“Himalayas”

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The trek up to the Base Camp of Mt. Everest (Sagarmatha / Chomolongma) in Nepal, goes through the Sagarmatha National Park, and some fantastic wild mountain country.

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The trek up to the Base Camp of Mt. Everest (Sagarmatha / Chomolongma) in Nepal, goes through the Sagarmatha National Park, and some fantastic wild mountain country.

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Marmots (Himalayan Marmot - Marmota himalayana) . Filmed on HDCAM in Gurudongmar, north Sikkim, India, on the Tibetan plateau. Marmots are generally large ground squirrels.

Jammu and Kashmir·hills · river

This is a very telling image - straight out of The Man Who Would be King. One can almost see Peachy Carnahan and Daniel Dravot somewhere in the crowd, causing some mayhem! This is old world India, the Himalaya, and the trans Himalaya, all m…

hills · aerial

Aerial Shot of Mountanous landscape of Himachal Pradesh. See the steeps slopes and rocky grooved faces of the middle mountains, and you see the work of geology and evolution at play! Manali (alt.

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A Himalayan resident! The Blue-winged Minla (Minla cyanouroptera), also known as the Blue-winged Siva, is a species of bird in the Leiothrichidae family. It has in the past been placed in the genus Minla instead of the monotypic Siva.

temple · river

High altitude bagpiping in the Himalaya! It's not a joke playing the bagpipes at the dry winter air of the Uttarakhand Himalaya at an altitude of more than 10, 000 feet! The shrine idols are moved when the shrine shuts for the winter, like…

Tehri, Uttarakhand·hills · festival

Maun Mela in Tehri Garhwal and nearby regions like Jaunsar and Rawai, villagers gather in flowing rivers for a unique traditional fishing practice.

hills · flowers

A Great Blackvein butterfly is feeding on nectar from a small wildflower in a natural outdoor habitat. Its pale wings marked with dark vein patterns are visible while it remains perched on the flower during feeding activity.

Uttarakhand·hills · festival

A fascinating masked dance performance during the Bhratra Festival near Tungnath Temple and Chopta in the Garhwal region of Uttarakhand.

hills · snow

Heli-skiing is off-trail, downhill skiing that is accessed by a helicopter, as opposed to a ski lift.

festival · hills

Garhwal is located in the state of Uttarakhand, which is a northern hill province of India. The area has its own traditions, festivals and culture.

hills · wildlife

What a lovely call really! This is such a familiar sound to summer-time trekkers in Himalayan valleys. The European (or Eurasian, for the politically correct birder!) Cuckoo frequents the entire Himalayan range.

snow · hills

Yaks grazing in snow covered Himalayan mountains of Ladakh in Kashmir, India. Yak is the dominant livestock species that support livelihoods for pastoralist of the Tibetan plateau and nearby Himalayan regions.

wildlife · birds

Flock of thousands of Demoisellle Cranes flying over Rajasthan, India. The demoiselle crane (Anthropoides virgo) is a species of crane found in central Eurasia, ranging from the Black Sea to Mongolia and North Eastern China.

snow · hills

Heli-skiing is off-trail, downhill skiing that is accessed by a helicopter, as opposed to a ski lift.

Uttarakhand·hills · temple

The temple featured in the video is beautifully decorated, with vibrant colours and floral displays as part of a seasonal celebration. It is likely Madhyamaheshwar Temple, radiating with festive spirit.

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Trainees from the NIM Adventure course number 224 learn how to make a bivouac shelter. A bivouac shelter is any of a variety of improvised camp sites, or shelters that are usually of a temporary nature, used especially by soldiers, or perso…

hills · sport

The Bell 407 helicopter appears to be hovering when actually it is racing forward rapidly... This appears to be the case as it's being filmed from another helicopter that is flying alongside! One can see Mt.

hills · sport

The Bell 407 helicopter appears to be hovering when actually it is racing forward rapidly... This appears to be the case as it's being filmed from another helicopter that is flying alongside! One can see Mt.

flowers · snow

How strange to see hot-house variety hybrid orchids with snow and a cold Himalayan lake in the backdrop - hardly an environment in which orchids would thrive! And yet - here is a Himalayan lake in the Sikkim winter with orchids brought outd…

hills · forest

The chestnut-bellied nuthatch (Sitta cinnamoventris) is a species of bird in the Sittidae family. It is found in the Indian Subcontinent. It is seen in Bhutan, India, Nepal, and Tibet.

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A Rufous Sibia or Black-capped Sibia (Heterophasia capistrata) pecks on a ripe wild Pear fruit in Uttarakhand.

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Fog and mist in time lapse rising up the rain forest like hills of the Sikkim Himalaya. Sikkim is a landlocked Indian state nestled in the Himalayas.