Potash Evaporation Ponds in Utah
Kaushik Patowary
May 27, 2015
These electric blue shapes in the brown desert are potash evaporation ponds managed by Intrepid Potash, Inc., the United States’ largest pro...
Nilometer: Ancient Structures Used to Measure the Level of River Nile
Kaushik Patowary
May 26, 2015
Every year the river Nile begins to rise in the summer, the water overflows its banks and deposits slit on the surrounding floodplain. It is...
The Cardrona Bra Fence
Kaushik Patowary
May 25, 2015
The Cardrona Bra Fence of Central Otago, New Zealand, began in 1999 some time between Christmas and New Year, when four women's bras wer...
Clootie Wells: The Celtic Wishing Trees
Kaushik Patowary
May 25, 2015
The tradition of making offerings at wishing trees and wells dates back hundreds of years, and can be found all over the world in different ...
The Beautiful Uummannaq Island, Greenland
Kaushik Patowary
May 25, 2015
Uummannaq is a picturesque island and town in the Qaasuitsup municipality, in northwestern Greenland, located 590 kilometers north of the Ar...
A Glue-less Paper Bridge That You Can Walk Over
Kaushik Patowary
May 25, 2015
British artist Steve Messam has installed a bright red, weight-bearing arch bridge across a stream in the rural Lake District National Park...
Monte Testaccio: The 2,000-year-old Garbage Dump in Rome
Kaushik Patowary
May 23, 2015
On the outskirts of Rome, near the Horrea Galbae, a short distance away from the east bank of the River Tiber, lies an enormous mound overgr...
Mill Ends Park: World’s Smallest Park
Kaushik Patowary
May 22, 2015
Mill Ends Park in Portland, the United States, is only two feet in diameter and is really just a flower pot, but don’t say that aloud, espec...
The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death
Kaushik Patowary
May 22, 2015
On the third floor of the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for the state of Maryland, in Baltimore, the United States, the chief medical...
Spiders Rain Down on Australian Town
Kaushik Patowary
May 20, 2015
While raining cats and dogs is only a metaphor, raining spiders is a reality in Australia. The latest arachnid shower took place last week i...
