9 de Julio Avenue: The Widest Street in the World
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 22, 2012
9 de Julio Avenue (or Avenida 9 de Julio, in the local tongue) in downtown Buenos Aires, Argentina, is not just any street. Nine lanes wide,...
Magic Roundabout in Swindon: The Most Confusing Traffic Junction
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 22, 2012
The Magic Roundabout in Swindon, England, constructed in 1972, is the most brilliant and at the same time, the most confusing roundabout eve...
Beautiful Black & White Storm Photography by Mitch Dobrowner
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 22, 2012
California-based photographer Mitch Dobrowner began shooting “Storms” in 2009 as an experiment to photograph the dramatic thunderstorms hap...
The Swimming Pigs of Big Major Cay, Bahamas
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 21, 2012
Big Major Cay in the Bahamas is a small, uninhabited island and very popular anchorage. The Exuma Banks side of the island has two beautiful...
Giant Storm Cloud Over Beijing
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 21, 2012
A strange cloud appeared last week in the skies over Beijing. Glowing like a huge "mushroom", similar to what is left after a nucl...
The Magic Realism of Rob Gonsalves
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 21, 2012
Canadian painter Rob Gonsalves surrealistic paintings portrays two seemingly different realistic scenes magically merging into one. As a re...
10 Largest Natural Arches in the World
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 20, 2012
A natural arch is a geological formation where rocky cliffs subject to erosion from the sea, rivers or weathering forms a rock arch. Some na...
Lava Lake at Nyiragongo Volcano
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 17, 2012
Mount Nyiragongo is located inside Virunga National Park, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, about 20 km north of the town of Goma and...
25 Cities With the Most Impressive Skyline (Part 2)
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 17, 2012
Continued from Part 1 Jakarta, Indonesia Located on the northwest coast of Java, Jakarta is Indonesia’s economic, cultural and political...
25 Cities With the Most Impressive Skyline (Part 1)
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 17, 2012
The skyline of a city is like a fingerprint, unique and as easily identifiable as a country's flag or a national symbol. The Empire Stat...
