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Himachal Pradesh·hills

Himachal Pradesh·snow · hills

A lone Bushy-tailed Red Fox literally walks the snow in Spiti Valley. The snow still fresh in early spring, it drags it's richly endowed tail and the characteristic white tip of the tail.

Himachal Pradesh·hills

A brave Himalayan Fox, with a long bushy tail, tramps the high altitude snowfields of Spiti as it searches for rodents, marmot young and other potential prey during the tough winter lean season when food is difficult to come by, temperature…

Himachal Pradesh·snow · wildlife

After spending the afternoon taking a long nap in a rock ledge cave, a mother Snow Leopard and cub wake up, stretch and yawn, slowly waking up and then the cubs cross a snowy slope and take a dump in the snow, in mid-winter Spiti freeze, ev…

Himachal Pradesh·hills · snow

Mountain Goat grazing and resting on a snowy day Spiti Snow Leopard Expedition 2023

Himachal Pradesh·village · desert

Spiti's Tabo village mud homes with blue skies: stark contrast and sharp colours in high altitude desert of Himachal Pradesh state in north India. Sunflowers in the village fields and along the roads.

Himachal Pradesh·river · hills

An old series of shortens along the Manali highway, in the Spiti region of Himachal Pradesh.

Himachal Pradesh·festival · snow

The scene shows women from Spiti performing traditional dance and singing during a winter festival in Kaza. Participants wear regional attire suited for cold conditions while gathering on an open snow-covered field.

Himachal Pradesh·wildlife · snow

Snow Leopard rarely call, but this cub is doing so to its mother, only to have the clickety-clack of noisy photographers ruin the audio, and the mountain ambience. What a lovely sound when you finally hear it at 2 minutes into the video.

Himachal Pradesh·festival · dance

Men dance at Winter Festival in Spiti: Mid-winter entertainment for the folks of upper Himachal In cheery red hand embroidered attire, women of Spiti dance in mid-winter chill at Winter Festival in Kaza, Himachal Pradesh, India.

Himachal Pradesh·wildlife · snow

Snow Leopard cub on guard as mother and other cub cuddle and sleep in a cave, in Spiti Himalaya Mother Snow Leopard paves her ways across deep snowpack terrain as cub playfully follows in the Himalaya

Himachal Pradesh·wildlife · snow

From fast asleep to full charging mode in a few seconds flat! By dusk, an Ounce makes a half-hearted and unsuccessful attempt at hunting down an Ibex.

Himachal Pradesh·hills · river

Spiti drive-throughs en route Rekong, Kaza and up the valley in winter, Himachal Pradesh driving holiday, as seen from a gyro-stabilized camera. See the masses of multi-storeyed development across the river at 3:30 into this video.

Himachal Pradesh·hills

Hear the 'Chuk Chuk Chuk Chukor' call of the Alectoris chukar bird of the trans Himalaya, as they scrabble around for grass seeds and other modest sustenance in the winter freeze, in Spiti, Himachal Pradesh.

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Himachal Pradesh·hills · festival

Tourists and Monks from all around the world gathered at Spiti valley in Himachal Pradesh in the year 1996 for the centennial celebration of the Tabo monastery.

Himachal Pradesh·snow · hills

Spiti valley in mid winter freeze, with visitors trekking along a village path in a snow field, in this aerial view, from the air, as seen aerially.

Himachal Pradesh·hills · snow

A Himachali high altitude Himalayan resident shovels snow from his house, in the mid-winter freeze of a Himalayan winter.

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Himachal Pradesh·snow

While putting on and putting off air conditioners are normal in hot places in the summers, residents of Spiti are seen shovelling off fresh snow from their rooftops.

Himachal Pradesh·hills

These juvenile Himalayan Ibex are filmed prancing on the steep crags in Himachal Pradesh in the early spring and the snowy layer seems to have melted. The adults are seen dozing and relaxing in the sunlight.

Himachal Pradesh·wildlife · snow

Snow Leopard walks miles on barren craggy western Himalayan cliffs, in deep winter, to look for a possible meal

Himachal Pradesh·festival · dance

In cheery red hand embroidered attire, women of Spiti dance in mid-winter chill at Winter Festival in Kaza, Himachal Pradesh, India.