‘Log House’ Like Cocoon of The Bagworm Moth
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 29, 2016
The bagworm moth (Psychidae) of the family Lepidoptera might be a pest for Botanists, but for Lepidopterists they are one of the rare archit...
Australian Farmer Fights Soil Erosion With Land Art
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 29, 2016
After a recent bushfire consumed all vegetation on his land, a South Australian farmer Brian Fischer decided to etch a gigantic geometric pa...
The Windmills of Lasithi Plateau
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 28, 2016
The Lasithi Plateau in eastern Crete, Greece, is situated 800 meters above sea level. Despite the high altitude, the water table here is ext...
Rio Celeste, The Blue River
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 28, 2016
Winding through the verdant rainforest of Tenorio Volcano National Park of Costa Rica, is a bright blue river called Rio Celeste. The river ...
Syrian Refugees Build Miniature Replicas of Country’s Destroyed Monuments
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 28, 2016
As war rages on in Syria, it’s only the people that refugee camps could provide protection to. The homes, the cities, the culture and the hi...
Neft Dasları: A City Built On Oil Platforms
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 27, 2016
Far out into the Caspian Sea, a hundred kilometers away from the Azerbaijani capital Baku, lies one of the most incredible settlements in th...
Villagers Scrap a Living Out of Abandoned Diamond Mine in Brazil
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 27, 2016
Deep in the heart of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, along the banks of the Rio Jequitinhonha, rural miners explore the massive open pi...
The Circular Laguna Garzon Bridge in Uruguay
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 26, 2016
When building bridges, engineers and architects don’t always look for the shortest possible crossing. The new ring-shaped bridge across Lagu...
A Blast From The Past: Episode 6
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 24, 2016
A collection of interesting articles that you may have missed, pulled out from Amusing Planet’s nearly 8-year-old archives. Cool Movie Illu...
Would You Live in a Luxury Resort That Was Once a Concentration Camp?
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 21, 2016
That’s the question angered family members of those who were imprisoned at a sea fort in the Adriatic Sea is asking, when the government app...
Underwater Museum at Cape Tarkhankut
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 21, 2016
About a hundred meters off the coast at Cape Tarhankut, the westernmost part of Crimea, at a depth of a ten to twelve meters is a unique mus...
The Ruins of Yugoslav Ministry of Defence Building in Belgrade
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 21, 2016
In 1999, about a dozen countries under the umbrella of NATO launched a military attack against Yugoslavia, which they said was an operation ...
World’s Most Beautiful And Outstanding Piers
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 20, 2016
Piers were originally built for the purpose of getting people and cargo from the boat to the shore without getting their feet wet, before th...
The First Flower Blooms in Space
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 19, 2016
A bright orange zinnia has grown for the first time in space, in zero gravity, and without soil. The zinnia, an edible flowering plant, was ...
Circumzenithal Arcs Or Upside Down Rainbows
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 19, 2016
Have you ever seen an inverted rainbow with its curved back towards the ground and ends pointing up, like a smile in the sky? Some people ca...
Plane With Detachable Cabin Makes Surviving Air Crash Possible
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 18, 2016
Russian Ukrainian aviation engineer Tatarenko Vladimir Nikolaevich has unveiled a new design for an airplane that might just make surviving...
Museum of Bees, Poyales del Hoyo
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 18, 2016
The Museum of Bees, in Poyales del Hoyo, Spain, provides a unique opportunity for visitors to safely watch these hardworking insects in acti...
Fairytale Like Christmas Celebration in Moscow
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 18, 2016
Christmas in Russia is different from Christmas celebrated in the rest of the world. For starters, they are celebrated on January 7, rather ...
Chien Chu Lee Carves Pencils Into Architectural Sculptures
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 18, 2016
Chien Chu Lee from Taiwan is a self-taught pencil carving artist who has mastered a remarkable art form. Lee has been carving pencils since...
Egypt Opens Middle East's First Fossil Museum
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 18, 2016
In the desert valley of Wadi al-Hitan, some 150 km southwest of Cairo, Egypt has unveiled what it said is the Middle East's first museum...
