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Snowy landscape of Valley of flowers. Geranium wallichianumand Senecio flowers with Rataban peak in the Bhyundar valley, wafting in the wind! Valley of Flowers National Park is an Indian national park located in Uttarakhand state.

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Mountanous landscape of valley of flowers. Caesium and Forget-me-not flowers and Rataban peaks in Bhyundar valley... Myosotis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Boraginaceae that are commonly called Forget-me-nots.

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Nature at its best. Clouds swirling around Rataban, in a time lapse! Valley of Flowers National Park is an Indian national park located in Uttarakhand state.

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Moving clouds time lapse. Clouds skirting a ridge iver the Bhyundar Kanta Khal above the Valley of Flowers.

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Rushing water stream on the way to Valley of flowers. A fast flowing Himalayan torrent that later joins the Alaknanda river, a tributary of the Ganga / Ganges.

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Moving clouds over Valley of flowers. Valley of Flowers National Park is an Indian national park located in Uttarakhand state. Valley was declared a national park in 1982, and now it is a World Heritage Site.

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Valley of Flowers in the Uttarakhand Himalaya. High altitude alpine meadows with birch and rhododendron thickets, in the Bhyundar valley. All Musk Deer and Red Bear country, as well as Bharal or Blue Sheep and Snow Leopard countryside...

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Glacial Streams in Valley of flowers Valley of Flowers National Park is an Indian national park located in Uttarakhand state. Valley was declared a national park in 1982, and now it is a World Heritage Site.

flowers · hills

A mixed alpine garden of Jacob's ladder, Allium or Spring Onion, Anemone obtusiloba, Pedicularis, Ranunculus and Dactylorhiza. Dactylorhiza hatagirea (as named by Necker), is a species of terrestrial (ground-based) orchid.

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Time lapse of fog in Valley of flowers. Valley of Flowers National Park is an Indian national park located in Uttarakhand state. Valley was declared a national park in 1982, and now it is a World Heritage Site.

hills · river

Nature at its best - waterfall. Nectar from heaven. Fresh clean Himalayan water gurgling down a cliff face... near the Valley of Flowers in Uttarakhand.

flowers · hills

Bistorta flowers. Valley of Flowers National Park is an Indian national park located in Uttarakhand state. Valley was declared a national park in 1982, and now it is a World Heritage Site.

hills · flowers

Valley of Flowers National Park is an Indian national park located in Uttarakhand state. Valley was declared a national park in 1982, and now it is a World Heritage Site.

Jammu and Kashmir·hills

Potentillas, aneomones and Buttercups in a Himalayan meadow in Jammu and Kashmir state, India. There is a waterfall in the background, en route Amarnath.

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Bistorta species in a flowering alpine meadow. Rataban peak is in the background, in the Bhyundar Valley. Valley of Flowers National Park is an Indian national park located in Uttarakhand state.

Jammu and Kashmir·temple · hills

Up the mountain on a dandi! A devout pilgrim being carried up to Amarnath on a dandy / dandi or makeshift palki / palanquin, which is really just a bed frame or khatia! A long line of horses, mules and people trek to Amarnath, up a steep du…

hills · flowers

Valley of Flowers National Park is an Indian national park located in Uttarakhand state. Valley was declared a national park in 1982, and now it is a World Heritage Site.

hills · flowers

Valley of Flowers National Park is an Indian national park located in Uttarakhand state. Valley was declared a national park in 1982, and now it is a World Heritage Site.

hills · flowers

Valley of Flowers National Park is an Indian national park located in Uttarakhand state. Valley was declared a national park in 1982, and now it is a World Heritage Site.

hills · flowers

Valley of Flowers National Park is an Indian national park located in Uttarakhand state. Valley was declared a national park in 1982, and now it is a World Heritage Site.

flowers · hills

Caesium flower heads and buds with peaks of the Rataban range in the background, behind the flowering alpine meadow. A profusion of ferns grow in the foreground as well.

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Yoga session at a spa resort in the Himalaya, Uttaranchal / Uttarakhand, India.

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a lovely play of sunlight on the shaded buggyals of the valley, with Anemone obtusiloba, Geranium wallichianum and buttercups on the valley floor. Potentilla atrosanguinea hides behind the Geraniums.