Angora Rabbit: The World's Fluffiest Bunny
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 14, 2014
This fluffy ball is actually a rabbit – the Angora rabbit from which the silky and soft Angora wool is harvested. The Angora rabbit is one...
Kamil Crater: A Meteorite Impact Crater Found with Google Earth
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 14, 2014
In 2008, a team of researchers sifting through images captured by satellites and available for viewing through the Google Earth program disc...
Magnetic Termite Mounds
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 14, 2014
In Australia's Northern Territory, inside the protected Litchfield National Park, near the township of Batchelor, about 100 kilometers s...
Surreal Traffic Light Photos by Lucas Zimmermann
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 10, 2014
German photographer, Lucas Zimmerman’s recent photo series titled “ Traffic Lights ” portrays ordinary traffic lights illuminating a foggy n...
Realistic Finger-paintings of Icebergs by Zaria Forman
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 10, 2014
Brooklyn-based artist Zaria Forman paints ultra realistic landscapes of Greenland and its icy waters, inspired by her travels to the worlds...
The Tiny Fishing Community on Migingo Island
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 9, 2014
Migingo is a tiny rock island, less than half-an-acre or about half the size of a football field, located in Lake Victoria, the largest lake...
Fadiouth, the Island Made of Shells
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 8, 2014
At the far end of Petite Côte, a stretch of coast in Senegal, lies a sleepy fishing village called Joal-Fadiouth. Joal lies on the mainland,...
Hovenring, the Floating Circular Cycle Bridge in Eindhoven
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 7, 2014
The Hovenring , in the Dutch city of Eindhoven, is a cable-stayed circular bridge for cyclists and pedestrians, and the first of its kind in...
The Rock of Guatapé
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 6, 2014
La Piedra Del Peñol , Spanish for "The Rock of Guatapé", also known as El Peñol Stone or simply as La Piedra is a massive rock l...
Tatsuo Horiuchi Creates Amazing Art Using Microsoft Excel
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 6, 2014
73-year old Tatsuo Horiuchi uses the popular spreadsheet program Microsoft Excel not for number calculations or data listings, but to draw e...
A Mirrored Cabin in the California Desert
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 6, 2014
American artist Phillip K Smith has taken an abandoned desert shack in Joshua Tree National Forest, in the deserts of California, and transf...
Edouard Martinet's Animal Sculptures Made From Scrap Metal
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 6, 2014
French artist Edouard Martinet creates stunning sculptures of insects, reptiles, fishes and birds from pieces of scrap metal and rubbish co...
The Magnificent Buddhist Temple of Wat Phra Dhammakaya
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 4, 2014
Wat Phra Dhammakaya is a Buddhist temple of humongous size in Khlong Luang District, 16 kilometers north of Bangkok International Airport in...
The Pingos of Tuktoyaktuk
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 3, 2014
A pingo, also called a hydrolaccolith, is a mound of earth with a core of ice found in the Arctic and subarctic regions, that can reach up t...
Narcisse Snake Pits in Manitoba, Canada
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 3, 2014
The Narcisse Snake Pits are located 6 km north of the rural settlement of Narcisse in the province of Manitoba in Canada. These pits harbour...
Best of 2013
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 31, 2013
In a few hours, we will enter a new year, and in the spirit of this new year’s eve we've compiled our best articles from the past 365 da...
Haiku Stairs of Hawaii: The Stairway to Heaven
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 28, 2013
The Haiku Stairs, also known as the Stairway to Heaven, is a series of approximately 4,000 concrete steps that climbs 2800 feet from the Val...
Mesmerizing Beauty of Kanas Lake Nature Reserve
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 26, 2013
Kanas is a nature reserve located in the Altay mountains of northern Xinjiang in China famed for its beautiful natural ecosystem formed by l...
The Vigeland Sculpture at Frogner Park, Norway
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 25, 2013
The Vigeland Sculpture Arrangement is a permanent, open exhibition of the works of the brilliant Norwegian sculptor Gustav Vigeland, located...
The Eternal Fire at Baba Gurgur
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 24, 2013
Baba Gurgur (literally "Father of Fire") is a large oil field near the city of Kirkuk which was the first to be discovered in Nort...
Transporter Bridges
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 23, 2013
A transporter bridge is a type of movable bridge that carries a gondola across a river. The bridge usually consists of a framework of steel ...
Ocean Paintings by Antoine Renault
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 20, 2013
Antoine Renault is a self taught photorealistic painter whose paintings have one common theme: the sea, and everything that is accompanies ...
The Top 7 U.S. States for Animal Photography
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 19, 2013
Capturing wildlife photography is an exhilarating pastime with something new to experience during every outing. You never know what you’ll f...
Bracken Bat Cave: World's Largest Bat Colony
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 18, 2013
The Bracken Bat Cave, located in southern Comal County, Texas, outside the city of San Antonio, is the summer home to the largest colony of ...
Rare Weather Phenomenon Creates River of Clouds Over Grand Canyon
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 18, 2013
A rare weather phenomenon that affects the area only about once a decade, filled the Grand Canyon in the U.S. with a dense, white fog at the...
