Quinta Real - Hotel in a Former Bullring in Zacatecas, Mexico
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 25, 2014
The Plaza de Toros San Pedro bullring was inaugurated in 1866, adjacent to the historic El Cubo aqueduct, in the town of Zacatecas in Mexico...
Guelta d’Archei, a Surprising Oasis in Chad
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 24, 2014
Guelta d'Archei is an oasis, or rather a guelta, in the heart of the Sahara desert. A guelta is a peculiar type of wetland, typical of d...
Presidio Modelo, The Abandoned Panopticon Prison of Cuba
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 24, 2014
Presidio Modelo was a former “model prison" of Panopticon design, located on the Isla de la Juventud in Cuba, built between 1926 and 19...
The Rock Churches of Lalibela
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 24, 2014
In the remote town of Lalibela, perched on the mountains in the heart of Ethiopia, some 645 km from Addis Ababa, are eleven medieval monolit...
Long Distance Conveyor Belts
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 23, 2014
Employed in nearly all kinds of industries, conveyor belts provide an excellent mean for moving cargo and materials from one place to anothe...
Spectacular Train Route to Copper Mines in the Andes
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 21, 2014
The Chanaral – Llanta – Potrerillos line in Chile is one of the most stunning railways in the world. It connects Potrerillos, a now abandone...
Ed Burtynsky’s Aerial Pictures of Watery Landscape
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 20, 2014
Edward Burtynsky is Canada’s most respected photographers known for his remarkable photographic depictions of global industrial landscapes ...
Organic Farming in the Deserts of Wadi Rum
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 20, 2014
The valley of Wadi Rum in southern Jordan, near the border with Saudi Arabia, has a landscape so alien it is nicknamed "Valley of the M...
The Netherland’s Impressive Storm Surge Barriers
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 19, 2014
The Netherlands is a geographically low-lying country, with about 20% of its area and 21% of its population located below sea level. As much...
New Zealand’s Hot Water Beach
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 18, 2014
Hot Water Beach is a popular beach and geothermal attraction located on the east coast of the Coromandel Peninsula in New Zealand, approxima...
The Pseudocraters of Iceland
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 17, 2014
A pseudocrater looks like a true volcanic crater, but is not. These distinctive landforms are created when flowing hot lava crosses over a w...
Makoko, a Floating Slum in Nigeria
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 16, 2014
The shanty town of Makoko is located on a lagoon on the edge of the Atlantic Ocean, a stone’s throw from the modern buildings that make up L...
Trinity Site, the Site of the First Atomic Bomb Blast
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 16, 2014
On July 16, 1945, the world’s first nuclear explosion, code named Trinity, occurred at a test site located 336 km south of Los Alamos on the...
Kawah Ijen, The Volcano That Spews Blue Flames
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 14, 2014
Kawah Ijen is one of several volcanoes located within the 20 km wide Ijen Caldera in East Java, Indonesia. The caldera of Kawah Ijen harbors...
The Crater Lakes of Tongariro National Park
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 13, 2014
Located in central North Island, Tongariro National Park is the oldest national park in New Zealand, and the fourth established national par...
Hyper Realistic Eyes Drawn Using Colored Pencils
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 12, 2014
Jose Vergara , known by his pet name Redosking on his artwork, is an impressively talented artist from south Texas. Vergara’s medium is colo...
Karakul Lake in Tajikistan
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 12, 2014
Lake Karakul or "Black Lake" is located in the high and dry Pamir Mountains in Tajikistan, within the Tajik National Park, in one ...
World's Tallest Ferris Wheel Opens in Las Vegas
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 11, 2014
The world’s tallest Ferris wheel opened on the Las Vegas Strip on March 31, 2014. Standing at 550 foot tall, the Ferris wheel named “High Ro...
Sivash Salt Lagoons in the Crimean Peninsula
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 11, 2014
The Crimean Peninsula lies between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, just south of the Ukrainian mainland, and is almost completely surroun...
The Incredible Art of Underwater Landscaping for Aquariums
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 11, 2014
Designing aquariums is serious art for folks who take part in international aquascaping contests like Russia's International Planted Aqu...
