China Opens World's Longest Sea Bridge
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 12, 2011
The Qingdao Haiwan Bridge, which was featured on Amusing Planet early this year, is open for business. State-run news channel CCTV says the...
Orda Cave: World's Longest Underwater Gypsum Cave in Russia
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 12, 2011
A team of daring cave divers working on Orda Cave Awareness Project have produced an incredible series of photos of the longest underwater g...
Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Championship
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 9, 2011
Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest is held every year on July 4 at Nathan's Famous Corporation's original, and best-known restauran...
World's Steepest Roller-coaster Opens in Japan
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 9, 2011
Japan’s Fuji-Q Highland Amusement Park has unveiled its 14th Guinness world record-breaking ride – the Takabisha roller-coaster. Nestled at ...
Chevrolet Underground Catwalk 2011: Fashion Show on Subway Train
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 7, 2011
The Underground Catwalk , currently in its sixth year, has become an integral and popular part of the Berlin Fashion Week where models showc...
San Fermin Festival Begins in Pamplona, Spain
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 7, 2011
Tens of thousands of people packed Pamplona's main square on Wednesday for the launch of the "chupinazo" rocket that marked th...
Hyper-realistic Paintings by Juan Bautista Nieto
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 7, 2011
Juan Bautista Nieto was born in Lora el Rio, Spain. He studied at the Fine Arts Faculty of Seville. Prior to that he studied medicine, to w...
Photographs of People Texting in the Streets
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 6, 2011
For his project titled “ Texters “, photographer Joe Holmes photographed unsuspecting people lost in their own worlds while texting on their...
The Humorous Art of Bent Objects by Terry Border
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 5, 2011
Terry Border takes objects from everyday life and turns them into humorous art. For years now, this unassuming photographer-sculptor has wo...
Abandoned Houses of Detroit
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 3, 2011
Detroit's population has fallen steadily since the heyday of the auto industry in the 1950s, when it peaked around two million, to just ...
