“monsoon”

Uttarakhand·hills · temple

Clouds move fast and partly cover the sun over the Dehra dun valley, as seen from Landour in Uttarakhand, India. Post monsoon clouds still have a rain-filled look to them even as they loom high above the Dehradun valley below.

hills · monsoon

The big question - is this Commelina coelestis? And if so, is it an indigenous species? Or is it an import from Mexico that has gone wild in the western Himalaya? It grows profusely on monsoon rain-drenched slopes around Landour in the Augu…

hills · farmland

Digging into the monsoon greenery along and in the agricultural fields, these industrious villagers pick and harvest Capsicum or Shimla mirch from their fields which abut the state boundary of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh.

hills · industry

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

hills · aerial

A breathtaking wide-angle view of Kangra, a historic Himalayan town located in the beautiful Kangra Valley of northern India.

hills · river

The Dibang River in Meghalaya presents a striking natural landscape marked by a rocky riverbed, fast-flowing water, and lush greenery along the banks.

Uttarakhand·hills · temple

On a cool and cloudy monsoon day, the Tungnath trek—home to the highest Shiva temple in the world—comes alive with a mix of determination, devotion, and raw Himalayan beauty.

Uttarakhand·forest · hills

Look into the bulgy dark eyes of this Cicada as seen at wildfilmsindia Motidhar sanctuary near Mussoorie in the post monsoon season in September 2023.

flowers · hills

It takes a lot of heavy digging to get to the bottom of these mighty clumps of Agapanthus or Lily of the Nile. But we need to uproot them, divide them and re-plant them, to ensure their well-being and continued growth and flowering...

Uttarakhand·hills · river

From the private property of WildFilmsIndia at Jabbarkhet Estate, the view is surreal. As seen in the video, the white building is the Jaypee Residency Manor overlooking the plains of Dehradun and the 'Rispana' river.

Uttarakhand·river · hills

A Himalayan monsoon cataract filmed at 200 frames per second, in slow motion, using a Sony FS700 camera. The waterfall comes off limestone hillsides en route Mussoorie, Uttarakhand, India.

Uttarakhand·hills · bazaar

Evening view of beautiful greener hilly area and valleys of Landour, India. Clear sky above and nucleated settlement in the valley of Landour.

Uttarakhand·river · hills

A Himalayan monsoon cataract filmed at 200 frames per second, in slow motion, using a Sony FS700 camera. The waterfall comes off limestone hillsides en route Mussoorie, Uttarakhand, India.

hills

Insect contortionism! Help us identify this species of middle Himalayan damselfly as they mate in the monsoon months, at our wildfilmsindia wildlife sanctuary. A pair of damselflies get together at our Wilderness wetlands in Delhi.

hills

See a Cicada calling in close-up mode! See the abdomen vibrate when it creates it's loud trilling noise which echoes through the Himalayan valleys in summer, monsoon and autumn. The cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae).

highway · hills

Chinese jugaad type tractors race each other laden with Tibetan travellers, heading to the Nepal Kodari border, in a monsoon trans-Himalayan rainfall system.

flowers · hills

Epilobium latifolium in the Valley of Flowers - a beautiful Himalayan flower of the Evening primrose family.

hills

Don't miss the Donna Karan New York shirt on the arrow-maker with the weathered hands! He sits it out patiently and makes arrow heads and arrows for sale to local marksmen and hunters, in the remote and wild West Jaintia hills of Meghalaya…

Uttarakhand·forest · hills

Roping up to cross the Ramani slabs, during the wet pre-monsoon season, to get to the inner sanctuary of the Nanda Devi Sanctuary, Uttarakhand, India.

farmland · hills

A scenic agricultural landscape from Jabbarkhet showcasing lush green cultivation of Kidney Bean, locally known as rajma.

hills · highway

Driving through Meghalaya feels like moving inside a landscape painted in green and white. Known as the “Abode of Clouds,” this northeastern Indian state is famous for its rolling hills, dense forests, and constantly shifting cloud formatio…

village · monsoon

Wahkaliar Village in Meghalaya is set within a scenic landscape of rolling green hills and vast open meadows, characteristic of Northeast India’s high-rainfall regions.

Uttarakhand·hills · forest

Asian tramp snail (Bradybaena similaris) observed in the moist understory of Jabbarkhet, Mussoorie, Uttarakhand.

hills · forest

In the darkness of twilight, a Kaleej Pheasant pair comes down cautiously to drink from our Bindal - Rispana stream in the western Himalaya.