“monsoon”

Uttarakhand·hills · forest

Mixed deodar and oak forest in Mussoorie, during the monsoon months! Mussoorie is a hill station and a municipal board in the Dehradun District of the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand.

hills

With nice bird song in the background, a large group of Bluebottles, Chocolate Albatross and other butterflies frequent a wet patch of ground, for mud puddling.

flowers · hills

Kaas plateau of flowers. Located 26 km away from Satara. It is an plateau with amazing variety of flowers and wildlife.

monsoon · coastline

Cardamom plantations, slopes covered by tea bushes, coffee plantations, rain forest and mist like you've not seen before (almost Himalayan in nature!) that is Kerala in the monsoons...

flowers · hills

The Brahma Kamal, the much reverred flower of the Himalayas, is an excellent example of plant life at the upper limit of high mountains (3,000-4,600 m).

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

Commelina paludosa was used as a medicinal plant in traditional Indian medicinal systems such as ayurveda.

flowers · industry

The Yucca plant is now seen globally, including here at 7200 feet altitude in the western Himalaya, at the Wilderness Orchard and botanical garden in Uttarakhand, India. September 2014, at the tail-end of the monsoon season.

Himachal Pradesh·hills · river

The Spiti River of Himachal Pradesh, India originates from the Kunzum rangeor Kunzum pass of the Himalayas with the Tegpo and Kabzian streams as its tributaries.

hills · flowers

A group of trekkers crossing a high-altitude alpine meadow in Uttarakhand during the monsoon season. Carrying backpacks and trekking poles, they follow a narrow trail along a green ridge dotted with blue and yellow wildflowers.

Uttarakhand·monsoon · hills

Floods hit Dehradun as climate change hits home! Sahastradhara floods over, while shops and dhabas go under water.

hills · monsoon

This video showcases the calm and dramatic beauty of Meghalaya, where lush green hills stretch beneath a heavily overcast and cloud-filled sky.

Maharashtra·hills · railway

A pink and a black umbrella are carried along the railway tracks on a misty rainy monsoon day in the Western Ghats of Maharashtra.

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·forest · flowers

After the monsoon rains have hit the hills, what were once bare tree trunks just a few weeks before are now festooned with a profusion of fern species. This is a particularly productive Oak tree in Landour, Mussoorie.

flowers · hills

Kaas plateau of flowers. Located 26 km away from Satara. It is an plateau with amazing variety of flowers and wildlife.

flowers · hills

Kaas plateau of flowers. Located 26 km away from Satara. It is an plateau with amazing variety of flowers and wildlife.

hills

Amazing view of Himalaya mountain in Bhutan. Snowy mountains under clear sky and glaciers which are the main source of freshwater. The mountains of Bhutan are some of the most prominent natural geographic features of the kingdom.

Jammu and Kashmir·river · monsoon

The state of Jammu & Kashmir is largely submerged after monsoons flooded the area. In September 2014, the Jammu & Kashmir region was hit by heavy floods caused by torrential rainfall.

wildlife · hills

Baya Weaver Bird on a palm tree, during the monsoon breeding season. The Baya Weaver (Ploceus philippinus) is a weaverbird found across the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia.

hills · wildlife

Baya Weaver Bird on a palm tree, during the monsoon breeding season. The Baya Weaver (Ploceus philippinus) is a weaverbird found across the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia.

flowers · hills

Kaas plateau of flowers. Located 26 km away from Satara. It is an plateau with amazing variety of flowers and wildlife.

hills · industry

Located on the route to Mahabaleshwar, Parsi Point in Panchgani offers splendid views of the Krishna Valley and the waters of the Dhom Dam.

hills · flowers

Mountaineers unfolding their tents at base of Langma La in Kangshung valley of Tibet. The Langma La Pass offers gorgeous views of Makalu, Everest, Lhotse Shar and Lhotse.

Uttarakhand·hills · temple

From Landour looking down to Dehradun and the Shivaliks... Landour is a small cantonment town in upper Mussoorie near Dehradun in the northern Indian State of Uttarakhand.