Monarch Butterfly Migration
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 14, 2013
The Monarch butterfly (scientific name: Danaus plexippus ) is perhaps the best known of all North American butterflies. It is easily recogni...
Hyper-Realistic 3D Paintings of Aquatic Animals by Keng Lye
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 14, 2013
Singapore-based artist Keng Lye produces unusual three-dimensional works of art with acrylics and epoxy resin that could be easily passed o...
The Remarkable Rocks at Flinders Chase National Park, Australia
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 13, 2013
The Remarkable Rocks are one of the best known icons of Kangaroo Island in Australia. Perched 200 feet above the crashing sea, in the Flinde...
The Mysterious Red Lagoon of Chile
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 13, 2013
In the town of Camina, in northern Chile, 147 km from the city of Iquique, and approximately 3,700 meters above sea level, lies a strange Re...
Taum Sauk Hydroelectric Power Station
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 12, 2013
Hydroelectric power stations are typically located near water sources, or on the source itself, such as dams on rivers. But Taum Sauk Hydroe...
Gottfried Helnwein’s Amazing Artwork
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 10, 2013
Gottfried Helnwein is one of the most widely known contemporary artist, who has been working in his field for the past 40 years. Born and b...
Bailong Elevator: An Elevator Built Into the Side of a Mountain
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 10, 2013
Have you ever taken an elevator ride to the top of a mountain? No? Then you haven’t been to Wulingyuan in Zhangjiajie, China, because if you...
Pre-Inca Salt Pools at Maras, Peru
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 9, 2013
Located 40 kilometers north of Cuzco in Peru, in the Sacred Valley of the Incas, lies the town of Maras, well known for its nearby salt evap...
Where the Namib Desert meets the Sea
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 9, 2013
The Southern Namib desert is home to some of the tallest and most spectacular dunes of the world, ranging in color from pink to vivid orange...
Neptune Memorial Reef: An Underwater Cemetery
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 8, 2013
Originally known as the Atlantis Memorial Reef, the Neptune Memorial Reef is an underwater mausoleum for cremated remains. Located 3.25 mile...
Creative Food Art by Hong Yi
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 8, 2013
Hong Yi is a talented Malaysian artist and architect who uses all sorts of unconventional objects to create portraits. She was featured twi...
Sunken Observation Platform in the Middle of a Pond
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 8, 2013
There is a clever observation platform built into a pond in Vöcklabruck, Austria. The platform, rather than being raised, is sunken into th...
Complexities of Airports Photographed From Above
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 8, 2013
Some of you readers may remember Jeffrey Milstein from his photographs of the underbellies of aircraft , which he captured by standing at th...
The Thorne Miniature Rooms
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 5, 2013
In a special wing at the Art Institute of Chicago, and in the Phoenix Art Museum, are several exhibits of incredibly detailed miniature room...
The White Towns of Andalusia
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 4, 2013
In southern Spain, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, between the Atlantic in the west and the Mediterranean in the east, lies some o...
Mysterious Fairy Circles of Namibia
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 4, 2013
In the grasslands of southern Africa, there are thousands of circular barren patches of land called ‘fairy circles’. They grow between 2 met...
Urban Landscape Paintings by Marc Trujillo
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 3, 2013
American painter Marc Trujillo depicts places in his paintings that are omnipresent in American urban and suburban landscapes such as gas st...
Linn Cove Viaduct: The Most Environment Friendly Bridge
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 3, 2013
Linn Cove Viaduct is a 379 meter concrete segmental bridge which snakes around the slopes of Grandfather Mountain in North Carolina. Complet...
Salt Cathedral of Zipaquira
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 3, 2013
The Salt Cathedral of Zipaquirá is an underground Roman Catholic church built within the tunnels of a salt mine 200 meters underground in a ...
Chinese People on Trains by Wang Fuchun
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 31, 2013
Beijing-based photographer Wang Fuchun produced this series of incredibly vivid pictures of Chinese passengers on trains. A railway worker-t...
