“monsoon”

Kerala·river · hills

The rolling tea plantations of Munnar, Kerala, India, are within the Western Ghats. Neatly patterned tea estates cover the undulating hills, while waterfalls and streams descend through the surrounding landscape.

Uttarakhand·hills · forest

A breathtaking misty landscape captured in the Himalayan foothills near Mussoorie, showcasing the lush forested slopes of Jabarkhet.

hills · village

A timelapse sequence records cloud movement over Dhaun Village in the Himalayan foothills. Thick monsoon clouds drift across the valley and surrounding ridgelines under humid atmospheric conditions.

hills

Time Lapse of monsoon clouds in the Himalaya.

Uttarakhand·hills · forest

Hills of Jabarkhet near Mussoorie, Uttarakhand, unfolds beneath shifting clouds and mist. The landscape is part of the Himalayan foothills and features densely wooded slopes dominated by native tree species such as deodar, pine, and oak.

Meghalaya·aerial · hills

Shillong Meghalaya in aerial view: Once Scotland of the east and now crowded Mussoorie of the east? Fortunately, Shillong still has green fields and forests all around.

aerial · hills

A typical western Himalayan village in the monsoon season, with much greenery emanating from the rice fields.

flowers · hills

As the monsoon mists swirl around, have a look at one of the remant tea estates of the western Himalaya, in Kumaon.

hills · monsoon

Termites crawl all over their termite ant hill, in fast motion: Deemak are hard working little critters Termite insects or deemak quickly built up their termite hill nest in the Indian monsoon, rapidly increasing its spread and foot-print o…

hills · flowers

Trekkers heading toward the Valley of Flowers in Uttarakhand, India, on a rainy day. Wearing raincoats, the group walks along a rough, sloping mountain trail surrounded by dense green vegetation and tall alpine trees.

hills · bazaar

Local market of Panchgani Panchgani is a hill station and municipal council in Satara district in Maharashtra, India.

hills · monsoon

Termites crawl all over their termite ant hill, in fast motion: Deemak are hard working little critters Termite insects or deemak quickly built up their termite hill nest in the Indian monsoon, rapidly increasing its spread and foot-print o…

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Teetar ahoy: Grey Francolin or Partridge at the Wilderness Orchard in Delhi: Summer-time finally gives way to monsoons and happy time for deemak eating! Teetar absolutely feast and gorge on termites and winged deemak.

Uttarakhand·hills · highway

A view of Baling village in the Darma Valley of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand, surrounded by steep Himalayan slopes and terraced farmland. Traditional houses are scattered across the mountain landscape, with a road passing through the valley.

hills · architecture

Baghmara region of Meghalaya in a sort of hyper lapse type aerial view, plains bear Bangladesh border, close to to Wari Chora, as seen aerially, from the air, in this aerial view.

hills · bazaar

Local market of Panchgani Panchgani is a hill station and municipal council in Satara district in Maharashtra, India.

Uttarakhand·monsoon · hills

The flood-damaged bridge over Nalota Nala in the Motidhar area of Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India. A swollen mountain stream rushes beneath the bridge, carrying turbulent water through the rocky channel.

flowers · hills

The Golden Leaves Cafe in Kumaon with a deodar-tea garden forest-plantation interface. As the monsoon mists swirl around, have a look at one of the remant tea estates of the western Himalaya, in Kumaon.

Chamoli, Uttarakhand·hills · flowers

Hikers trekking along a rocky mountain trail near the Valley of Flowers National Park in Chamoli district, Uttarakhand, India.

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The Himalaya are the most important geographical feature on earth, not least because they attract and deflect the monsoon rains and cause precipitation over the 1.20 billion population of India! Since we have the largest archive on the Hima…

Uttarakhand·hills · monsoon

orange monsoon clouds glowing in the evening light above the Garhwal Himalayas, overlooking the Dehradun Valley and the hills around Mussoorie, Uttarakhand.

aerial · hills

Ganga traverses the Mukhba Jhala valley stretch below Harsil on way to plains after Gangotri descent, as seen aerially, from the air, in this aerial view.

hills · aerial

With the monsoon clouds covering up the headroom in the sky with a dark blanket of warm impending rain, India seems to be crowding the Himalayan middle hills and foothills, as seen over Lohaghat town in Uttarakhand's Champawat, in this aeri…

Maharashtra·hills · forest

A blue and a green umbrella are carried by a couple, as they walk along the railway tracks on a misty rainy monsoon day in the Western Ghats of Maharashtra.