Famous Black and White Photos Restored in Color
Kaushik Patowary
May 22, 2012
Swedish artist Sanna Dullaway has taken a number of historic black and white images and brought them to life by adding color. Dullaway is d...
Socotra: The Island of Strange Plants
Kaushik Patowary
May 22, 2012
Socotra is a small archipelago of four islands in the Indian Ocean, near the Gulf of Aden. Situated some 250 miles off the coast of Yemen, t...
RP FLIP, the Strangest Ship in the World
Kaushik Patowary
May 19, 2012
The U.S. Office of Naval Research owns a very strange piece of oceanographic equipment. It’s called the FLoating Instrument Platform (FLIP),...
Colorful Indian Street Art
Kaushik Patowary
May 18, 2012
Modern graffiti art is rare in India, but traditional hand painted street art is ubiquitous. From tea stall signs to election messages on wa...
Huge Swarms of Mosquitoes Invade Russian Village of Mikoltsy
Kaushik Patowary
May 17, 2012
No, these are not Starling Murmuration . They are mosquitoes, millions of them that descended upon the Russian village of Mikoltsy near Myad...
Grass Portraits by Ackroyd & Harvey
Kaushik Patowary
May 16, 2012
Grass is like photographic paper which becomes pigmented upon exposure to light. The more intense the light exposure, the more intensely pig...
Fighting Protesters With Colored Water
Kaushik Patowary
May 16, 2012
You must have seen photos of protesters being doused with colored-water cannons by the police. Using water canon is understood as it’s an ea...
10 Most Incredible Flower Festivals Around the World
Kaushik Patowary
May 16, 2012
Flower festivals are celebrated all over the world and almost around the year. Even as I write this one such festival is taking place in Ind...
Celebrity Pin Art Portraits by Philip Karlberg
Kaushik Patowary
May 14, 2012
Photographer Philip Karlberg has just created a unique shoot for Plaza Magazine, sculpting famous faces by simply using clever lighting and...
Poo Machine by Wim Delvoye
Kaushik Patowary
May 14, 2012
Wim Delvoye is a Belgian artist known for his inventive and often shocking and repulsive projects. Cloaca, also known as the "poo-ma...
Amazingly Realistic Cakes by Debbie Goard
Kaushik Patowary
May 14, 2012
Debbie Goard is a cake designer who runs “Debbie Does Cakes”, a single-woman cake company based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Debbie has b...
Bryce Canyon National Park
Kaushik Patowary
May 11, 2012
Bryce Canyon National Park is located in southwestern Utah in the United States. Bryce Canyon which, despite its name, is not a canyon but a...
Amazing Sculpture of Burning Tires by Gal Weinstein
Kaushik Patowary
May 11, 2012
Tel Aviv based artist Gal Weinstein (born in Ramat Gan in 1970) is one of the internationally renowned artists of his generation. Gal Weinst...
Hyper-Realistic Sculptures by Jamie Salmon
Kaushik Patowary
May 11, 2012
Jamie Salmon is a British born, self taught contemporary sculptor, living and working in Vancouver, Canada. He started his career working a...
Manhattan of the Desert: Shibam, Yemen
Kaushik Patowary
May 10, 2012
The city of Shibam, located in the central-western area of Hadhramaut Governorate, in the Ramlat al-Sab`atayn desert, is best known for its ...
Oymyakon, the Coldest Inhabited Place on Earth
Kaushik Patowary
May 9, 2012
Oymyakon is a small village located in the north-eastern Russian Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). It is commonly considered the coldest populate...
Lord of Rings Movie Set Now Houses Sheep
Kaushik Patowary
May 7, 2012
When Peter Jackson spotted the Alexander Farm during an aerial search of the North Island in Matamata in New Zealand for the best possible l...
Liu Bolin Disappears Again
Kaushik Patowary
May 6, 2012
Liu Bolin ( previously on Amusing Planet ), also known as “The Invisible Man” is currently exhibiting his camouflaging prowess at the Eli Kl...
Wendy Tsao Turns Children’s Doodles Into Real Toys
Kaushik Patowary
May 5, 2012
Wendy Tsao made her first toy based on a drawing by her 4-year-old son Dani. The school had asked the children to bring a toy from home. The...
Heavy Lift Ships and their Impossibly Massive Cargoes
Kaushik Patowary
May 5, 2012
When you need to transport large cargo, goods, and materials from one place to another, ship is the ideal choice even though they are extrem...
