The Depressing Industrial City of Norilsk
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 21, 2014
Norilsk is an industrial city located in Krasnoyarsk Krai, in Russia. It is the northernmost city in the world with a population of 170,000 ...
Saddening Images of Dead Sea Birds With Plastic in Their Stomach
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 20, 2014
Photographer Chris Jordan, who specializes in large-scale works that depict the magnitude of our consumerism and its impact on our environm...
The Perched Villages of Cote d'Azur
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 19, 2014
One of the most endearing attractions of Côte d'Azur, also known as the French Riviera, in the Mediterranean coastline of the southeast ...
Desert Wildflowers in the Colorado Plateau
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 18, 2014
The Colorado Plateau is mostly desert, with a few scattered areas of forests. The cracks in the parched earth are clearly visible, but for a...
The Trulli Houses of Alberobello
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 17, 2014
The small town of Alberobello in the province of Bari, in the southern region of Puglia, in Italy, displays some remarkable examples of a tr...
Beichuan, The Preserved Ruins of an Earthquake Destroyed Town
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 15, 2014
Few places provide the opportunity to see the aftermath of a violent natural calamity. The town of Beichuan is one of them. Beichuan is a ...
Johannesburg's Ponte City Tower
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 13, 2014
Ponte City Tower is the tallest residential building in Johannesburg, and is one of the city's most striking urban landmarks. The 54-sto...
A Glass Bottomed Hotel Bedroom in Bali
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 13, 2014
Who wants to sleep with the fishes? But shrimps is another story. Set over a freshwater shrimp pond, Udang House, also known as the Shrimp H...
Maggie Rudy’s Hand Crafted Mice Dolls
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 12, 2014
Portland-based artist Maggie Rudy creates cute little rodents from wool and pipe cleaners, dresses them in fancy clothing and poses them in ...
Hallerbos, The Blue Forest of Belgium
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 12, 2014
Located just at the boundary of Flanders and Wallonia, in the municipality of Halle, about 30 minutes south of Brussels, lies the forest of ...
