The Rock Churches of Lalibela
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 24, 2014
In the remote town of Lalibela, perched on the mountains in the heart of Ethiopia, some 645 km from Addis Ababa, are eleven medieval monolit...
Long Distance Conveyor Belts
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 23, 2014
Employed in nearly all kinds of industries, conveyor belts provide an excellent mean for moving cargo and materials from one place to anothe...
Spectacular Train Route to Copper Mines in the Andes
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 21, 2014
The Chanaral – Llanta – Potrerillos line in Chile is one of the most stunning railways in the world. It connects Potrerillos, a now abandone...
Ed Burtynsky’s Aerial Pictures of Watery Landscape
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 20, 2014
Edward Burtynsky is Canada’s most respected photographers known for his remarkable photographic depictions of global industrial landscapes ...
Organic Farming in the Deserts of Wadi Rum
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 20, 2014
The valley of Wadi Rum in southern Jordan, near the border with Saudi Arabia, has a landscape so alien it is nicknamed "Valley of the M...
The Netherland’s Impressive Storm Surge Barriers
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 19, 2014
The Netherlands is a geographically low-lying country, with about 20% of its area and 21% of its population located below sea level. As much...
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 Pseudocraters of Iceland
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 17, 2014
A pseudocrater looks like a true volcanic crater, but is not. These distinctive landforms are created when flowing hot lava crosses over a w...
Makoko, a Floating Slum in Nigeria
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 16, 2014
The shanty town of Makoko is located on a lagoon on the edge of the Atlantic Ocean, a stone’s throw from the modern buildings that make up L...
Trinity Site, the Site of the First Atomic Bomb Blast
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 16, 2014
On July 16, 1945, the world’s first nuclear explosion, code named Trinity, occurred at a test site located 336 km south of Los Alamos on the...
