Trinity Site, the Site of the First Atomic Bomb Blast
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 16, 2014
On July 16, 1945, the world’s first nuclear explosion, code named Trinity, occurred at a test site located 336 km south of Los Alamos on the...
Kawah Ijen, The Volcano That Spews Blue Flames
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 14, 2014
Kawah Ijen is one of several volcanoes located within the 20 km wide Ijen Caldera in East Java, Indonesia. The caldera of Kawah Ijen harbors...
The Crater Lakes of Tongariro National Park
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 13, 2014
Located in central North Island, Tongariro National Park is the oldest national park in New Zealand, and the fourth established national par...
Hyper Realistic Eyes Drawn Using Colored Pencils
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 12, 2014
Jose Vergara , known by his pet name Redosking on his artwork, is an impressively talented artist from south Texas. Vergara’s medium is colo...
Karakul Lake in Tajikistan
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 12, 2014
Lake Karakul or "Black Lake" is located in the high and dry Pamir Mountains in Tajikistan, within the Tajik National Park, in one ...
World's Tallest Ferris Wheel Opens in Las Vegas
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 11, 2014
The world’s tallest Ferris wheel opened on the Las Vegas Strip on March 31, 2014. Standing at 550 foot tall, the Ferris wheel named “High Ro...
Sivash Salt Lagoons in the Crimean Peninsula
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 11, 2014
The Crimean Peninsula lies between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, just south of the Ukrainian mainland, and is almost completely surroun...
The Incredible Art of Underwater Landscaping for Aquariums
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 11, 2014
Designing aquariums is serious art for folks who take part in international aquascaping contests like Russia's International Planted Aqu...
The Restaurant Atop Bei Tou Incinerator
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 9, 2014
The Bei Tou Incinerator (also spelled as Pei Tou), located in the city of Taipei in Taiwan, is a waste incinerator that burns 1,800 metric t...
The Oldest Cave Paintings in The Cave of El Castillo
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 9, 2014
The world’s oldest artwork, believed to be at least 40,800 years old, was discovered in the Cave of El Castillo, literally, “the cave of cas...
The Sunken Cemetery of Camiguin Island
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 7, 2014
Camiguin is an island province of the Philippines located in the Bohol Sea, about 10 kilometers off the northern coast of Mindanao. The isla...
The Principality of Sealand, or How to Start Your Own Country
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 7, 2014
The Principality of Sealand is a micronation located on an abandoned World War II fort, in the North Sea 10 km off the coast of Suffolk in E...
Tower of David, the World’s Tallest Slum
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 7, 2014
The Tower of David is an abandoned unfinished skyscraper in the center of Caracas, the capital city of Venezuela, that is now home to more t...
12 Famous Shipwrecks That You Can Still Visit
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 4, 2014
There are an estimated three million undiscovered shipwrecks scattered on the oceans’ floor across the world, some of which are thousands of...
Hong Kong’s Outdoor Escalators
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 1, 2014
In one of Hong Kong's smartest residential area called Mid-levels, the public is served by an unusual form of transport - the longest ou...
Toxic Algae Bloom on Lake Erie
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 31, 2014
Lake Erie is the fourth largest of the five Great Lakes in North America, and the eleventh largest lake in the world, by surface area. Lake ...
Gypsum Lakes or Birridas of Shark Bay
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 31, 2014
The most westerly point of the Australian continent, next to the Indian Ocean is called Shark Bay, an area of exceptional natural features a...
Tree in the Rock, in Wyoming
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 31, 2014
Located right in the middle of Interstate 80, between Cheyenne and Laramie, in southeast Wyoming is a peculiar tree. The tree is a limber pi...
The Chocolate Hills of Bohol
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 29, 2014
Bohol is the main island of Bohol Province and the tenth largest island of the Philippine archipelago. Bohol is a tropical haven of natural ...
A Dangerous Ropeway in a Chinese Village
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 28, 2014
For the residents of a remote mountain village in Central China’s Hubei Province, the only connection with the outside world is a precarious...
The Melted Bricks of Fort Zverev, in Russia
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 28, 2014
Fort Zverev, located on the shores of the Baltic Sea in northern Kronstadt, lies in complete ruins today. One of the several forts of Kronst...
The House on Towan Island, Newquay
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 27, 2014
Just a few meters off the British coast near Newquay in Cornwell, lies the tiny Towan island. Perched at the top of this 80 feet high rocky ...
Cold Water Geysers of Analavory
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 26, 2014
About 12 km north-east from the town of Analavory in Madagascar are located four unusual geysers. There is no volcanic activity underneath A...
Kaali Meteorite Crater
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 26, 2014
The Kaali Meteorite Crater is located in the village of Kaali on the Estonian island of Saaremaa, 18km from its capital Kuressaare. It was t...
Palmerston Island, Where Everyone is Related
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 24, 2014
Palmerston Island is a coral atoll in the Cook Islands in one of the most isolated part of the Pacific Ocean, about 3,200 km from New Zealan...
