The Painted Dunes of Lassen Volcanic National Park
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 10, 2015
The Painted Dunes are multicolored pumice fields formed by oxidation of volcanic ash as they fell out of volcanic eruptions that have sculpt...
Svinafellsjokull Glacier: The Real Life Location of Dr Mann’s Planet
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 10, 2015
Iceland, with its stunning landscape forged by breathtaking glaciers and angry volcanic forces, is lately turning out to be Hollywood’s favo...
Watermelon Snow
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 9, 2015
In the high alpine region, at altitudes of 10,000 to 12,000 feet, sometimes patches of pink or red appear on snow. The phenomenon is commonl...
Denver Chalk Art Festival
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 9, 2015
The Denver Chalk Art Festival is an annual two-day street painting festival that takes place on Larimer Square in Denver, the United States....
Old Semiconductor Factories Turned Into High-Tech Farms
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 9, 2015
What is Toshiba’s latest product? A laptop? A TV? How about lettuce? The Japanese electronics manufacturer, that has a lineage dating back ...
Flysch Formation in Zumaia
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 8, 2015
Flysch is a sedimentary rock formed by the alternate deposition of thin layers of silt and sandstone, found near shorelines that were rapidl...
The Floating Houses of IJburg, Amsterdam
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 8, 2015
The IJburg neighbourhood is the latest district of Amsterdam built over a number of artificial islands which have been raised from the IJmee...
An Abandoned Fishing Village on Gouqi Island, China
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 6, 2015
Gouqi Island belongs to a group of nearly 400 islands known as Shengsi Islands, and form a part of the Zhoushan Archipelago, located outside...
Guy Laramee’s Latest Book Carvings of Brazilian Mountains
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 6, 2015
Master sculptor Guy Laramee ( previously on Amusing Planet ) who specializes in book carving has unveiled his latest series of book sculptu...
Strépy-Thieu Boat Lift
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 5, 2015
For as long as one can remember, the people of Belgium wanted to have an inland waterway that connected the Meuse river with the Scheldt riv...
