Waterfalls on Uluru: A Rare Sight
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 23, 2014
Uluru, also known as Ayers Rock, is a large sandstone rock formation in central Australia, and one of the most recognizable natural landmark...
Tower of Hercules: A 2nd Century Lighthouse Still in Use
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 23, 2014
The Tower of Hercules, originally known as the "Farum Brigantium", is an ancient Roman lighthouse located on a peninsula about 2.4...
The Depressing Industrial City of Norilsk
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 21, 2014
Norilsk is an industrial city located in Krasnoyarsk Krai, in Russia. It is the northernmost city in the world with a population of 170,000 ...
Saddening Images of Dead Sea Birds With Plastic in Their Stomach
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 20, 2014
Photographer Chris Jordan, who specializes in large-scale works that depict the magnitude of our consumerism and its impact on our environm...
The Perched Villages of Cote d'Azur
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 19, 2014
One of the most endearing attractions of Côte d'Azur, also known as the French Riviera, in the Mediterranean coastline of the southeast ...
Desert Wildflowers in the Colorado Plateau
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 18, 2014
The Colorado Plateau is mostly desert, with a few scattered areas of forests. The cracks in the parched earth are clearly visible, but for a...
The Trulli Houses of Alberobello
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 17, 2014
The small town of Alberobello in the province of Bari, in the southern region of Puglia, in Italy, displays some remarkable examples of a tr...
Beichuan, The Preserved Ruins of an Earthquake Destroyed Town
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 15, 2014
Few places provide the opportunity to see the aftermath of a violent natural calamity. The town of Beichuan is one of them. Beichuan is a ...
Johannesburg's Ponte City Tower
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 13, 2014
Ponte City Tower is the tallest residential building in Johannesburg, and is one of the city's most striking urban landmarks. The 54-sto...
A Glass Bottomed Hotel Bedroom in Bali
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 13, 2014
Who wants to sleep with the fishes? But shrimps is another story. Set over a freshwater shrimp pond, Udang House, also known as the Shrimp H...
Maggie Rudy’s Hand Crafted Mice Dolls
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 12, 2014
Portland-based artist Maggie Rudy creates cute little rodents from wool and pipe cleaners, dresses them in fancy clothing and poses them in ...
Hallerbos, The Blue Forest of Belgium
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 12, 2014
Located just at the boundary of Flanders and Wallonia, in the municipality of Halle, about 30 minutes south of Brussels, lies the forest of ...
A Psychedelic Salt Mine in Yekaterinburg
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 12, 2014
Deep underneath the city of Yekaterinburg in Russia lies the most colorful cave you have ever laid your eyes upon. The walls of this abandon...
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...
