Winning Images of Children's Eyes on Earth Photography Contest
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 9, 2012
Last September, kids all over the world were invited to enter their pictures in the Children's Eyes on Earth photo contest to help raise...
Peter Callesen’s Single Sheet Paper Sculpture
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 9, 2012
Danish artist Peter Callesen creates three dimensional sculptures by folding a single sheet of paper. Each work is made by cutting a single...
Jason Tozer’s Planetary Bubbles
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 8, 2012
These planetary pictures of Jupiter like gas-giants with swirling hurricanes are actually common soap bubbles. Photographer Jason Tozer was ...
The Curious Case of Baarle-Nassau and Baarle-Hertog
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 6, 2012
Baarle-Nassau and Baarle-Hertog are two municipalities that divide the town of Baarle on the border between the Netherlands and Belgium. Baa...
Sawdust Carpets During Semana Santa in Antigua
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 5, 2012
Antigua, Guatemala puts up one of the largest Easter celebration in North America, with an estimated 200,000 people flocking to this Colonia...
Coming of Age in Cartography: Evolution of the World Map
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 5, 2012
Mapmaking has been an integral part of human history for thousands of years. It is believed that the human activity of graphically represent...
Les Machines de l'Île: Machines of the Isle of Nantes
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 3, 2012
Machines of the Isle of Nantes or Les Machines de l'Île de Nantes are a set of gigantic mechanical animals designed by Francois Delaroz...
Thousands of Pink Flamingos at Lake Nakuru, Kenya
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 3, 2012
Lake Nakuru is one of the three inter-linked lakes in the Rift Valley Province of Kenya. These lakes are home to 13 globally threatened bird...
India’s Death Defying ‘Maut ka Kuaa’ or ‘Well of Death’
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 2, 2012
‘Maut ka Kuaa’, which translates to the ‘Well of Death’ in English, also sometimes called the ‘Wall of Death’, is a death defying and gravit...
Polish Architect Builds World’s Thinnest House
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 31, 2012
Polish architect Jakub Szczesny claims to have built the world’s narrowest house, just 122 centimetres across. The house is squeezed into an...
