Himalayas — Clipahoy

St. Gobain safety glass unloaded for Schueco windows at Himalayan home construction site in India

hills · industry

Massive sheets of Double Glazed St. Gobain safety glass being unloaded at a Himalayan home construction site in India, for a Shueco glass window facade installation.

Monsoon winds and rains withdraw from north India finally, as they make their final Himalayan exit

hills · monsoon

Clouds coalesce and mingle with darker and lighter shaded clouds and form fantabulous formations in the rich blue post monsoon skies! Monsoon clouds billow in over the higher ridges and seem to disappear after crossing over to the south fac…

Summit ridge of White Peak, Bandarpunch, on a clear winter's day, as seen from Bamsaru Khal, in Uttarakhand

hills · river

Summit ridge of White Peak, Bandarpunch, on a clear winter's day, as seen from Bamsaru Khal As the clouds clear, the peak of Bandarpunch is revealed in all its glory, in the Garhwal Himalaya range, as the wildfimsindia team treks beyond Dod…

Himalayan Blue Pine cones and pine leaves are different from regular Chir pine: Pinus wallichiana, in Jabbarkhet

Uttarakhand·forest · hills

Himalayan Blue Pine cones and pine leaves are different from the regular Chir pine, as seen at the wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet conservation zone in the western Himalaya.

Himalayan Red Fox surveys its domain, as both predator & scavenger, curls up in the freezing snow

hills · snow

A Himalayan Red Fox scratches its ear and surveys its domain, as both a predator and scavenger in the cold mid-winter freeze of the high altitude eco-system of the Himalaya and trans-Himalaya.

Chaukhamba Glacier aerial view showing deep fissured crevasses and high cols, with deep blue skies, in Kedarnath

Uttarakhand·snow · aerial

Chaukhamba and lateral Kedarnath glacier stunning aerial view of Garhwal Himalaya, with emerald green glacial lakes.

Complex task of installing heavy Double glazed Schueco glass elements in facade of Himalayan home, in Dehradun

Uttarakhand·hills · industry

Carrying and installing a 300 kilogram heavy glass element by standing on bamboo scaffolding, with a potential fall of hundreds of feet on the other side, can be a hairy task.

Harsil Valley from Laldhang, Tharali on left bank of Bhagirathi, Sat Tal Lakeland, forest fires, in Uttarakhand

hills · forest

More than two minutes of postcard-worthy landscape visuals all the way from the high mountains of the Himalayas. A virtual tour of the Garhwal Himalaya highlands as seen in late autumn. Harsil valley as seen from Laldhang.

Tree climbing Goral leads lotus eating life, surrounded by daisies, spring leaf and sunshine, in Mussoorie

Uttarakhand·hills · forest

This wild mountain goat of the Himalaya leads the food life at the wildfilmsindia sanctuary in the Himalaya. At the Wilderness Orchard and botanical gardens at Jabbarkhet near Mussoorie, we have protected this family of Goral.

Members of Nanda Devi Expedition take rest while preparations go on to cross a dangerous stream

Uttarakhand·hills · snow

Nanda Devi is a two-peaked massif, forming a 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) long high ridge, oriented east-west. The west summit is higher, and the eastern summit is called Nanda Devi East.

Chaukhamba Col ascent route traverses through treacherous glacial moraines and rock screes, in Uttarakhand

snow · hills

Chaukhamba Col ascent route traverses through treacherous glacial moraines and rock screes and mixed climbing grounds, with a combination of glacial ice, rock, fresh snow, scree and rockfall and avalanche danger zones, in the Garhwal Himala…

Glacial ablation zone of Rudragaira glacier, Gangotri peaks, Auden's Col: Himalayan aerial view

snow · hills

Panorama from the second camp in the Rudragaira valley. A view of the Jogin peaks, Gangotri I, II and II peaks, Auden's Col, etc.

Upper Son Gad Valley - Cattle grazing before harsh winter months, Sukhi village cattle herders, in Uttarakhand

hills · livestock

Cattle herders from Sukhi Village, Uttarakhand graze their cattle in the Upper Son Gad Valley during the autumn season. This will be the last graze for these cattle up in the cold valley near the Garhwal Himalaya.

Dark throated Thrush is a winter visitor at 's Jabbarkhet Himalayan bird sanctuary

Uttarakhand·birds · hills

Dark throated Thrush is a not common winter visitor at wildfilmsindia's Jabbarkhet bird sanctuary in the western Himalaya. Black throated Thrush at Jabbarkhet

Scotch Thistle in the Valley of Flowers

hills · flowers

Cirsium thistle or Cirsium falconeri is found at higher altitudes, even as high as 4400 meters in the Himalaya! Onopordum acanthium or the Scotch Thistle as seen in the Valley of Flowers.

Verditer Flycatcher tail quivers, delivers lovely trilling call, deep blue bird shines monsoon light

birds · hills

Verditer Flycatcher quivers its tail as it delivers it's lovely trilling call! Deep blue bird catches monsoon light It's tail quivers as it delivers it's lovely call! Turquoise-like Verditer Flycatcher trills on dead grey branch against blu…

Blue-brown hills behind, 15, 000 ft. altitude Mansarovar Lake has stunning blue colour, in Tibet

river · hills

Indian people stand near Mansarovar lake in Tibetan Autonomous Region of China. Blue-brown hills can be seen in the background across the lake. Tent houses can be seen on the foothills of the Himalaya.

Monsoon profusion in Himalayan forests: ferns and moss festoon trees, water drip-drops constantly

monsoon · hills

Water droplets retained by moss and lichens drip-drop down in the middle Himalaya, as the monsoon rains cease for a short while.

Drive to Spiti through rugged dusty river valley, as bus clings to steep cliff, at speed!

Himachal Pradesh·hills · river

A beautiful gyro-stabilized 4K recording of the drive into Spiti valley in the Himachal Himalaya, as our bus clings on to the edges of cliffs, drives through chasms and gorges, with the edge of the road literally inches away from our tyres.…

Turquoise-like Verditer Flycatcher trills on dead grey branch against blue sky: Perfect blue on blue, in Uttarakhand

birds · hills

Turquoise-like Verditer Flycatcher trills on dead grey branch against blue sky: Perfect blue on blue! Deep blue bird catches evening light sitting on a Himalayan Cedar or deodar branch, and looks deceptively like a different bird but is rea…

Village Kotwal bird provides shelter to milder birds, so they nest around the Himalayan Grey Drongo

birds · wildlife

Kotwal chidiya or Grey Drongo has a ruby red eye, a forked tail and bluish-grey plumage that makes it stand out and be most visible, especially as it sits on vantage points and the tops of trees, in our middle hills in the western Himalaya.…

Green-backed Tit has a lovely trilling call as it warms itself on a cold winter day, in the sun

hills · river

This Green-backed Tit calls out every few seconds while sitting on a rock and taking in the warm winter sun...

Piao calling: colourful Himalayan Barbet or Mewli (Megalaima virens) on Oak tree with fresh leaves

hills · birds

The fabulous Hill Barbet or Great Himalayan Barbet gets its name mewli or piao from this far reaching call which is heard far and wide in the mountains of the Western Himalaya.

Wild Pears or Kaitha draw in Rufous Sibias from near and far: Black-capped Sibia a pretty hill bird

hills · wildlife

Winter wild pears are an attraction for this Black-capped Sibia or Rufous Sibia at wildfilmsindia Sunning itself on a winter's day, in the warm sun, is this Sibia, at our wildfilmsindia estate.