ArcelorMittal Orbit in London
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 3, 2013
Unveiled during the London Olympics 2012, the ArcelorMittal Orbit is a 115-metre-high sculpture and observation tower in the Olympic Park in...
Alfred J. Sirleaf And His Chalkboard Newspaper
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 3, 2013
In Liberia, a country where radios and televisions are luxuries most people cannot afford, there is one enterprising journalist who has foun...
Photorealistic Pencil Drawings by Diego Fazio
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 3, 2013
It’s hard to believe these pictures are not photographs. They are pencil drawings made by Diego Fazio , a 23 year old self-taught artist liv...
Best of 2012
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 30, 2012
At Amusing Planet we cover anything that is offbeat or interesting, and that includes a wide range of topics. With over 400 articles publish...
Snow Roller: A Strange Meteorological Phenomenon
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 29, 2012
Snow roller is a rare meteorological phenomenon in which large cylinders of snow are naturally formed as chunks of snow are blown along the ...
Maeklong Railway Market: Marketplace With a Railway Track Through it
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 28, 2012
Maeklong Railway Market, located in Samut Songkhram, Thailand, around 37 miles west of Bangkok, looks like any other open-air market in Asia...
Montserrat, a Modern Day Pompeii
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 28, 2012
Montserrat is a Caribbean island located in the Leeward Islands, part of the chain of islands known as the Lesser Antilles, in the West Indi...
The Beautiful Key Monastery, India
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 26, 2012
Key Gompa is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery located on picturesque hilltop at an altitude of 4,166 metres above sea level, close to the Spiti ...
Great Mosque in Djenne, The Largest Mud-Brick Building in The World
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 25, 2012
Founded in 800 AD, the town of Djenne in central Mali, is one of sub-Saharan Africa's oldest cities. Situated on an island in the Niger ...
Meet The Most Gorgeous ‘Peacock Spider’
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 24, 2012
Maratus volans , better known as the Peacock Spider, is the dandiest, the cutest little thing you’ll see today. The male of this species has...
