The Elusive Gigantic Jets of Lightning
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 2, 2016
The most common kind of lightning observed from earth discharges from cloud to cloud or from clouds toward the ground. The more elusive form...
Day And Night on a Little Planet
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 2, 2016
This extraordinary image resembling a tiny planet is actually a digitally warped and stitched mosaic of a panorama captured during the cours...
Taipei’s Typhoon-Bent Mailboxes
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 1, 2016
In August 2015, a powerful typhoon named Soudelor slammed into the east coast of Taiwan bringing torrential rain and fierce wind in excess o...
Stromatolites of Hamelin Pool
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 1, 2016
What appear to be rocks submerged in the hyper-saline water of Hamelin Pool at the base of Shark Bay in the Gascoyne region of Western Austr...
15,000-Year-Old Bison Sculptures at Tuc D'Audoubert Cave
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 1, 2016
“Oh my God”, I exclaimed. What a moment. What an impact. I could not believe my eyes. The Bison are incredibly beautiful, incredibly powerfu...
Mystery of The Lost Amber Room
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 31, 2016
In the grand palace of Catherine I, the second wife of Peter the Great and Empress of Russia, there once existed a magnificent golden room a...
Denki Buro: The Electric Baths of Japan
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 29, 2016
Many public bath houses in Japan have special pools lined with live metal electrodes for those peculiar bathers who would rather have actual...
Chaka Salt Lake: Mirror Of The Sky
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 29, 2016
Chaka Salt Lake near the town Chaka in Wulan county is one of the most beautiful lakes of the Qaidam Basin in Northwest China’s Qinghai prov...
A Blast From The Past: Episode 25
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 28, 2016
bFrom the archives of Amusing Planet. Island Of The Dolls: Mexico’s Creepiest Place The Island Of The Dolls (Isla de las Muñecas), located...
Boiling Lake of Dominica
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 27, 2016
The Morne Trois Pitons National Park in the island country of Dominica, in the Caribbean, is an area of significant volcanic activity. Locat...
