Digging the world's artifacts
In July 2010, 10 years of rain fell into parts of Pakistan that left millions of people (and spiders) homeless.
As a survival mechanism, spiders took homage and blanketed some of the trees.
What resulted was cotton candy and ghost-like cocooned trees that protected the locals against a rash of mosquitoes.
Photos by Russell Watkins
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