“Himalayas”

wildlife · hills

This footage captures a male Kalij Pheasant (Lophura leucomelanos) moving cautiously through a rocky earth cavity and gravel-covered hillside in the Himalayan region of northern India.

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Dussehra in the high Himalaya, at Dharali in Garhwal's upper Ganga valley. The three effigies are decorated and installed waiting to be incinerated with the aim of conquering good over evil on the occasion of Dussehra.

ceremony · hills

Tibetan prayer flags on wildfilmsindia Flag hill in the Himalaya. The red, blue, yellow, white and green Buddhist prayer flags represent elements like air, fire, water and earth. White symbolises air, red is fire.

Leh, Ladakh·hills

A right hand side seat on the Delhi - Ladakh flight earns a passenger mystical views of the Ladakh ranges of the Himalayas as the flight nears Leh on its descent to land.

birds · hills

Examine the diet of the cute little Ultramarine or White-browed Blue Flycatcher, as the mother and father bring food to their young ones. This includes a gloworn or bioluminescent insect, in one case.

hills · highway

This is archival footage from the 1980's, so it is no longer of operational relevance. There is nothing of strategic value in this video and no information or locations have been compromised.

Uttarakhand·hills

Uttarakhand , formerly Uttaranchal, is a state in the northern part of India. It is often referred to as the "Land of the Gods" due to the many holy Hindu temples and pilgrimage centres found throughout the state.

wildlife · birds

A Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros) perches on a bare branch against a clear blue sky, warming itself in the morning sun.

flowers · hills

This footage presents tight, intimate shots of Commelina tuberosa, a striking flowering plant seen flourishing during the monsoon season in the western Himalaya.

hills · forest

Normally a vociferous songster, here the Blackbird sits quietly in an Oak tree, and NOT in the mood to sing! The rich humus and fallen dry leaves on a forest floor is perfect breeding grounds for a multitude of insects.

Himachal Pradesh·snow · hills

Snow Leopards live in the high altitude mountainous regions of the Himalayas. They are a vulnerable species and hard to see even in the zoos. They live in steep crags, cliffs and rocky areas where food is hard to come by.

Ladakh·hills

The fourth leg of the 17th Raid de Himalaya went from Srinagar to Rangdum in Zanskar. Seen here are riders competing in the last competitive stage of the day, between Panikher village and Rangdum.

hills · river

Aerial views of highest peaks of world that form a Himalayan phalanx between India and Tibet, and in the Himalayan nation of Nepal.

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.

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Indian Red Admiral (Vanessa indica) and Indian Fritillary (Argyreus hyperbius) butterflies in Chhaiyan Bamak valley in the Garhwal Himalaya, at an altitude of 14, 000 feet, that too in early winter.

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The prominent granite dome looks like Ali Ratni Tibba (5490 m) when looking at the mountainside as at min.

hills · flowers

Himalayan Thyme is a small aromtic shrublet, about 15-30 cm high, with many tiny oblong leaves and delicate little whorls of pink-purple flowers growing in fairly dense clusters, occasionally crowding over the leaves.

forest · hills

Pine needles with resin in them accumulate on the forest floor at a stream-side camp in the western Himalaya. A setting such as this can be the prefect recipe for a forest fire.

hills · monsoon

The dooars and foothills of West Bengal swathed in monsoon cloud cover, with numerous rivulets emerging from the Himalayan mountains feeding the plains of India. The tall peaks of the eastern Himalaya can be seen here.

Uttarakhand·hills · forest

The view of amazing horse Chestnut fruit pods in the Himalaya of Landour, Uttarakhand. Aesculus hippocastanum is a species of flowering plant in the soapberry and lychee family Sapindaceae.

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The Himalayan Ibex (Capra sibirica hemalayanus) is regarded as a subspecies of the Siberian Ibex (Capra sibirica). They are found in the western Himalaya in Pakistan and India, usually at elevations of 3800m and higher.

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A lone Himalayan Griffon Vulture on a conifer tree top scouting for potential scavenging areas. Whitish and brown in contrast with the green needles and cones of the conifer tree.

Uttarakhand·forest · hills

Rain clouds cover the Gangotri-Jaonli range of peaks as seen from the Wilderness Films India sanctuary in Uttarakhand, cleaning up around sunset for a brilliant view of the Himalaya, in crisp orange light! What fabulous evening winterline h…