monsoon — Clipahoy

Delhi summer-time cottony clouds - White balls to dark and heavy clouds, seen in timelapse

monsoon

The end of Delhi summers coincide with the monsoons. This makes Delhi experience two kinds of weather on most of the days in the summer/monsoon months.

Kalindi Khal trek - lonely campsite on a glacial moraine along a deeply crevassed glacier, in Uttarakhand

hills · snow

After crossing the Shweta glacier, one gets down the Raj Parav glacier on the other side of Kalindi Khal.

Rice fields of Ghoramara Island belt their certain doom on a clear day from the Hooghly-Ganga delta

aerial · farmland

The lovely monsoon light and the sparkling rice fields hold a deadly foreboding for the fast depleting number of residents. On a clear monsoon day, there is a certain foreboding feel to an aerial view of this riverine island.

JCB's at work at a Dehradun riverside - Open sand mining taking place? Isn't it illegal and banned?

Uttarakhand·industry · river

Sand mining and out in the open in Dehra dun? Or are we not seeing this for what this really is? Help us better interpret this, perhaps! A swollen river in Dehradun.

Clear day turns to sharp drizzle: weather changes within seconds in this Nilgiris aerial view, in Kerala

monsoon · aerial

When flying towards the Mattupetty dam from Munnar, our aerial flying camera system gets suddenly hit by a monsoon shower, and miraculously does not short-circuit and crash to earth! See a monsoon rainfall episode in action from the air, ov…

Prahladpur street flooding - Clogged drains, workers trying to divert rainwater: Delhi floods over

monsoon · industry

Monsoon woes in New Delhi is back with heavy monsoon showers in August 2020. Rainwater and clogged drains contributing to the flooded street in Prahladpur. It looks like a mini lake on the street.

Common Tailor Bird reaches deep into leaf nest to complete cotton sutures and line it with fiber

wildlife · birds

With its long tail feathers reaching out of the nest, this male Darzi chidiya settles on to a bed of cotton and fibers between two stitched together leaves, the monsoon humidity outside makes the poor Tailor Bird pant through an open beak.

Kalindi Khal final snow field climb to high altitude pass in upper Garhwal Himalaya, in Uttarakhand

hills · snow

After crossing the Shweta glacier, one gets down the Raj Parav glacier on the other side of Kalindi Khal.

Commelina tuberosa is a herbaceous perennial in the dayflower family with a gluery bulbous nodule, in Jabbarkhet

Uttarakhand·flowers · monsoon

Commelina tuberosa not paludosa monsoon light time lapse at wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet botanical collection in the western Himalaya. The Commelina flower has a gluey secration inside its pod.

Hyderabad Flood visuals: Car sailing on road, residents evacuated in rescue boat, marching in water

Telangana·monsoon · boats

Pouring rains in the city of Hyderabad during the monsoons putting the city in a frenzy. A car is seen sailing down the locality street flooded with monsoon water.

Tailor Bird fetches cotton fibers to expertly line its sutured leaf nest together with sharp beak

wildlife · birds

The Tailor Bird completes the nest and then begins to incubate its eggs, after laying them...

Oriental White eye bird sits on Ashok tree, descends to her hammock nest between twigs, lays eggs, in Delhi

wildlife · birds

Fixing spider's egg sacks and cocoons into its nest, this White-eye settles in to her hammock nest, makes herself cosy and sets about laying her eggs, in a hammock nest made between two twigs, in an Oriole like fashion...

Meconopsis paniculata Himalayan yellow poppy as well as Oriental garden Lily: Two yellow stunners, in Sikkim

flowers · hills

Meconopsis paniculata or Himalayan yellow poppy growing wild on a Himalayan slope in north Sikkim, as well as Oriental garden Lily : Two yellow stunners Meconopsis paniculata in Sikkim Himalaya, seen in end Jun 2002 with droplets of monsoon…

Baaz in Hindi, this Crested Hawk Eagle has tall jaunty kalgi crest of upright feathers stop its head

birds · forest

A preening Hawk Eagle. See the strong legs with barred feathering plumage, and the long tail feathers and outer tail retrices, as it preens itself of mites and parasites on a wet monsoon day, sitting first on an Oak or Banj and later on on…

Dhaula Kuan clover-leaf traffic on a rainy day - Waterlogged street, gloomy weather non-stop traffic, in Delhi

highway · monsoon

Stretches of the road on the Dhaula Kuan Road in New Delhi waterlogged after a day of incessant rains in the middle of monsoon. Behold the 'Legendary' Delhi traffic back to its old ways post the Corona Lockdown.

Gujarat flood: Water level reaches above danger level in Sipu dam after heavy rains

monsoon

The Monsoon season has brought both joy and despair for people across different parts of India. While many are happily enjoying the monsoon showers, others like those in the state of Gujarat are trying to save their lives.

Traffic on Delhi roads due to waterlogging post rainfall.

highway · monsoon

Delhi streets struggle with heavy traffic as waterlogging disrupts the daily commute after recent rainfall. This footage captures vehicles navigating flooded roads and the challenges faced by commuters.

Rainfall in the forests of Jabbarkhet Mussoorie

Uttarakhand·monsoon · hills

Rain falling across the forested landscape of Jabbarkhet near Mussoorie, Uttarakhand, India. Rainwater can be seen moving through the vegetation as the shower intensifies over the Himalayan hillside.

Shillong more a city than a town in this view from the air: Meghalaya's vast spreading capital city

Meghalaya·aerial · hills

Shillong more a city than a town in this view from the air: Meghalaya's capital city, as seen aerially. What a spread of construction in the hills, under a spread of dark monsoon cloud cover.

Palaces and temples under a waterfall, in Madhya Pradesh

river · monsoon

Ferns and moss, grasses and mist reclaim this ancient series of temples and palaces within the Panna National Park in Madhya Pradesh, as the monsoon rains and a perennial waterfall rain down on the monuments and ruins, in the middle of the…

Dhundua Waterfall and Panna forests in Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh·river · monsoon

The lush monsoon beauty of Dhundua Waterfall along the Ken River catchment in Panna, Madhya Pradesh. Surrounded by dense green forests, rocky cliffs, and rolling hills, the misty cascade comes alive during the rainy season.

Irrigation and flood control drainage operation in waterlogged area of Delhi

monsoon

Water management efforts by the Irrigation & Flood Control Department in Delhi, showing machinery used to drain flooded areas.Such equipment is deployed during heavy monsoons to alleviate waterlogging on roads and in residential colonies.Th…

Building collapses during the 2013 Uttarakhand flash floods in Rudraprayag

monsoon · architecture

A building collapsing into floodwaters during the 2013 Uttarakhand flash floods in Rudraprayag district, India.

Vehicles navigate flooded road during heavy rain in Delhi

monsoon · highway

Traffic moving through a flooded road following heavy rainfall in Delhi, India. Rainwater covers the roadway as cars, SUVs, auto-rickshaws, and motorcycles travel cautiously through the waterlogged street.