“monsoon”

hills

After being parched through the hot and dry summer months, the Himalaya comes alive again and turns green with the onset of the monsoons.

monsoon · hills

The beauty of Himalayan clouds moving above the mighty mountains. The compositions of the forests on this mighty range are effected by the combined effect of altitude, rainfall and latitude.

flowers · hills

As Roscoea purpurea, wild ginger, Begonia dioica and picta flower in the Himalayan monsoon, a large number of cicada insects call from the trees, creating quite a cacophony that is so typical of the rainy season in our mountains.

Uttarakhand·forest · hills

Misty morning in mountains of Landour, Dehradun due to heavy rain during monsoon season. The movement of mist along a rich forest of Landour.

river · hills

Frothing brown monsoon water tumbles down Sharavathi River, which leaps off a cliff to form Jog Falls' cataracts. Jog Falls (ಗೇರುಸೊಪ್ಪೆ ಜೋಗ) is the second-highest plunge waterfall in India.

Mussoorie, Uttarakhand·monsoon · flowers

Wild Impatiens flowers carpet the ravines of Landour, Mussoorie, Uttarkhand during and after the monsoon months! Impatiens is a genus of about 850--1,000 species of flowering plants, widely distributed throughout the Northern Hemisphere and…

river · monsoon

A pair of frogs mating at our wildfilmsindia Pari Tibba Estate in the Himalaya, around our trout ponds. Help us identify the species of frog we're seeing here at an altitude of 6500 feet in Uttarakhand.

Uttarakhand·monsoon · hills

Standing at 'Land's End' at the Wilderness Orchard and botanical garden in Mussoorie, Uttarakhand, one can see the monsoon clouds of the plains welling up into the hills, with the promise of rain...

Uttarakhand·monsoon · hills

With the monsoon rains dripping off each fern frond, these ferns festoon all the oak and toon trees on the high ridge of Landour in Uttarakhand's western Himalaya, as the season turns misty and mysterious.

flowers · monsoon

Kaas plateau of flowers. Located 26 km away from Satara. It is an plateau with amazing variety of flowers and wildlife.

river · monsoon

Kynrem waterfall enveloped by drifting clouds in Meghalaya's monsoon season. The scene features Kynrem Waterfall in Meghalaya, enveloped by drifting clouds and mist that gather around the upper reaches of the falls and the surrounding hills…

monsoon · hills

Outside a Himalayan high altitude village home, a multitude of rare and beautiful Saturniidae family moths accumulate, having flown in from the thick temperate forests, during the monsoon season.

Uttarakhand·hills · forest

Time-lapse shot of post monsoon cloud movement in Himalayan cedar forests of Landour in the Indian state of Uttarakhand.

hills · monsoon

Sydney Point is beautifully placed on a tiny hillock overlooking and facing the lush green Krishna Valley.

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.

monsoon · hills

The video starts with the sound of 'Rusty-cheeked Scimitar Babbler' or 'Pomatorhinus erythrogenys' and as it rains cats and dogs during monsoon on the hills of Uttarakhand, the sound has been captured of water drops falling off the fern.

hills · monsoon

This Impatiens species of wild Himalayan yellow Balsam grows in great numbers covering the slopes of the western Himalaya during the months of monsoon profusion.

Meghalaya·hills · aerial

An aerial view of Shillong, the capital city of Meghalaya in Northeast India, captures the city’s unique hill station charm.

forest · hills

Male and female Kalij Pheasant couple root around in the forest leafy under storey, at Motidhar sanctuary of wildfilmsindia, with the red lappet of the male matching the dropped Rhododendron arboreum petals, in terms of colour tonality.

monsoon · hills

What steady focus and concentration, this caterpillar chows down on a ginger leaf, meticulously trying to finish the leaf and damage the plan, to ensure its own existence! What species of caterpillar would this be? A butterfly one, perhaps?…

Uttarakhand·hills · monsoon

Lovely sunset and clouds over the mountains to the west, over Benog and Bhadraj, as seen from Landour. Dehra dun can be seen clearly to the south of Mussoorie and the Shivalik hills to the south of Dehradun are clearly visible as well.

hills · monsoon

Heavy fog moves through deodar forests in Uttarakhand, India, obscuring dense tree cover during monsoon conditions. Rainfall continues across the mountain landscape, with low visibility and moisture settling on vegetation.

monsoon · hills

What is the species of this beautiful green and brown splotched moth seen in the monsoon time at our Himalayan estate of Pari Tibba in Motidhar, in August 2021?

festival · village

When one village stones another! Team orange at Bagwal festival of Devidhura Champawat, Uttarakhand With much revelry and camaraderie, the grotesque stone pelting festival gets off to a start as villagers converge at the Bagwal Festival gro…