“Himalayas”

Himachal Pradesh·hills · aerial

An aerial journey of hill station town Dharamshala in Himachal. Tracks laid down for the mountain biking event popularly known as the MTB Himalayas. The mountain bikers can be seen following the chalked track in order to stay on the route.

flowers · hills

The flowering cones appear like lit yellow candles from a distance. The ornamental tree, a Himalayan Cedar is brimming with the colourful flowers. On a closer look, the flowers are surrounded by small insects buzzing around it.

hills · snow

Passing by the snow covered hills of Ladakh, India. Ladakh 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 Himalayas to the south, inhabited by people of Indo-Aryan…

snow · hills

A group of naturalists search Snow Leopard in the snowy mountains of Ladakh, India. The snow leopard is a large cat native to the mountain ranges of Central and South Asia.

Ladakh·hills · snow

Tourist taking picture of the snowy mountains on their way to Leh Ladakh. Ladakh is a region of India in the state of Jammu and Kashmir that currently extends from the Kuen Lun mountain range to the main Great Himalayas to the south, inhab…

hills · snow

View of snow covered barren mountains of Ladakh in India. Ladakh 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 Himalayas to the south, inhabited by people of Indo…

river · hills

A beautiful, fun wintery day up in the high Himalaya, and what a better way to celebrate the weather than to unsuccessfully try and fish for trout, struggling to find unfrozen patches of water in which to cash the Mepps Aglia spinner.

Uttarakhand·hills

Walking down the cemetery road in Landour, on the north face, we came across this Tree Creeper busily making its way up a cracked wall, searching for insects and grubs.

hills · wildlife

Himalayan Vultures of Himalayan Griffon Vultures (Gyps himalayensis) fight over their meal of a carcass in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand.

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Great, big birds of the Himalaya, Himalayan Griffon Vultures (Gyps himalayensis) gather around a carcass to pick it clean for their meal. Each vulture tries to chases away the others to get the lion's share of the meat.

river · hills

Timelapse of Kanchenjunga as seen from Tashi point in the Indian state of Sikkim. Around 8 kms from Gangtok Tashi View Point located on the Gangtok – North Sikkim Highway offers the spectacular view of Mt. Kanchenjunga and Mt. Siniolchu.

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Himalayan Yaks in Sikkim, beyond Thangu and well beyond Lachen village. The yak, Bos grunniens, is a long-haired bovine found throughout the Himalayan region of south Central Asia. Yaks have shaggy hair to insulate them from the cold.

Rishikesh, Uttarakhand·hills

Pre-monsoon storm in teak trees as seen from Ananda in the sub-Himalayan low hills Narendranagar town, Uttarakhand, India, and the hills towards Rishikesh in the plains below, where the Ganga / Ganges river, enters the plains of north India…

Uttarakhand·temple · aerial

Hindu devotees use ropeway or udan khatola to reach Mansa Devi Temple in Haridwar. This ropeway gives an amazing aerial view of of Haridwar city.

monsoon · hills

The beauty of Himalayan clouds moving above the mighty mountains. The compositions of the forests on this mighty range are effected by the combined effect of altitude, rainfall and latitude.

temple · hills

As Cicadas call, at one end of this lush meadow lies the ancient temple of Madhyamaheshwar which is part of the Panch Kedar Yatra.

hills · school

The Wildest Dream - Conquest of Everest. A National Geographic film presentation, as shown to a Himalayan Club audience in New Delhi. Conrad Anker talking about George Mallory, to a Himalayan Club audience in New Delhi.

Nepal·hills · school

Maninder Kohli and Mandip Singh Soin introducing Conrad Anker. The Himalayan Club & The Explorers Club South Asia Chapter organized an illustrated talk "George Mallory - Everest Pioneer" by Conrad Anker at the India Habitat Center, New Delh…

Jammu and Kashmir·hills · river

Water forms a milky stream on the way to Amarnath. Trout stream in Kashmir, India! A real fast-flowing cataract in the Himalaya...

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Time lapse of clouds moving over the hills of Kashmir, India... Kashmir is the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent.

snow · hills

Time lapse of clouds over snow covered mountains of Kedarnath, Uttarakhand. Kedarnath and Kedarnath Dome are two mountains in the Gangotri Group of peaks in the western Garhwal Himalaya in Uttarakhand state, India.

Uttarakhand·festival · hills

Tourists, Mussoorie and Woodstock residents and locals chatting and catching up at Rokeby Highlands during the Big Gig Festival 2014.

hills · snow

Trekkers return from the upper slopes of Rudragaira. Our tent is set up at Rudragaira base camp with a brahmkamal flower at the entrance, and sheep grazing outside.

river · hills

Paro has the privilege of hosting Bhutan's lone airport. The Paro Chhu valley is an excellent trout stream and runs through the valley.