Hills — Clipahoy

1300 year old skulls bones lie scatted at 16, 500 foot high altitude western Himalayan Roopkund lake

Uttarakhand·hills · river

1300 year old bones and skulls lie scatted at this 16, 500 foot high altitude western Himalayan Roopkund lake in the shadow of Trishul peak.

Skulls and bones from 1300 years ago line the dry rocky banks of 16, 500 ft. high Roopkund Lake

Uttarakhand·hills · river

1300 year old bones and skulls lie scatted at this 16, 500 foot high altitude western Himalayan Roopkund lake in the shadow of Trishul peak. A rare aerial peek into this grisly sight in a beautiful but rough Himalayan ablation valley.

Roopkund trek: Ali and Bedni buggyals or alpine meadows of Garhwal, above tree line, en route Nanda

Uttarakhand·hills · river

Several sets of A-line huts mar the alpine meadows of Ali and Bedni en route the Roopkund and Ronti Saddle trek. The huts have been set up for pilgrims who take part in the Nanda Devi Raj Jat Yatra, for political and local reasons.

Trekking up to Roopkund Lake in inner Garhwal Himalaya, in shadow of Trishul and Nanda Ghunti peaks

Uttarakhand·hills · river

Walk the steep and rugged terrain and treacherous path that leads up to Roopkund Lake in the valley of the dead - with bones and skulls dating back to the 12th century.

Incredible cloud and snow time lapses on the Roopkund trek in the high Himalaya near Trishul peak

Uttarakhand·hills · snow

What a lovely play of cloud and blue sky against a backdrop of snow peaks and green alpine meadows, in the high Himalaya! Late autumn is a time of stark beauty and the browning meadows only add to the contrasts.

Skulls and bones at Roopkund lake, in older archival footage of the Himalayan mystery lake

Uttarakhand·river · lake

Skulls and bones sit on dirty ice at the edge of the high altitude glacial tarn of Roopkund, at the edge of the Nanda Devi Sanctuary in Garhwal, Uttarakhand. Roopkund trek.

Roopkund trek overview, across Ali and Bedni buggyal meadows of Garhwal Himalaya, Nanda Ghunti

Uttarakhand·river · hills

An overview of the trek to Roopkund Lake through the meadows of Ali and Bedni buggyal in the Garhwal Himalaya.

Girgit or 'Bloodsucker' Garden Lizard of India displays its ridge of pink dorsal spines, yellow spot, in Delhi

flowers · hills

A Girgit or 'Bloodsucker' Garden Lizard in a New Delhi Orchard displays its ridge of pink dorsal spines, and the yellow spot near its cheek. The common girgit of an Indian garden! Not a bloodsucker at all, though...

Agama Lizard suns itself on a cold and overcast day in the Himalaya

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Agama basks in the lukewarm sun in the Himalaya to take in all the heat it can before the cold night that follows. Agama Lizard suns itself on a cold and overcast day in the Himalaya

Moth slips free after being caught by Himalayan Agama

hills · wildlife

A Himalayan Agama (Paralaudakia himalayana) sitting rocky wall, holding a Notodontid moth in its mouth. The moth struggles actively while being gripped, indicating a predation attempt in progress.

Himalayan Agama camouflages against stone while foraging on a wall

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A Himalayan Agama (Laudakia tuberculata) clinging vertically to a rugged stone wall in a mountainous habitat. The lizard moves along the rock surface while searching for food.

Guardians of the Himalaya: 'Operation Daredevil' ITBP's retrieval mission at 18000 ft, in Nanda Devi

Uttarakhand·hills

In a rare search and retrieval mission, code name ‘Daredevils’, the ITBP mountaineers had searched and retrieved 7 dead bodies near Nanda Devi East in Pithoragarh after a 500 hrs operation in high altitude Operation ‘Daredevils’ : 1.

Jhinna Forest near Panna in Madhya Pradesh: Gond raja fortress on hill with fields, Jakira camp

Madhya Pradesh·forest · farmland

Jakira camp is a central Indian wilderness resort owned and run by Shyamendra Singh or Vinni Raja as he is also fondly known. See their wild camp at Jhinna near Jhinna Village , Ajaigarh Tehsil , Panna District.

Lecture on rock formations

hills · crafts

NIM adventure course participants attend a lecture on rock craft held by an instructor. He defines various terms related to rock formations and rock climbing such as rock face, glacis, slab, wall, overhang, ceiling, fissure, crack, chimney,…

Crossing Himalayan stream Assi Ganga using a rope

river · hills

NIM Adventure course trainees cross the Assi Ganga river as a part of Himalayan stream crossing exercise. One end of the rope is attached to a boulder and the other side is attached to a double wooden stake support.

Uttarkashi bazaar gathering point for Running competition at Nehru Institute of Mountaineering

Uttarakhand·bazaar · hills

NIM Adventure course students gather in Uttarkashi bazaar, to prepare for their long uphill and down-hill run as part of training for the winter Adventure course at the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering.

Bivouacing in the Himalaya: a demonstration

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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…

Learn how to make a bivouac shelter in the Himalaya

hills

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 site, or shelter that is usually of a temporary nature, used especially by soldiers, or persons…

A visit to the highest peak in South India in the 1990's - Doddabetta Peak in Ooty

Tamil Nadu·hills · forest

Nestled amidst the Blue Mountains the quintessential town of Ooty allures visitors in abundance to witness its postcard picture perfect beauty.

Sacred temple grounds surrounded by forest near Khajuraho

Madhya Pradesh·temple · hills

A Hanuman Temple located near the Datla Hills in the Khajuraho region of Madhya Pradesh. The video captures the quiet temple complex surrounded by mature trees and natural woodland, creating a peaceful spiritual atmosphere away from the bus…

Himalayan bedrock cross section throws up 50 million years of geology, fold and uplift of Himalaya

hills · highway

This cow rubbing its horns against a road-side culvert embankment is oblivious to the geology oozing out of its immediate environment! Ancient under-sea sand layers (now turned to Himalayan bed-rock!) are exposed in this Himalayan road-side…

The Peninsular Plateau

hills · river

The Peninsular Plateau is almost triangular in shape. It begins from the Northern Plains and extends till Kanniyakumari, the southern tip of India. To the north-west of this plateau lie the Aravalli Hills.

Pacific Ring of Fire: Mt. Yasur Volcano on Vanuatu island, volcano glow attracted Captain James Cook

coastline · hills

With smoke billowing out of its epicenter, and orange-red angry magmatic laval flows within the rim of the volcano, Yasur is an active and revered - nay feared - being. Pacific Ring of Fire: Mt.