Hills — Clipahoy

Earthworms wriggle and race across valley floor in the monsoons: beautiful sight or icky thought?

hills · sport

With the monsoon rains comes profusion of every kind. Even earthworms breed and their numbers swell as food and water supply steps up.

Apple saplings thrive in the hills of Uttarakhand

farmland · hills

A thriving apple nursery in Uttarakhand, where a local farmer cultivates thousands of young apple saplings for the region's growing orchard industry.

500 year old Tibetan mummy sits in hunched position in the Himalaya, in Spiti

Himachal Pradesh·village · hills

While filming the Spiti valley, the wildfilmsindia team took a de-tour to Gue village to film the Tibetan Mummy which we have now filmed many times in the past. Each time, the setting was different though.

Circle of Monoliths in Meghalaya (India's Stonehenge?), aerial view of streams and cultivation

hills · temple

This lush valley of greenery in Southwest Khasi Hills seems barely touched by human elements in Tynrong village, the crystal clear waters off Tynrong river with a bridge made of bamboo over it.

Most deadly rockfall landslide hits Himachal Pradesh, destroys bridge like a hundred missiles fired

architecture · hills

What tragedy struck the town of Batseri, and the tourists visiting it, on 25th July 2021, a Sunday afternoon.

Shreya Goshal talks about her then-new-song Leja Leja, with pahari mountain folk music

music · hills

It's an honour to work in a wonderful team like this, with Khan saheb. A lot of people put work into this, and developed the concept, and made such a nice video.

Wispy clouds in a stunningly blue sky - time lapse

hills

A nice cheery view of blue post monsoon skies, cottony white clouds and a Himalayan day of clear skies and distant views.

Cloud fest in the Himalaya, as monsoon clouds exit mountains and begin their sub-continental exit

hills · monsoon

It's a cloud fest in the Himalaya, as the monsoon clouds exit the mountains and begin their sub-continental to exit the sub-continent, as the monsoon system dissipates.

Beautiful and calming time-lapse of clouds moving across Himalayan col, to distant valley yonder

hills

There is something immensely calming about seeing clouds moving across the sky. We have all stared at clouds as kids but never get the time to indulge in this activity as adults.

Clouds billow around Himalayan peaks in monsoon time lapse from Uttarakhand Himalaya

hills · monsoon

As the clouds clear, the peak of Bandarpunch is revealed in all its glory, in the Garhwal Himalaya range, as the wildfimsindia team treks beyond Dodital lake and into the bowl of Banderpunch.

Clouds paint the Himalayan sky in rich colours, hues and patterns, as seen from

hills

As the day progresses, clouds come and go at the end of the monsoon season, carrying with them water or returning after shedding it as precipitation. Clouds seem to have a life of their own, and a community.

Clouds paint the Himalayan sky, burnished by the sun's glow: ephemeral artwork on the go

hills

As the day progresses, clouds come and go at the end of the monsoon season, carrying with them water or returning after shedding it as precipitation. Clouds seem to have a life of their own, and a community.

Clouds as artwork: Himalayan skies get burnished with sunlight colours reflecting off moody clouds

hills · monsoon

A brilliant cloudy sky paints so many live moods akin to the most fleeting emotions and thoughts of a human being.

Mesmerizing cloud timelapse above snow-covered Rudragaira Peaks

hills · festival

A stunning timelapse video capturing clouds drifting gracefully above the Rudragaira mountains. The snow-covered peaks stand tall as thick clouds roll in from the icy slopes, creating a dramatic and ever-changing landscape.

Clouds glide over the Jabbarkhet hills from Hill, framed by silhouette mountains

Uttarakhand·hills · festival

A mesmerizing timelapse captures ever-changing cloud formations above Jabbarkhet in the serene Mussoorie hills.

Clouds drift across the Himalayan sky in a stunning timelapse

hills

A breathtaking time-lapse captures bright white cumulus clouds gliding across a deep blue sky above the forested hills of the Himalayas.

A sea of clouds gives way to the twinkling evening lights of Mussoorie and the Doon Valley

Uttarakhand·hills · coastline

A spectacular temperature inversion over the Doon Valley, viewed from the hill stations of Mussoorie and Landour, Uttarakhand, India.

Forest fires destroy large swathes of mixed forest in Uttarakhand Himalaya: climate change bites

forest · hills

Climate change has truly started to bite. Large swathes of pristine Himalayan forests were destroyed in the spring of 2021, due to inordinate dryness, lack of rain and humidity, and the carelessness of tourists and villages wherein someone…

Aftermath of Forest fire in Mussoorie hills: Destroyed old world forest trees, meadows, shrub cover

Uttarakhand·forest · hills

Birds' nests with eggs in them, young bird chicks and reptiles all perished in this dreadful forest fire lit by a careless tourist with a cigarette or a greedy and jealous neighbour, as the case may be.

Forest fires strike at night in Uttarakhand: carelessly tossed cigarette, and thousand acres gone

forest · hills

One carelessly tossed bidi by a villager or a cigarette by a wretched ignorant tourist and hundreds, even thousands of acres of prime Himalayan mixed Oak and Rhododendron forest go up in smoke, in the dead of night, and no one cares or acts…

Fire on the mountain - run, run, run! Forest Fire rises up from valley below and climbs to Mussoorie

Uttarakhand·hills · forest

A forest fire lit by a careless villager or tourist rises up from the valley below, carried by strong winds, and climbs to Mussoorie where it lights up many hills and destroys hundreds of acres of Himalayan forests.

Fire in Manali forest - Time lapse

Himachal Pradesh·hills

Manali (Hindi: मनाली) at an altitude of 2,050 m (6,726 ft) in the Beas River Valley is a hill station nestled in the mountains of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh near the northern end of the Kullu Valley.

Time lapse of fire in Manali forest

Himachal Pradesh·hills

Manali (Hindi: मनाली) at an altitude of 2,050 m (6,726 ft) in the Beas River Valley is a hill station nestled in the mountains of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh near the northern end of the Kullu Valley.