The Guano Covered Island of Grassholm
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 2, 2014
Grassholm is a small uninhabited island, just 200 meters across, located 13 kilometers off the southwestern Pembrokeshire coast in Wales. Th...
Flexible Paper Sculptures by Li Hongbo
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 30, 2014
On first look, these busts appear to be carved out of porcelain or perhaps fine white marble, but actually they are made of thousands of lay...
Cherry Blossom Stones: A Natural Wonder
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 30, 2014
In the Japanese city of Kameoka, which lies just over the western mountains of Kyoto city, an intriguing geological oddity is found. It’s a ...
Kondyor Massif of Eastern Siberia
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 29, 2014
The Kondyor Massif is a perfectly circular geological formation in Eastern Siberia, Russia, roughly 600 km west-to-southwest of Okhotsk, or ...
The Stilt Fishermen of Sri Lanka
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 29, 2014
Stilt fishing is a method of fishing unique to the island country of Sri Lanka, located off the coast of India in the Indian Ocean. The fish...
How The Trans-Alaska Pipeline Survived The 2002 Denali Earthquake
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 28, 2014
The Trans-Alaska Pipeline System is one of the largest pipeline systems in the world. It starts at Prudhoe Bay on the Alaskan North Slope an...
Teufelsbrücke, The Devil's Bridge in Switzerland
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 28, 2014
A lot of ancient bridges across Europe are referred to as the Devil’s Bridge. These bridges were built under such challenging conditions tha...
Modern Magazine Covers Superimposed on Classic Paintings
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 26, 2014
Philippines based graphic designer and children’s book illustrator Eisen Bernardo superimposed a selection of modern magazine covers on cla...
Glowworm Beetles Have The Most Magnificent Antennas Ever
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 26, 2014
Glowworm beetles belong to the family of Phengodidae and are so called because the adult females of this family of insect can produce light...
Ayam Cemani: A Rare Chicken Breed That is Black Inside Out
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 26, 2014
Black is not an uncommon color in the animal world; bears are black, gorillas are black, there are breeds of dogs and cats that are black. B...