Lake Chagan, The Atomic Lake Filled With Radioactive Water
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 22, 2014
During the hey days of Cold War, the Soviet started blowing up nukes all over northeastern Kazakhstan to investigate the possibility of usin...
The Star Sand Beach of Hoshizuna-no-hama
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 21, 2014
Hoshizuna no Hama is a small beach located on the northern tip of the remote Iriomote Island in Okinawa Prefecture, in Japan. Hoshizuna no H...
Aqueduct Veluwemeer in Netherlands
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 21, 2014
The Aqueduct Veluwemeer is a navigable aqueduct over the N302 road near Harderwijk, in eastern Netherlands. It is located under a small part...
The Mysterious Stone Spheres Of Costa Rica
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 21, 2014
In the 1930s while clearing the Costa Rican jungle for banana plantations, employees of the United Fruit Company began uncovering large ston...
The Fortress Town of Palmanova
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 20, 2014
The town of Palmanova is located in northeastern Italy, close to the border with Slovenia. While Palmanova’s origins can be traced back to t...
The Volcanic Crater of Xico
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 20, 2014
Cerro de Xico or the “Hill of Xico” lies at the extreme southern end of Mexico City in the municipality of Xico within the Chichinautzin vol...
Edith Macefield's Legendary House in Seattle
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 19, 2014
In the corner between Northwest 46th Street and 15th Avenue, in Ballard, Seattle, wedged between a Trader Joe's and an LA Fitness, lies ...
Ruby Falls, An Underground Waterfall in Tennessee
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 18, 2014
Approximately 1,120 feet below ground within the heart of Lookout Mountain near Chattanooga, Tennessee, lies the United States’ tallest and ...
Life-Sized Elephant Created by Folding a Single Piece of Paper
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 14, 2014
Switzerland-based origami artist Sipho Mabona has created a life-sized elephant from just one sheet of paper measuring 15 by 15 meters. The...
Bangkok’s Multi-Colored Taxis
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 14, 2014
Unlike the rest of the world, where taxis are usually yellow and black, Bangkok’s taxis come in a full range of colors. There are pink taxis...
Rockall – An Isolated Rocky Islet Claimed by Four Nations
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 13, 2014
Rockall is a very small, unremarkable and uninhabited rocky island located around 480 km off the west coast of mainland Scotland. At just ov...
Chimney Rock in Nebraska
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 12, 2014
The Chimney Rock is one of the most famous and recognizable landmarks in Morrill County in western Nebraska in the United States. A remnant ...
Devil’s Golf Course, Death Valley National Park
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 12, 2014
The Devil's Golf Course is a large salt pan on the floor of Death Valley, located in the Mojave Desert within Death Valley National Park...
Mitchell Falls in Australia
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 11, 2014
Mitchell Falls is a beautiful four-tiered waterfall located in the remote north of the Kimberley Region in Western Australia, about 2,140 ki...
Ashgabat: The City of White Marbles
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 7, 2014
Ashgabat is the capital of Turkmenistan and the country’s largest city. Ashgabat is a relatively young city having grown out of a village of...
A Canyon Where Gigantic Pines Grow
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 7, 2014
Inside the Bryce Canyon National Park , in the narrow alleys formed by towering rocks on either side, grow one of the tallest trees of the S...
Painted Hills of Oregon
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 6, 2014
Painted Hills is one of the three units that make up the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, located in Wheeler County, Oregon. The Pain...
Juzcar, The Spanish Village That Painted Itself Blue
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 6, 2014
Juzcar is a small town and municipality in the autonomous province of Andalusia, 113 km away from the city of Malaga and 25 km from Ronda. O...
Bainbridge Rocks of Galapagos Islands
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 5, 2014
The Bainbridge Rocks are a group of small rocky islets off the southeastern coast of Santiago Island, in Galápagos Archipelago. One of these...
The Historic Villages of Shirakawa and Gokayama
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 5, 2014
Shirakawa and Gokayama are two Japanese villages located in Gifu Prefecture and Toyama Prefecture, respectively, known for their traditional...
Zalipie, The Painted Village
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 4, 2014
Zalipie is a village in southeastern Poland, 68 km east of the regional capital Kraków, known for its wonderfully painted houses. The trad...
Diomede Islands: Two Islands Split by the US-Russian Border and the International Date Line
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 28, 2014
The Diomede Islands are a pair of rocky islands located in the middle of the Bering Strait between mainland Alaska and Siberia. Though the t...
The Ancient Sea Wall at Batroun, Lebanon
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 27, 2014
Batroun is a coastal city in northern Lebanon lying 50 km north of Beirut and 30 km south of Tripoli. It is one of the oldest cities in the ...
The Equator in Ecuador
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 27, 2014
Although the equator runs through hundreds of places, one country that takes particular pride in its unique geographical location is Ecuador...
Dean's Blue Hole, World's Deepest Blue Hole
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 26, 2014
Dean's Blue Hole near Clarence Town on Long Island, Bahamas, is the world's deepest known “blue hole” - a term given to any deep, wa...
