The Azaleas of Shiofune Kannon-ji Temple in Japan
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 8, 2014
Shiofune Kannon-ji is a 1,300-year-old Buddhist temple in Ome City, in Japan, about 30 minutes by car from Yokota. The temple is located in ...
Gerry Judah’s Amazing Car Sculptures
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 7, 2014
Each year, London-based artist Gerry Judah creates a massive sculpture in tribute of an iconic car at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, an ev...
The Medieval Market Square of Bernkastel-Kues
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 7, 2014
The German town of Bernkastel-Kues is located in the Moselle Valley, halfway between Cochem and Trier. This attractive little town, often re...
Bahia Honda Rail Bridge
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 6, 2014
The Bahia Honda Rail Bridge is an abandoned bridge in the lower Florida Keys connecting Bahia Honda Key with Spanish Harbor Key. The bridge ...
Ukai - The Japanese Art of Cormorant Fishing
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 6, 2014
Cormorants are a family of sea birds whose diet consist mostly of fish. These birds are masters in fishing – they wait for their prey on sea...
Dry Falls: The Largest Waterfall That No Longer Exist
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 6, 2014
Located in central Washington, on the opposite side of the Upper Grand Coulee from the Columbia River, is a 3.5-mile long and 400-foot high ...
Ajanta and Ellora Caves of India
Anonymous
Jul 5, 2014
Ajanta and Ellora are two monumental rock cut caves that define Indian art and architectural accomplishment. Though these two monuments are ...
All Aboard for Biswa Ijtema
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 1, 2014
Every year more than 3 million Muslims converge at Tongi on the banks of the river Turag, on the outskirts of Dhaka, the capital city of Ban...
Beautiful Ocean Waves Created Out of Layered Sheets of Glass
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 29, 2014
New Zealand artist and sculptor Ben Young works with glass, but not in the traditional way. Instead of blowing molten glass into three-dime...
The Great Kobuk Sand Dunes – An Alaskan Oddity
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 28, 2014
The Kobuk Valley National Park, in Alaska, is one of the most remotely located national parks in the world. Situated on the edge of the arct...
Illuminated Papercut Light Boxes by Hari & Deepti
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 26, 2014
Deepti Nair and Harikrishnan Panicker , two Indian artists based out of Denver, Colorado, create beautiful dioramas out of paper cut light b...
The Ancient City Wall of Xi’an
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 26, 2014
The fortification of the city of Xi’an, the ancient capital of Shaanxi province, in the center of the Guanzhong Plain, represents one of the...
The Ghost Ships of the National Defense Reserve Fleet
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 26, 2014
After the second World War, the United States established the National Defense Reserve Fleet (NDRF) – a fleet of vessels that serve as a res...
The Giant Stone Coins of Yap
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 25, 2014
The island of Yap in the Pacific Ocean, is one of the four states that make up the independent sovereign island nation of Micronesia. Coveri...
Makeup Artist Transforms Herself into Celebrity Faces
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 24, 2014
A 40-year-old London-based makeup artist, Maria Malone-Guerbaa, has the ability to transform herself into practically any person by using on...
Everyday Objects Transformed into Whimsical Characters
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 24, 2014
Every once in a while, you may find a face in a building façade or a tree bark, but French artist Gilbert Legrand finds them in places you ...
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...
