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 24, 2016
Some of the most hated creatures on earth are bugs. These small scurry things invade our home and private spaces, spoil our food, get into o...
The Old Mill of Vernon
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 23, 2016
The Old Mill (Le Vieux-Moulin, in French) in the commune of Vernon, in northern France, is a 16th century flour mill constructed on top of a...
The Pigment Library at Harvard
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 23, 2016
A piece of rare lapis lazuli stone from quarries in Afghanistan, secretions from on ocean-dwelling snail Bolinus brandaris , dried bodies of...
The Boiling River of Mayantuyacu, Peru
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 20, 2016
Deep in the Amazon rainforest, in Mayantuyacu, Peru, flows a river so hot its water actually boils. The locals call it “Shanay-timpishka” wh...
The Forgotten Desert Libraries of Chinguetti
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 19, 2016
The ancient desert town of Chinguetti, in Mauritania, on the western edge of the Sahara, has changed little since it was founded more than t...
