Sansha: A City That Includes Almost an Entire Ocean
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 5, 2015
On July 2012, China announced a new prefecture-level city called Sansha whose seat of administration lies on what it calls Yongxing Island, ...
Ilha da Queimada Grande, The Snake Island
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 5, 2015
Ilha da Queimada Grande, nicknamed Snake Island, is a 430,000-square-meter island located about 33 km off the coast of the state of São Paul...
Every Photo From NASA's Apollo Missions Are Now on Flickr
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 3, 2015
Surely, you have seen many images from the Apollo missions, including some of the most iconic space photos in history, but you've never ...
The Meenakshi Temple of Madurai, India
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 3, 2015
The iconic Meenakshi Temple is located in the ancient city of Madurai in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Located in the heart of the 2...
The Rocking Horses of Lincoln
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 3, 2015
In the town of Lincoln, in the US state of Massachusetts, off Old Sudbury Road, is a patch of deserted farmland where people keep mysterious...
The Monumental Earthworks of Stan Herd
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 2, 2015
Since the late 1970s, American artist Stan Herd has been creating gigantic crop art — portraits and other images he creates by plowing, pla...
Alila Jabal Akhdar Resort in Oman
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 1, 2015
The Alila Jabal Akhdar Resort is located in the heart of Jabal Akhdar, more than 2,000 meters up and isolated in Al Hajar Mountains range in...
The Greater Green River Intergalactic Spaceport
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 1, 2015
The Greater Green River Intergalactic Spaceport in the US state of Wyoming, although sounds fantastic, is actually a disappointing dirt land...
The Crumbling Ruins of ‘Shwe Inn Thein’ Pagodas of Indein, Myanmar
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 1, 2015
On the western bank of Inle Lake, in the heart of Myanmar’s jungles, lies the small village of Indein with hundreds of ancient pagodas of ma...
The Mysterious Phenomenon of Bamboo Flowering
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 30, 2015
Bamboos are the fastest-growing plants on Earth. A typical bamboo grows as much as 10 centimeter in a single day. Certain species grow up to...
