This is Glass Gem Corn and it is Real
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 8, 2013
These multicolored kernels of corn that look like glass beads belong to a specially bred variety, aptly named Glass Gem Corn, and they can b...
Street Art by Natalia Rak
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 7, 2013
Natalia Rak is one of the most exciting painters and street artists to emerge in Poland’s contemporary art scene. Born in 1986, Natalia rec...
The Shadow of Mount Rainier
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 7, 2013
All objects, big or small, cast shadows and so do mountains. However, one particular peak displays a peculiar behavior – it cast shadows not...
The “Floating” Lake Palace of Udaipur
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 7, 2013
Like a shimmering mirage in the middle of Lake Pichola, Lake Palace is easily one of India’s most famous hotels. The palace was built betwee...
Submarine Emerges From Beneath a Street in Milan
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 6, 2013
In a publicity stunt last week, an Italian insurance company installed a massive submarine that appeared to have emerged from underneath an ...
Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 4, 2013
No, the cat didn’t jump on my keyboard. It’s an actual name for a lake that is located in the town of Webster in Massachusetts, United State...
Ještěd Tower Hotel in Czech Republic
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 4, 2013
Ještěd Tower is a 94 meter-tall television transmitter and hotel integrated into one, built on the top of Ještěd mountain near Liberec in th...
Dubai's Enormous “The World” Artificial Archipelago
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 3, 2013
The World Islands is an artificial archipelago consisting of about 300 small islands constructed in the rough shape of a world map, located ...
7 Ambitious Hydroelectric Power Projects
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 2, 2013
Hydropower has been used since ancient times to grind flour, pump water and irrigate fields and perform other tasks. With the discovery of e...
Blooming of the Tisza
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 30, 2013
Every year from late spring to early summer, an incredible natural spectacle transforms Hungary's Tisza River. Millions of long-tailed m...
9,000 Soldiers Stenciled On Normandy Beach To Commemorate D-Day Landings
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 30, 2013
British artists Jamie Wardley and Andy Moss accompanied by hundreds of volunteers, on September 21, 2013, travelled to the beaches of Norman...
The Hair Raising Train Ride Over Goteik Viaduct
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 30, 2013
The Goteik viaduct, located in Nawnghkio, is one of Burma’s most stunning engineering marvel. Built by the colonial British in the beginning...
The Painted Ladies of San Francisco
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 26, 2013
The famous Painted Ladies of San Francisco are a row of colorful Victorian houses located at 710–720 Steiner Street, across from Alamo Squar...
The Cursed Island of Gaiola
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 25, 2013
Gaiola Island ( Isola della Gaiola in Italian) is one of the minor islands of Naples, Italy, located in the Gulf of Naples in the heart of ...
The Flaming Rocks of Chimaera, Turkey
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 25, 2013
About 80 km southwest of Antalya, near the town of Çıralı in southwestern Turkey, lies a rocky mountain that’s been literally on fire for th...
The Maasai Cricket Warriors
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 24, 2013
Dressed in flowing red skirts and draped in colorful bead necklaces but otherwise bare bodied, the warriors from the legendary Kenyan tribe ...
Disastrous Sinkholes From Around the World
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 24, 2013
In the last few years, news of unexpected sinkholes swallowing cars, houses and people have made headlines with disturbingly high frequency....
The Laxey Wheel: World's Largest Working Waterwheel
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 22, 2013
The Laxey Wheel is a large waterwheel located in the village of Laxey in the Isle of Man, a tiny island in the Irish Sea between the islands...
Yida Refugee Camp in South Sudan
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 21, 2013
In a vast wetland, about 18 miles south of the contested border between Sudan and South Sudan, lies a sprawling refugee camp of those fleein...
Michael Light’s Aerial Photographs of Economic Collapse
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 21, 2013
Michael Light is a San Francisco-based photographer and pilot, focused on the environment and how contemporary American culture relates to ...
