Hoba Meteorite is the Largest Meteorite on Earth
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 23, 2011
The Hoba Meteorite lies on the farm "Hoba West", not far from Grootfontein, in the Otjozondjupa Region of Namibia. It was uncovere...
The Mushroom Tunnel at Mittagong
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 23, 2011
Buried underneath the hillside, alongside Mt Gibraltar between Mittagong and Bowral in New South Wales, Australia, lies a disused railway tu...
The Dark Side of Barbie
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 22, 2011
Photographer Mariel Clayton explorers the evil and hitherto unknown side of the famous doll character. When asked why she did it, Clayton e...
Israel Holds Miss Fat and Beautiful Pageant 2011
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 22, 2011
Miss Fat and Beautiful is a beauty contest for plus sized women held annually in a cultural center in the southern desert city of Beersheva,...
A Place Called Earth
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 22, 2011
Earth is a small town in Lamb County, West Texas, United States and is possibly the only place on planet Earth that is named Earth. Earth ...
Tottori Sand Dunes: A Mini Desert in Japan
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 21, 2011
Who would have thought there is a desert in Japan? Well, not quite a desert but a huge sand dune that looks nearly a desert to me. It’s the ...
Chocolate Sculptures at Exhibition in Hong Kong
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 20, 2011
A shopping mall in Hong Kong is playing host to a 'Chocolate World Heritage' exhibition from Jan. 20 to Feb. 20. As a part of the ex...
Adrienne Antonson Makes Insects Out of Human Hair
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 19, 2011
Seattle-based artist Adrienne Antonson creates realistic looking insects using only human hair and glue. On the question of why she chose ...
The Ice Road to Tuktoyaktuk
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 18, 2011
The Tuktoyaktuk Winter Road is an ice road that connects the Northwest Territories communities of Inuvik and Tuktoyaktuk in Canada. It is op...
China Builds World’s Longest Sea Bridge: The Qingdao Haiwan Bridge
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 16, 2011
At 42.5 kilometers, the Qingdao Haiwan Bridge, connecting the city of Qingdao in Eastern China's Shandong province with the suburban Hua...
Devil's Tower at Wyoming, USA
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 15, 2011
One of the most spectacular natural creation, the Devils Tower (also called Mato Tipila, which means “Bear Lodge”), is a monolithic igneous ...
No Pants Subway Ride 2011
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 13, 2011
A section of New Yorkers took the NYC subway system in their undies to celebrate the No Pants Ride also called the No Pants Subway Ride, an...
Pencil Drawings of Winter Scenes by Guram Dolenjashvili
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 12, 2011
Guram Dolenjashvili is a Georgian painter who often works in monochrome using ink and pencil. Many of his works are landscapes made in blac...
Sand Sculpture Exhibition In Melbourne
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 11, 2011
International sand sculpture artists from around the world teamed up with their Australian counterparts at the annual Sandsculpting Exhibiti...
Faces In The Wind
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 11, 2011
Russian artist Vladislav Novikov-Barkovsky’s polyester resin/acrylic sculptures entitled “Wind Dance” looks like creepy ghosts floating in ...
American Look Alikes By Emil Hartvig
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 9, 2011
Danish photographer Emil Hartvig has created a series called “American look alike”, that contains portraits of people who resemble famous A...
Mermaid Bar at Sacramento
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 9, 2011
A mermaid bar is set to open at Sacramento, California, later this month. The bar - named Dive Bar - houses a 40-foot-long, 7,500-gallon aqu...
The Train Graveyard in Bolivia
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 9, 2011
Located some 3 km outside the trading town of Uyuni, in southwest Bolivia, lies an antique train cemetery. In the past, Uyuni was an import...
The Wartime Sound Mirrors at Denge
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 7, 2011
During the first World War, the Royal Air Force built gigantic acoustic mirrors, known colloquially as 'listening ears', that served...
