Geamana, The Romanian Village Flooded by a Toxic Lake
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 11, 2014
Copper exploitation at the mines of Rosia Poieni in the Apuseni Mountains, in Alba county, in Romania, was like a curse for residents of the...
The Art of Murrine: Glass Portraits That Slices Like Loaves of Bread
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 11, 2014
California-based glass artist Loren Stump specializes in an ancient form of glass technique called murrine, where rods of glass of differen...
Benjamin Affagard’s Miniature Dioramas of Suburban Graffiti
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 11, 2014
French artist Benjamin Affagard creates extremely intricate and detailed mini dioramas depicting graffiti-strewn cityscapes. In an ongoing ...
Paso Internacional Los Libertadores
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 10, 2014
Paso Internacional Los Libertadores, also called Cristo Redentor, is a mountain pass in the Andes between Argentina and Chile. It is the mai...
Santos Express Train Lodge: A Hotel in a Real Train
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 10, 2014
An old train parked on Santos beach in the harbor town of Mossel Bay in the Southern Cape of South Africa has been converted into a pretty l...
World's Largest Solar Furnace at Odeillo
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 10, 2014
Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via or simply Odeillo, is a commune in the Pyrenees mountains near the Spanish border in the south of France and is one o...
Buildings Under Construction Wrapped in Colorful Fabric
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 6, 2014
These buildings covered in vibrant fabric while under construction is the subject of Singapore based photographer Peter Steinhauer fascinati...
Miniature Industrial Landscapes Created From Cloth Fibers
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 6, 2014
Japanese artist Takahiro Iwasaki creates incredible urban landscapes using everyday objects like the bristles of toothbrushes, bath towels, ...
The Backyard Trains of Hanoi
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 6, 2014
The Old Quarter in Vietnam’s capital city Hanoi is a bustling area of small, narrow streets packed with hundreds of buildings with charming ...
A Missile Park at White Sands Missile Range Museum
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 5, 2014
White Sands Missile Range (WSMR) in southern New Mexico, at nearly 8,300 square km, is one of the largest military installation in the Unite...
The Terraced Cemetery of Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 4, 2014
The private cemetery on Pok Fu Lam on the western side of Hong Kong island is an amazing sight. Built into the mountainside in terraced step...
Canadian National Vimy Memorial in France
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 4, 2014
The Canadian National Vimy Memorial is a war memorial located approximately eight kilometers north of Arras in France, near the town of Vimy...
Banksy's Street Art Recreated in LEGO
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 3, 2014
Canadian photographer Jeff Friesen has created a collection of LEGO dioramas that recreates some of the popular works of the urban street ar...
Art Made From Trash Found on Beach
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 3, 2014
From a distance, the art hanging from the ceiling of the San Francisco Zoo's old elephant area appears beautiful but step closer and you...
Troglodyte Houses and Caves of Les Eyzies de Tayac
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 3, 2014
Les Eyzies de Taynac is a pretty town in the commune of Dordogne in southwestern France, that at first glance, appears to be crushed under t...
The Spider That Camouflages Itself as Bird Droppings
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 2, 2014
Some animals have the ability to camouflage themselves with the surrounding environment to avoid detection by predators or the prey. Some as...
Skiathos Airport, The “Saint Martin” of Greece
Kaushik Patowary
May 31, 2014
You may have heard about Princess Juliana Airport in Saint Martin and its dangerous approach over Maho beach, that has made the airport a f...
Lochnagar Mine Crater
Kaushik Patowary
May 31, 2014
On the morning of 1 July 1916, the British army detonated a mine in the village of La Boisselle, just north of Albert in France. It was the ...
Buffalo Bodypainting Competition in China
Kaushik Patowary
May 31, 2014
Artists from eight countries gathered in Jiangcheng county in China on May 18 to take part in an international buffalo bodypainting competit...
The Lärchwandschrägaufzug Inclined Lift
Kaushik Patowary
May 30, 2014
The Larchwandschragaufzug is an inclined lift, also known as funiculars, located at Kaprun in Austria inside the Hohe Tauern National Park. ...
