Playa de Las Teresitas: A European Beach Made From Saharan Sand
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 2, 2023
Playa de Las Teresitas in Tenerife, Spain, is one of the most popular beaches of the Canary Islands, but the beach is not natural—it was cre...
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Guarapari’s Radioactive Beaches
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 17, 2021
About 50 km south of Vitória, the state capital of EspÃrito Santo, in southeastern Brazil, lies the coastal town of Guarapari, a popular tou...
The War Rubble of Crosby Beach
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 2, 2020
Photo: pshab/Flickr Just beyond the coastguard station at the end of the promenade at Crosby Beach, in Liverpool, is a flat stretch of s...
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 Toxic White Beaches of Rosignano Solvay
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 5, 2016
The dazzling white sand of “Spiagge Bianche”, or “white beaches”, in the town of Rosignano Solvay, in southern Tuscany, has been luring tour...
Kamilo: Hawaii's Plastic Beach
Kaushik Patowary
May 21, 2016
On the remote southeastern tip of the Big Island of Hawaii, lies the beach of Kamilo, where swirling ocean currents bring and dump all sorts...
Paris Plages: The Artificial Beaches of Paris
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 17, 2015
Every year since 2002, a section of the pedestrian bank along the river Seine, in the center of Paris, is transformed into a beach, in a pop...
The Ninety Mile Beach, Australia
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 8, 2015
There are a lot of long and straight things in Australia: a 145-km stretch of road without a turning, a 478-km stretch of dead-straight rai...
The Mystery of Beach Cusps
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 21, 2015
Beach cusps are one of the strangest natural formation along the water’s edge. They are made up of a rhythmic pattern of small cusps and bay...
A Hidden Beach in Marieta Islands Formed by Military Bombing
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 21, 2015
Marieta Islands are a group of small uninhabited islands a few miles off the coast of Nayarit, in Mexico. Ever since the islands was labelle...
Pebble Beaches Around The World
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 8, 2015
Beaches usually mean sand, but not always. There are beaches made of sea shells , broken glasses pounded smooth by the surf and pebbles. Wh...
Petroglyph Beach in Wrangell, Alaska
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 5, 2015
Petroglyph Beach is located on the north-west of Wrangell, a town in Alaska. The beach is so called for the large number of petroglyphs rese...
Papakolea, The Green Sand Beach
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 23, 2014
Papakolea Beach, also known as Green Sand Beach or Mahana Beach, is a green sand beach located near South Point, in the Kaʻu district of the...
Mar Chiquita, a Secluded Beach in Puerto Rico
Kaushik Patowary
May 10, 2014
Mar Chiquita, or Little Sea, is a small beach in a protected cove near the eastern end of a long rocky wall exposed on the coast of Manatà i...
New Zealand’s Hot Water Beach
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 18, 2014
Hot Water Beach is a popular beach and geothermal attraction located on the east coast of the Coromandel Peninsula in New Zealand, approxima...
The Star Sand Beach of Hoshizuna-no-hama
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 21, 2014
Hoshizuna no Hama is a small beach located on the northern tip of the remote Iriomote Island in Okinawa Prefecture, in Japan. Hoshizuna no H...
Wineglass Bay in Australia
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 30, 2014
Located on Tasmania’s Freycinet Peninsula, Wineglass Bay is one of the most photogenic beaches in Australia. This crescent-shaped beach of d...
Chinese Beaches Once Again Hit by Invading Algae
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 5, 2013
The seas off China have been hit by the largest ever growth of algae. The vast swath of green growth is washing onto the shores of the Yello...
Beach of the Cathedrals, Spain
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 27, 2013
Beach of the Cathedrals, or Playa de Las Catedrales in Spanish, is situated in the municipality of Ribadeo in the province of Lugo (Galicia)...
Artificially Heated Nautholsvik Geothermal Beach, Iceland
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 7, 2013
In Iceland the sea is normally far too cold to tempt swimmers, but at Nautholsvik bay in Reykjavik, the capital city of Iceland, a thermal b...
