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After a week of cloud and flat grey skies I decided to go to the woods to do some macro photography. I had been watching a Simon Baxter video in which he said overcast woodland in summer is great for photography and to prove it produced some beautiful macro shots of tiny flowers, so I thought I'd have a go at that. It was very dark in the woods and I managed to find a few ragged fungi, but not a single flower. This picture of Himalayan Balsam was taken after I left the woods on my way home.
Maintenant qu'on a fait la connaissance de ce condiment, le Sel d'Himalaya, on ne peut plus s'en passer. Ce sel rosé naturel non iodé est riche en oligo-élément. #Macro #MacroMondays #Granules
Meconopsis grandis 'Lingholm' :: Himalayan Blue Poppy.
Taken in The Savill Garden, Windsor Great Park.
June'16
International trade is prohibited by the Wildlife Protection Act in Pakistan. Snow Leopard Foundation (SLF) in Pakistan conducts research on the current status of Himalayan brown bears in the Pamir Range in Gilgit-Baltistan, a promising habitat for the bears and a wildlife corridor connecting bear populations in Pakistan to central Asia. The project also intends to investigate the conflicts humans have with the bears, while promoting tolerance for bears in the region through environmental education. SLF received funding from the Prince Bernhard Nature Fund and Alertis. Unlike its American cousin, which is found in good numbers, the Himalayan brown bear is critically endangered. They are poached for their fur and claws for ornamental purposes and internal organs for use in medicines. They are killed by shepherds to protect their livestock and their home is destroyed by human encroachment. In Himachal, their home is the Kugti and Tundah wildlife sanctuaries and the tribal Chamba region. Their estimated population is just 20 in Kugti and 15 in Tundah. The tree bearing the state flower of Himachal — buransh — is the favourite hangout of this bear. Due to the high value of the buransh tree, it is being commercially cut causing further destruction to the brown bear’s home. The Himalayan brown bear is a critically endangered species in some of its range with a population of only 150-200 in Pakistan. The populations in Pakistan are slow reproducing, small, and declining because of habitat loss, fragmentation, poaching, and bear baiting.
Himalayan Brown Bears exhibit sexual dimorphism. Males range from 1.5m up to 2.2m (4 ft 11in - 7 ft 3in) long, while females are 1.37m to 1.83m (4 ft 6 in - 6 ft) long. They are the largest animals in the Himalayas and are usually sandy or reddish-brown in colour.
International trade is prohibited by the Wildlife Protection Act in Pakistan. Snow Leopard Foundation (SLF) in Pakistan conducts research on the current status of Himalayan brown bears in the Pamir Range in Gilgit-Baltistan, a promising habitat for the bears and a wildlife corridor connecting bear populations in Pakistan to central Asia. The project also intends to investigate the conflicts humans have with the bears, while promoting tolerance for bears in the region through environmental education. SLF received funding from the Prince Bernhard Nature Fund and Alertis. [3] Unlike its American cousin, which is found in good numbers, the Himalayan Brown Bear is critically endangered. They are poached for their fur and claws for ornamental purposes and internal organs for use in medicines. They are killed by shepherds to protect their livestock and their home is destroyed by human encroachment. In Himachal, their home is the Kugti and Tundah wildlife sanctuaries and the tribal Chamba region. Their estimated population is just 20 in Kugti and 15 in Tundah. The tree bearing the state flower of Himachal — buransh — is the favourite hangout of this bear. Due to the high value of the buransh tree, it is being commercially cut causing further destruction to the brown bear’s home. [4] The Himalayan brown bear is a critically endangered species in some of its range with a population of only 150-200 in Pakistan. The populations in Pakistan are slow reproducing, small, and declining because of habitat loss, fragmentation, poaching, and bear baiting.
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For Christmas we were gifted a lamp that is a block of Himalayan salt. It has a carved out area for the bulb, producing a lovely, glowing evening light.
For this shot, I placed the block of salt in the direct sunshine coming through the window, resulting in nicely backlit color and texture.
Captured with my trusty Nikon D600 and the Nikkor 105mm f/2.8F macro lens.
f/5.6 at 1/160th
He: What’s this?
She: It’s Knotweed.
He: Ok, but what is it?
She: It’s knotweed.
He: I know it’s not.
She: Yes, it is.
He: Is what?
She: Knotweed.
He: You said that already.
She: Said what?
He: It’s not weed
She: You got it!
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello simply walk away, shaking their heads, heading for the ballpark.
“Who’s playing today?”, asks Lou.
“Yes.”, replies Bud.
:^)
For those for whom this reference is meaningless, the link below will provide a peek into some classic comedy.
" The subconscious mind became much more active and important. And this in the form of dreams, feelings. A growing awareness of the character of a particular place, whether it was a good place to be with a calming influence, or whether it gave me the creeps.
And this all linked up with Aboriginal reality, their vision of the world as something they could never be separate from, which showed in their language. In Pitjantjara and, I suspect, all other Aboriginal languages, there is no word for 'exist'. Everything in the universe is in constant interaction with everything else. You cannot say, this is a rock. You can only say, there sits, leans, stands, falls over, lies down, a rock.
