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village · desert

Agricultural fields abut the forest zones of the buffer zone of Ranthambhor National Park in Rajasthan, the location of the village of Ram Singh.

desert · aerial

A vast landscape of drab brownness, with tents and tented camps in Desert National Park, Thar, Rajasthan, in aerial view, as seen aerially, from the air. Tents and tented camps in Desert National Park, Thar, Rajasthan, in aerial view

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Desert National Park in Thar, Rajasthan: Miles and miles of sandy desolation, with the odd xerophytic shrub, a small sand dune and a horizon of sandy uniformity. Yes, this desert maintains life forms of a diverse kind.

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Windmills tower over the landscape of Desert National Park, Rajasthan, even as a flock of cranes flies overhead. The spread of renewable non-conventional energy in India. See a vast rocky dry landscape in the Thar desert.

desert · livestock

Goats stretch their bodies and necks to reach tall shrubs for scant leaves at the edge of the Indian Thar desert.

wildlife · desert

Leopard-cat skulks to and hides in Capparis shrub near Sudasari in Desert National Park, Jaisalmar, Rajasthan. Leopard-cat skulks to and hiding near Sudasari in Desert National Park, Jaisalmar, Rajasthan

Rajasthan·desert · livestock

A ship of the desert or Ushtra / Uth is guided by its camel herder and used to ferry tourists onto th dunes of the Thar desert at the periphery of Jaisalmer town, for a Camel Safari at Sudasari in Desert National Park, Jaisalmer, Rajasthan.…

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Nilgiri Thar in Valparai - Chinnar forest belt in Kerala, along rocky escarpment of Western Ghats habitat of south Indian ungulate. These Tahr are rather confident and allow the passage of human beings from close.

Rajasthan·desert · aerial

Jaisalmer - Aerial view of Rajasthan, with miles and miles of arid thorn scrub and sandiness amid the Thar desert. A sprawl of tented camps along the lone highway take advantage of tourist interest in seeing the registan.

Rajasthan·aerial · desert

Jaisalmer as seen from the air. Jaisalmer city : Aerial view of Rajasthan's crowded desert bastion, with walled city inside fortress Jaisalmer city : Aerial view of Rajasthan's crowded desert bastion, with walled city inside fortress Jaisal…

desert · dance

Eating dropped Ber or Zizyphus fruit on the desert floor, these Desert Gerbils lead an active life, over and under the ground, ever alert for a hovering Black-shouldered Kite or Steppe Eagle.

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Ants carry heavy loads in the Thar desert of Rajasthan. Are those larvae they are carrying?

desert · fort

An exquisite view of a hill-top fort par excellence, in the desert outpost town of Jaisalmer in Rajasthan. Jaisalmer Fort : Aerial view of India's outpost town in the Thar desert Arial view Jaisalmer fort as seen aerially, from the air.

desert · aerial

An aerial view of the vast stretch of desert that lies beyond Jaisalmer. Thar desert seen aerially.

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A skittish Desert Gerbil does the cute thing in Thar desert, Rajasthan

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Rajasthan·desert · aerial

Rolling hills of sandy dunes and desolation and scrubby desert hardy xerophytic vegetation., as seen aerially from the air, over and above the sands of Rajasthan. aerial view thar desert. Sand dunes. sand dune.

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Rajasthan·desert · river

A lake as a water storage water body seems like a strong and natural choice for a city - town like Bikaner, standing as it does at the edge of the Thar desert! Not just for the summer security of its residents, but in the event of a siege o…

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Amid solar panels for powering up the small town's roads stand an array of abandoned and destroyed Pakistan Army tanks after the Indo-Pakistan war of 1971.

desert · highway

Driving through the periphery of the Thar desert in Rajasthan, past the busy last outpost town of Jaisalmer.

Rajasthan·temple · desert

India's western most temple in Rajasthan? People mill around the expansive complex at the edge of the Thar desert.

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Indian tourists gambol up and around a captured and destroyed Pakistani battle tank. The Battle of Longewala was one of the major decisive battles fought on the Western sector during the India - Pakistan War of 1971.