“Himalayas”

hills · desert

Aerial view of sedimentation, sandy drumlins and cold desert of Ladakh in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir.

ceremony · river

Buddhist prayer flags in different colours hung up at Stakna Monastery in Ladakh. A prayer flag is a colorful rectangular cloth, often found strung along mountain ridges and peaks high in the Himalayas.

hills · river

Tangtse lies on the valley floor through which the Harong stream flows. Surrounded by mountains, the village lies on flat arid ground with greenery to be seen only along the Harong stream.

Jammu and Kashmir·hills · river

Beas river captured in slow motion in Sonamarg town of Jammu and Kashmir, India. Sonamarg or Sonmarg, located at a hefty altitude of 2,740 m above sea level, literally means 'Meadow of Gold'.

Nepal·snow · hills

Mountaineers witness snowfall at Everest Base Camp in Nepal. Nowhere in the world is more spectacular than in the Everest region. It is where four of the world's six tallest peaks Mt. Everest, Mt. Lhotse, Mt.

Nepal·hills · aerial

Superb views of the peaks of Nepal and Sikkim in India, with the summit of Kanchenjunga standing out, as seen from the air, with a blanket of puffy clouds below.

hills

Tourist vehicles slip on the icy roads in Ladakh, India. It's a dangerous situation to drive on icy roads.

hills

A Himalayan Pit Viper (Gloydius himalayanus), a venomous snake native to high-altitude regions of India, is seen crawling on the ground near a wall.

hills · snow

Good stock footage of massive glacier with lakes and mountain range in Ladakh, India. These are the head-waters of the Indus river system! Ladakh "land of high passes" is a region of India in the state of Jammu and Kashmir that extends from…

hills · village

Travel to the Himalayan village of Lakhat near Chausar in Uttaranchal in North India. Images of the picturesque landscapes of the lower Himalayas with a cover of mist amongst the evergreen conifer trees and grassy slopes along the hillsides…

West Bengal·hills · railway

Time lapse shot of Darjeeling from Gorkha Rangamancha Bhawan or Bhanu Bhawan and the clouds cover the whole city.

West Bengal·hills · river

View of Kanchenjunga range as seen from Sandakphu ridge through the clouds. Kangchenjunga is the third highest mountain in the world.

Himachal Pradesh·river · hills

The town of Kaza, Kaze or Kaja is the subdivisional headquarters of the remote Spiti Valley valley in the Lahaul and Spiti district of the state of Himachal Pradesh in the Western Himalayas of India.

hills

Good aerial stock footage of Indian Army encampment at Tangtse in Ladakh, Kashmir. Ladakh "land of high passes" is a region of India in the state of Jammu and Kashmir that extends from the Karakoram Range in the north to the main Great Hima…

hills · snow

Naturalists walking the jagged rocky mountainscape of Ladakh during their search for Snow Leopard in India. The snow leopard is a large cat native to the mountain ranges of Central and South Asia.

hills · livestock

Bharal or Himalayan blue sheep standing on high altitude mountain in Ladakh. The Bharal , also known as the Blue Sheep, is a high mountain sheep that is the primary prey of Snow Leopards.

hills

Ladakh is a region of Jammu and Kashmir,in the northernmost state of the Republic of India. It lies between the Kunlun mountain range in the north and the main Great Himalayas to the south, inhabited by people of Indo-Aryan and Tibetan desc…

hills

This is a clear view of how mountain Hiunchuli is an extension of Annapurna South of the Annapurna Himal ranges. Annapurna South, also called Annapurna Dakshin or Moditse, is a mountain in the Annapurna Himal range of the Himalayas.

flowers · hills

It is native to the Himalayas, northern Burma, Tibet and Yunnan Province in China where it is typically found in shady mountain areas, mountain meadows, slopes and woodlands.

hills · river

Seen here are two keen fisherman angling for murrel. Mahseer is unarguably the best sport fish of India here in the clear Ramganga river which is famous world over for Mahseer and monster Catfish... They end up with a snakehead.

Uttarakhand·hills · school

Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) is a widespread winter visitor but is also a resident in the mountains of pakistan, Himalayas and Western Ghats and Srilanka. Long, rather broad tail; wing-tips more rounded than on most falcons.

hills · birds

It is lunch time for the barbets, and they have opted for wild Pear on their menu today. A colourful fella peaks around some fresh and juicy fruit. It flies and jumps from branch to branch, choosing what better suits his lunch needs.

wildlife · birds

This image features a Rufous Sibia (Heterophasia capistrata) perched among leafless branches in a Himalayan forest habitat.

Jammu and Kashmir·hills

The Kashmir valley near Pampore provides a very refreshing, panoramic view of the Ladakh and Zanskar ranges of the Himalayas. On a bright day after rain towards the end of October, the clouds and the sun enhance the beauty of the views.