Photos of Limestone Blasting by Naoya Hatakeyama
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 4, 2014
These pictures are part of a series called “Blast” taken by Japanese photographer Naoya Hatakeyama, who used remote-control cameras to captu...
Cryoconite Holes on Glaciers
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 4, 2014
Sometimes the surface of glaciers exhibit peculiar water filled cylindrical holes of varying sizes. At the bottom of these holes, there is u...
Parting of The Waters: A Creek That Flows Into Two Oceans
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 3, 2014
Within the Teton Wilderness area of Bridger-Teton National Forest, in Wyoming, USA, lies a very unremarkable creek with a remarkable hydrolo...
Intricate Ice Crack Patterns on Lake Puma Yumco
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 3, 2014
Lake Puma Yumco, located on the Tibetan Plateau, is one of the most remote lakes in the world. The lake is 32 km long and 13 km wide and is ...
Mocona Falls: A 3 km Waterfall That Runs Parallel to The River
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 2, 2014
Iguazu Falls may be the most popular waterfalls in Argentina, but Mocona Falls take the crown for the most unique. Mocona does not follow th...
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...
