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monsoon

Cicadas shed their skins and moult out at the end of the monsoon season, in early winter: red shells remain A cicada, belonging to the superfamily Cicadoidea and the order Hemiptera, rests quietly on the earthy ground, surrounded by patches…

Uttarakhand·hills · wildlife

Monsoon time riverbank bird roots around for insects: Spotted Forktail along Bindal upper head waters Spotted Forktail is a cute water bird that lives along fast flowing Himalayan streams, seen here at the wildfilmsindia Bindal - Rispana wa…

river · monsoon

As one drives through the thick temperate forests and the apparent near rain forest like sylvan conditions of lower south Sikkim, one rapidly adjusts to the changing landscape, through tea gardens and close to the near-flooding Teesta river…

monsoon · highway

A toddler takes a shower from the fresh water emanating from a water tanker on the streets of New Delhi, after incessant monsoon floods caused a shortage of clean water.

Uttar Pradesh·river · monsoon

A fakir washes his clothes in the holy water of River Ganga while having a relaxing time with his fellow travellers on the ghats of Due to heavy rainfall, Varanasi's Scindia ghat and temples had nearly been swept away due to monsoon floodi…

highway · monsoon

Adhchini corssing between IIT and Saket, with the JNU - Katwaria Sarai road joining in to it, at the erstwhile Ansavv store, has always been a water trap hazard.

A time lapse of the weather in the monsoons in New Delhi. From intense blue skies with floating white wisps and balls of clouds. Then comes the winds and suddenly its gray and dark. Enjoy the time lapse of changing landscape of the sky!

A three week delay and the monsoons are here (and no, they were no two weeks early, as predicted by the incompetent weather folks!), and everything green and brown gets drenched and turns darker green and darker brown! Puddles and pools eru…

Madhya Pradesh·river · monsoon

Taking in entire forested islands and vast tracts of forest trees, the Ken River far exceeds its banks with a mass of floodwaters during the monsoon of 2019, in the Panna National Park region, and the Ken Crocodile Sanctuary area.

Madhya Pradesh·river · forest

Gentle forest streams flow off the escarpments and plateaux of the Panna National Park, but lead into a more vibrant scaled-up river in the form of the Ken lower down.

Uttarakhand·monsoon · hills

The leaves of the Oak trees rustle in the wind, exposing their white undersides, and the deodars bend their boughs, as pre-monsoon showers finally hit Mussoorie-Landour, as rain cools down the hills around Jabbarkhet, and kills off all sign…

birds · hills

Verditer Flycatcher quivers its tail as it delivers it's lovely trilling call! Deep blue bird catches monsoon light It's tail quivers as it delivers it's lovely call! Turquoise-like Verditer Flycatcher trills on dead grey branch against blu…

monsoon · hills

Termite insects in their hive of activity as they get frantic with work as monsoon progresses across India. See a termite hill or deemak pahari get built in time lapse mode...

Karnataka·sport · monsoon

Land of the Wadiyars - Mysore. A verdant view of the city that is well planned and clean and features much history and heritage.

Uttarakhand·monsoon · hills

The Moon moves up dark Himalayan sky, as the dark and dense monsoon clouds clear away one August night, as seen from the wildfilmsindia wildlife sanctuary in Landour, Uttarakhand.

West Bengal·monsoon

Hindustan Ambassador cars, Maruti 800's and Mahindra Jeeps ply the roads of Kolkata in the 1990's, as people walk under umbrellas and try to duck the monsoon rain in West Bengal's capital city around 25 years ago - archival footage from the…

monsoon

This huge beehive is filmed fallen off from a tall tree. Dead bees seem to be trapped inside the honeycombs. Termites seem to have infested the hive and the monsoon rains did not help.

monsoon · highway

Drip drip drap drap as the raindrops touch the leaves of the Banyan tree (Ficus religiosa) on Factory Road in South Delhi. Mild winds accompanying the dark clouds and heavy rains as monsoon reach a peak in North India.

monsoon · highway

What an urban mess when the roads of Delhi flood over and hapless motorists have to negotiate near flooding conditions in India's capital city! See what happened one monsoon day this year when the underpass below Minto Road was flooded over…

birds · wildlife

An intimate look at the rather distinct identify of the Shivaliks as a mountain range in their own right.

farmland · monsoon

Paddy fields and monsoon magic in India: Rainy season profusion brings bounties aplenty for South Asia. Farmers run a hull through their fields, powered by a pair of bael or bulls.

Uttarakhand·monsoon · lake

Late monsoon season rain delivers heavy showers in the mountains around Mussoorie, nearly floods trout pond and keeps our walnut grove valley super drenched.

flowers · hills

See how the pollen has amply dusted off on the back of this beetle which feeds within a Crocus or Rain Lily bloom at the wildfilmsindia botanical arboretum in Uttarakhand.

monsoon

The early monsoon is when Indian summer fruits peak, with the onset of black juicy Jamun, the peak of the langda mango season, and the end of the dussehri aam variety.