Verkhoyansk: Siberia’s Pole of Cold
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 9, 2017
In the remote Yakutia region of Siberia, more than a hundred kilometers inside the Arctic Circle, lies the small town of Verkhoyansk. Winter...
The Hermits of Karoulia of Mount Athos
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 8, 2017
Mount Athos, located on a Greek peninsula in the Aegean Sea, is home to one of the oldest surviving monastic community on Earth. The mountai...
The Bear Moat of Český Krumlov Castle
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 7, 2017
The historic Český Krumlov Castle in the small city of Český Krumlov, in the Czech Republic, was built in the mid-13th century by the powerf...
The Sundial Cannon of Åtvidaberg
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 7, 2017
In the not-too-distant past, before the invention of modern timekeeping devices, noontime —the moment when the sun is at the highest positio...
Santa Cruz Del Islote: A Crowded Utopia
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 6, 2017
Santa Cruz del Islote is a tiny coral island, and one of the smallest, in the archipelago of San Bernardo off the coast of Colombia. It is o...
Alert: The Most Northern Settlement in The World
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 3, 2017
Located just over eight hundred kilometers away from the North Pole, the community of Alert, on the northeastern tip of Ellesmere Island, in...
A Spotlight Of Snow
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 3, 2017
The other day, NASA’s Earth Observatory posted some interesting pictures about localized snow in the Netherlands. Several fields in Heensch...
Glass Beach on Ussuri Bay
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 2, 2017
Just a 30-minute-drive away from the city of Vladivostok, Russia, lies a stunning bay surrounded by impressive cliffs. Not very long ago, th...
The Sunken Lanes of Europe
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 2, 2017
Appearing as trenches dredged through the earth or tunnels cleared through forests, these ancient pathways called holloways or sunken lanes ...
Checkerboard Forest
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 1, 2017
If you pull up Google Maps and look at the forested areas of Western United States, you’ll notice strange checkerboard patterns, like the on...