The self did not seem to be an entity living somewhere inside the skull, but a reaction between mind and stimulus. And when the stimulus was not social, the self had a hard time defining its essence and realizing its dimensions. The self in a desert becomes more and more like the desert. It has to, to survive. It becomes limitless, with its roots more and more in the subconscious than the conscious - it gets stripped of non-meaningful habits and becomes more concerned with realities related to survival. But as is its nature, it desperately wants to assimilate and make sense of the information it receives, which in a desert is almost always going to be translated into the language of mysticism.
What I'm trying to say is, when you walk on, sleep on, stand on, defecate on, wallow in, get covered in and eat the dirt around you, and when there is no-one to remind you what society's rules are, and nothing to keep you linked to that society, you had better be prepared for some startling changes. And just as Aborigines seem to be in perfect rapport with themselves and their country, so the embryonic beginnings of that rapport were happening to me. I loved it.....Although I talked constantly to myself, or Diggity or the country around me, I was not lonely - on the contrary, had I stumbled suddenly across another human being, I would have either hidden or treated it as if it were just another bush or rock or lizard." ~ from Tracks
Species #1242
Grey Treepie, also known as the Himalayan treepie, (Dendrocitta formosae).
Sattal. Uttarakhand. India.
Just before we retired for the night, the sun lit up this ridge in the Dayara Bugyal Region of Uttarakhand, India. It changed colors for a continuous ten minutes. Stunning location.
An elusive Himalayan Mountain Tahr (Hemitragus jemlahicus) found while wandering off track between Tengboche and Namche Bazaar. Normally found on high altitude slopes ranging between 2,500 and 5,000 m (8,200 and 16,400 ft), their population is declining in the Himalayas due to hunting and habitat loss. Shot on Fuji Velvia slide film. Khumbu Region, Nepal
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The Himalayan monal (Lophophorus impejanus) is a bird. Monals are quite cute and colorful birds and have a sweet way to communicate. Like other birds, monals have a lifespan of 12 years.
Himalayan monals (Lophophorus impejanus) are very vocal birds. They use a number of calls to communicate with the other Himalayan monals around them. Besides the vocals, they use gestures specifically to impress their mates. The males bob their crest and fan their feathers to show off their beauty to the females.
The bar-tailed treecreeper (Certhia himalayana), or the Himalayan treecreeper is a species of bird in the family Certhiidae. It is found primarily in the northern parts of the Indian subcontinent, particularly in the Himalayas, as well as in adjoining regions. It is found in Afghanistan, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Burma, Nepal, Tibet, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. Its natural habitats are boreal forests and temperate forests.
Longwood Gardens
From Longwood Gardens: Once considered a myth, blue-poppies (Meconopsis ‘Lingholm’) are alive and thriving at Longwood Gardens. These spectacular flowers—which are native to the high elevations of the Himalayan Mountains—reside in our Conservatory where temperatures are kept cool to make the plants comfortable during their flowering season.
At Longwood, we force the blue-poppies to flower every year in March. This cultivar, 'Lingholm', produces large flowers that are four-inches in diameter on average. The substantial petals are a mesmerizing deep sky blue color. When under stress, the plant may show a mauve tint.
Blue-poppies are infrequently cultivated outside their native habitat. Given the right conditions, however, they can thrive in gardens located in the northern regions of the U.S. and Europe.
Himalayan Blue-tail. 02 February, 2025. Tarol, Parwanoo, Himachal Pradesh, Bharat . OM1mk2-300f4-MC14, 1/3200, f5.6, ISO1600.
....another,supposedly invasive,non-native wildflower.The Giant Hogweed has been vilified in much the same way.
443) Himalayan Cutia
Himalayan Cutia, Cutia nipalensis, Kekicau Rusuk Belang
It takes me another 3 years to see this species again since I made a record shot in Cameron Highland. This time I got a good shot of it in Fraser’s Hill. A rare resident in Malaysia highland forest.
IUCN
Himalayan Ibex primarily occupies mountainous regions from 500-6,700 m asl in rocky terrain and open alpine meadows and crags, seeking out lower elevations during the winter (Fedosenko and Blank 2001). It occupies precipitous habitats in a range of environments from deserts, low mountains and foothills, to high mountain ridges. Siberian ibex can also be found in areas with canyon, rocky outcrops, and steep ‘escape’ terrain far from high mountains (Fedosenko and Blank 2001). The species does not enter forest zones, but on a hot day does prefer shaded areas, it tends to remain near steep, escape terrain (Fedosenko and Blank 2001). Its diet consists of alpine grasses and herbs, and it feeds in early morning and evenings (Fedosenko and Blank 2001). Ibex live in small groups that vary considerably in size, sometimes forming herds of over 100 animals, but more typically averaging 6-30 animals, depending on the region (Reading et al. 1995, 1997, 1999b, Fedosenko and Blank 2001). Diurnal, they spend the day in alternating periods of activity and rest. Females gestate for 170-180 days (Geptner et al. 1961) and usually give birth to one, sometimes two, kids in the spring. The animals reach sexual maturity at 24 months for females and 18 months for males, although usually only older males mate (Fedosenko and Blank 2001). Siberian ibex can live up to 16-17 years Geptner et al. 1961, Fedosenko and Blank 2001).