Artist Transforms Her Tiny Studio into Surreal Fantasy Worlds
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 17, 2013
Korean artist Jee Young Lee creates elaborate scenes resembling surreal worlds inside her tiny studio in Seoul. Lee uses no photo manipulati...
Jacob’s Well, Texas’ Most Dangerous Diving Spot
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 17, 2013
Jacob's Well in Texas Hill Country is a perennial karstic spring located on the bed of Cypress Creek in Wimberley. The mouth of the well...
Creative Mom Uses Sleeping Baby to Create Adorable Photos
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 16, 2013
California-based artist, photographer and mother of three, Queenie Liao, uses the precious moments when her youngest son sleeps to create ma...
UTA Flight 772 Memorial in the Middle of the Sahara
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 16, 2013
UTA Flight 772 was a scheduled flight operating from Brazzaville in the People's Republic of Congo to Paris in France. On Tuesday, Septe...
Bird Watching at Latrabjarg Cliffs, Iceland
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 15, 2013
The cliffs of Latrabjarg, in Iceland, marks the westernmost part of Europe. These cliffs are home to millions of birds, including puffins, n...
Antelope Valley Poppy Reserve in California
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 13, 2013
California poppies bloom all over the state, but the western side of Antelope Valley in northern Los Angeles County is the most consistent p...
The Bucket Fountain in Wellington, New Zealand
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 12, 2013
The Bucket Fountain is one of the quirkiest and most well known landmarks of Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand. The fountain consi...
Ganvie, the Village on a Lake
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 12, 2013
Ganvie is a peculiar village built on Lake Nokoué, just an hour north of the city of Cotonou, the administrative capital and the largest cit...
Shanty Town: Slum Themed Resort for the Tasteless Rich
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 11, 2013
Themed hotels and restaurants can offer people an alternative and fantastic experience and can be quite popular among tourists when done tas...
Shenzhen Opens Flashy New Airport Terminal
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 2, 2013
The highly anticipated new terminal at Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport, Guangdong, China, opened last week. The futuristic buildin...
Wolfe Creek Crater, Australia
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 2, 2013
Wolfe Creek Crater is a well-preserved meteorite impact crater located in the flat plains of the northeastern edge of the Great Sandy Desert...
The Shipwrecks of Skeleton Coast, Namibia
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 30, 2013
The Skeleton Coast is the northern part of the Atlantic Ocean coast of Namibia and south of Angola from the Kunene River south to the Swako...
Prabalgad Fort, India
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 28, 2013
Prabalgad Fort, also known as Kalavantin Durg (Kalavantin’s Fort), is located between Matheran and Panvel in the Indian state of Maharashtr...
Krishna's Butter Ball – A Balancing Rock at Mahabalipuram
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 27, 2013
Krishna’s Butterball is a curious tourist attraction in Mahabalipuram, a town about 60 km south of Chennai famous for its stone carvings. Th...
Phugtal Monastery, India
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 27, 2013
Phuktal Monastery or Phuktal Gompa is one of the most isolated monastery in the south-eastern Zanskar region in Ladakh district of Jammu and...
Tree of Life, Bahrain: A Miraculous Survival in the Desert
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 24, 2013
The Tree of Life or Shajarat-al-Hayat in Bahrain is a remarkable tree. Located 10 km from Askar and some 3.5 km west from Jaww, this 32-fee...
Pingualuit Impact Crater in Canada
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 23, 2013
In the far north of Quebec, a province in Canada, lies an exceptional natural wonder – a circular lake of blue waters confined within the wa...
Cellular Jail: Former British Penal Colony for Indian Political Prisoners
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 23, 2013
The Cellular Jail, also known as Kala Pani or Black Water, was an infamous colonial prison situated in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in t...
Ward Charcoal Ovens of Nevada
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 19, 2013
Ward Charcoal Ovens are a collection of six 30 feet high, beehive-shaped charcoal ovens located inside the Ward Charcoal Ovens State Histori...
Acqua Alta: The Periodic Flooding of Venice and Chioggia
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 18, 2013
Every year between autumn and spring, Venice and the neighboring costal town of Chioggia suffers from bouts of temporary flooding caused by ...
Floating Golf Course at Coeur d'Alene Resort
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 17, 2013
The Coeur d'Alene Resort is a luxury resort hotel in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, U.S. Located on the north shore of Lake Coeur d'Alene, th...
The Towers of Kaiping
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 14, 2013
Throughout Kaiping County in China, are scattered hundreds of fortified multi-storey towers called Diaolou. Built of stone, brick or concret...
Leonardo Da Vinci’s Golden Horn Bridge
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 3, 2013
Italian renaissance man, Leonardo da Vinci remains one of the most famous artist, architect, engineer, scientist, naturalist and inventor fr...
Map Collages by Matthew Cusick
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 2, 2013
New York-based artist Matthew Cusick creates elaborate collages depicting humans, animals, water and landforms crafted entirely from recycl...
Dingo Fence: Australia’s 5,600Km Dog Fence
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 1, 2013
The Dingo Fence or Dog Fence is a long fence that stretches from Jimbour on the Darling Downs near Dalby through thousands of kilometers of ...
8 of the Most Scenic Train Routes
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 31, 2013
In this day and age, the act of traveling is really considered more of a means than an end. However, something is lost when we look at it th...
