India

To the eye of the osprey (a large fish-eating hawk) soaring overhead, Western Brook Pond looks like a shimmering jewel dropped by a giant hand. The jewel's landing place is the bottom of a 2000ft (600m) deep canyon, cut into the ...

The tallest statue in the world represents a country's achievements, identity, and pride. The significance of having the tallest statue in the world is that it helps to promote and encourage people to be proud of their country. This will help ...

The month of Shravan is considered the most auspicious month for Hindu devotees to visit their temples and pray for their well-being and prosperity. The month of Shravan is considered holy for Hindus because it marks the beginning of the monsoon ...

From the plains beside it, the rim of Meteor Crater looks like a low hill, giving no hint of the immense hollow it surrounds. Blasted out when a giant meteorite struck the ground here around 50, 000 years ago, the crater ...

Weird pinnacles of rock seem to float like a mirage on the brilliant blue waters of Mono lake, which gleams like of jewel in a setting of sand flats and sagebrush ringed by mountains. ' A country of wonderful contrasts, hot ...

Countless tributaries swell the great Congo River on its long curve to the Atlantic from grasslands on the border of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia. They drain an area of rainforest and high grassland roughly the size of India. ...

Glowing rose-red and turquoise in the midnight sun, and trailing a long banner of steam over ross Island's miles of snow and ice, Mount Erebus is the very symbol and beacon of Antarctic exploration. At its feet lies the modern sprawl ...

The month of Sawan is considered the most auspicious and holy month in Hinduism. During this time, people across the world gather on pilgrimage to various destinations to pay homage to God Shiva. Every year, Uttarakhand witnesses a major influx of ...

Mammoth Cave owes its name to its size, not to relics of long-gone mammoths. Carved from limestone hills in Kentucky by trickles of acidic water over millions of years, the cave has some 330 miles (530km) of passages, possibly more, on ...

Long ago, when the United States was hardly out of its teens, you could sometimes find leathery backwoodsmen who told tales of a fabulous land to the west where fountains of boiling water ascended high past the trees as the floor ...

The Sangam period also known as the ‘Sangam Age' was a golden age in the history of Tamil Nadu. It was during this period that entire South India exploded with creativity, innovation, and learning. It is believed that this period saw ...

Trying to imagine the vastness of the River Amazon is almost as difficult as trying to comprehend infinity - the mind reels at its staggering immensity. With its countless tributaries, the Amazon drains an area of South America almost the size ...