Pancake Ice
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 1, 2013
Exploring Tom Gill’s mesmerizing pictures of frozen icy world led me to discover a peculiar kind of ice today. Pancake Ice is circular in s...
Frozen Lighthouses of Lake Michigan
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 1, 2013
Environmental and landscape photographer Tom Gill has been documenting the natural and man made wonders of the southeastern portion of Lake...
Researcher Grows Microscopic Flowers by Controlling Crystallization
Kaushik Patowary
May 31, 2013
Researchers at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences have found a way to shape microscopic crystals into complex and beauti...
Aiguille du Midi, France
Kaushik Patowary
May 30, 2013
The Aiguille du Midi is a 3,842 meter tall mountain in the Mont Blanc massif in the French Alps. The name "Aiguille du Midi" trans...
Psychotria Elata or Hooker’s Lips: The Most Kissable Plant
Kaushik Patowary
May 30, 2013
These gorgeous pair of red, luscious lips belong to a plant known as Psychotria elata, a tropical tree found in the rain forests of Central ...
Farming Algae in Hutt Lagoon, Western Australia
Kaushik Patowary
May 30, 2013
Hutt Lagoon is a salt water lake near the coast, just north of the mouth of the Hutt River, in Western Australia. The water of the lake is b...
SMART Tunnel in Kuala Lumpur: A Storm Water Tunnel With Built-in Motorway
Kaushik Patowary
May 29, 2013
Malaysia’s capital of Kuala Lumpur is regularly subjected to flash floods after heavy rains that remain for three to six hours, flooding the...
Ol Doinyo Lengai: The Coolest Volcano in the World
Kaushik Patowary
May 29, 2013
Ol Doinyo Lengai is an active volcano located in Arusha Region, Tanzania, rising majestically from the East African Rift Valley depression t...
A Pile of Nuclear Waste Now a Tourist Attraction in Weldon Springs, Missouri
Kaushik Patowary
May 28, 2013
In Saint Charles County, Missouri, near Weldon Spring, adjacent to Highway 40, lies an enormous mound of rocks, rising out of the ground lik...
Food Cut in Half: Photography by Beth Galton
Kaushik Patowary
May 28, 2013
New York-based food photographer Beth Galton , together with food stylist Charlotte Omnès, took these amazing photographs of different dishe...
Kazuki Yamamoto’s Incredible 3D Coffee Latte Art
Kaushik Patowary
May 28, 2013
Japanese latte artist Kazuki Yamamoto has taken coffee art to an impressive new level. While latte artists around the world are drawing oohs...
The Shipwrecks of Cayman Islands
Kaushik Patowary
May 26, 2013
The Cayman Islands are made up of three islands - Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac and Little Cayman. They lie in western Caribbean Sea about 700 k...
Floating Phumdis of Loktak Lake, India
Kaushik Patowary
May 25, 2013
Loktak Lake is the largest freshwater lake in northeast India, also called the only Floating lake in the world due to the large amount of fl...
The Citadel Town of Erbil, Iraq
Kaushik Patowary
May 24, 2013
At the heart of the city of Erbil, in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, lies an ancient mound of earth some 25 to 30 meters tall from the surrou...
Ducks Rule at Peabody Hotel, Memphis
Kaushik Patowary
May 23, 2013
Peabody Hotel is not just another luxury hotel in downtown Memphis in Tennessee, USA. This one has a peculiar attraction – ducks. Every day ...
Scale Model of the Mississippi River on Mud Island
Kaushik Patowary
May 22, 2013
Mud Island is not actually an island, it is a small peninsula, in downtown Memphis on the Mississippi River. But it did rose out of mud. Wha...
Extraordinary Camouflage of Walking Leaves
Kaushik Patowary
May 22, 2013
Leaf insects or walking leaves are some of the most remarkable leaf mimics in the entire animal kingdom. These insects take the appearance o...
The Beautiful Fukang Meteorite
Kaushik Patowary
May 21, 2013
The Fukang meteorite, believed to be some 4.5 billion years old, which is as ancient as Earth itself, was unearthed near a town of the same ...
Colorful Danxia Landforms of China
Kaushik Patowary
May 20, 2013
The Danxia landform is a unique type of “petrographic geomorphology” found in China, characterized by strips of red sedimentary rock in stee...
Fire Rainbows: A Rare Cloud Phenomenon
Kaushik Patowary
May 19, 2013
“Fire Rainbows” or "rainbow clouds" are neither fire, nor rainbows, but are so called because of their brilliant pastel colors and...
