Qiandao Lake: The Thousand Island Lake and Ancient Submerged Cities
Kaushik Patowary
May 29, 2012
Qiandao Lake or the Thousand Island Lake is located in Zhejiang, China, about 150 kilometers from the city of Hangzhou. It is an artificial ...
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The World's Deepest Submarine Rescue
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 23, 2023
More than eighty hours after the Titan submersible lost contact with its surface ship while on a dive to explore the wreck of the Titanic a...
Subway Cars Dumped Into Sea To Make Artificial Reef
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 26, 2011
Photographer Stephen Mallon took photos of New York City's discarded subway cars as they are tossed into the ocean, over a period of tw...
5 Most Impressive Blue Holes Around The World
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 26, 2015
A blue hole is an underwater sinkhole formed by the erosion of carbonate rocks and appears as a dark blue circle of water in the ocean. Blue...
Beautiful Underwater Paintings by Sarah Harvey
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 1, 2010
I have a fascination for underwater paintings and photographs . The works of Sarah Harvey are captivating. Sarah was born in London in 19...
John Lethbridge’s Diving Machine
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 12, 2018
This strange apparatus hanging at the Cité de la Mer museum in Cherbourg, France, looks like some kind of a medieval torture device, but is...
Ama: The Freediving Fisherwomen of Japan
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 23, 2020
In ancient times, the only way to gather food and other resources, such as sponge and pearl, from the sea bed was to hold one’s breath and d...
Osborne Reef: A Failed Artificial Reef of Discarded Tires
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 5, 2014
About 7,000 feet offshore of Sunrise Boulevard off the coast of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, lies an underwater wasteland of rotting tires. Thi...
Vasa: A 17th Century Warship That Sank, Was Recovered And Now Sits in a Museum
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 10, 2015
In 1628, the Swedish warship Vasa set off on its maiden voyage from Stockholm harbor towards Poland, where a war was raging in the Baltic. B...
Y-40 Deep Joy: World's Deepest Swimming Pool
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 16, 2014
Y-40 “Deep Joy” is the world's deepest pool, at 42 meters deep, a height equivalent to that of a 14-storey building. The pool measures 2...
Construction of an Amazing Underground Hotel in Songjiang Begins
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 26, 2012
Some years ago, a British engineering firm Atkins proposed an extravagant design for a five-star hotel located deep within a 100-meter, aba...
Best of 2011
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 26, 2011
As the year draws to an end, we look back at some of the best and most read stories of 2011. 10 Most Read Stories of 2011 Long Expo...
Beautiful Underwater Photography by Elena Kalis
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 1, 2011
Russian-born photographer Elena Kalis has been residing on a small island in the Bahamas, surrounded by clear ocean, for the past decade. S...
Mind blowing underwater paintings by Eric Zener
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 22, 2009
Last time I posted a series of amazing artwork by Rob Hefferan . Recently I discovered another talented artist, Eric Zener , who specializes...
The Blowing Up Of Hell Gate
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 28, 2021
As ships from across the Atlantic sail up East River and into Manhattan, they pass through a narrow tidal strait called Hell Gate situated b...
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...
The Sunken Pirate City of Port Royal
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 25, 2015
Port Royal was a city situated on the end of an 18-mile long sand spit known as the Palisadoes, at the mouth of the Kingston Harbour, in sou...
The Upside Down World of Philippe Ramette
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 8, 2012
French artist Philippe Ramette’s improbable, gravity-defying poses might look like classic Photoshop, until you notice they are peppered wit...
Magical Miniature Worlds by Matthew Albanese
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 2, 2013
Matthew Albanese creates small-scale meticulously detailed models of outdoor scenes and landscapes using everyday, simple, mundane material...
12 Famous Shipwrecks That You Can Still Visit
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 4, 2014
There are an estimated three million undiscovered shipwrecks scattered on the oceans’ floor across the world, some of which are thousands of...
