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13 days in the highlands ~ Ladakh : Day 2, Lake Tsomorirri

12/10/2013

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Lake Tsomorirri , wetlands and breeding grounds
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The best friend I made in Ladakah
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Karzog village at the Tsomorirri wetlands
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Breeding grounds of the Bar headed Geese (Anser indicus)
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Self portrait at the wetlands
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Growth spurred by the melting snow at the wetlands
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A Karzog villager on his horse
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Sun down at Karzog
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The camp at Tsomorirri
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Sunrise at Tsomoriri
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A nomadic settlement at "Foo"
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The cash rich Nomads with their assets of "Pashmina" sheep
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Pashmina Sheep
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The milking of Pashmina sheep
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The onset of winter freezes small streams at "Foo"
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Puga valley, Chang Tang, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir Geothermal belt - area with tectonic faults to the ascent of hydrothermal fluids (hot water and mineral deposits and sulfur fumaroles). A three foot thick deposit of borates covers an area of two square miles.
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13 days in the highlands ~ Ladakh : Day 1, Lake Pangong Tso

12/10/2013

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Pangong Tso lake
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The many hues of Pangong Tso with changing light of the day
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Manyapathar at Pangong Tso
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Pangong Tso - reflections
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A pair of the highly endangered Black Necked Cranes (Grus nigricollis). Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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Himalayan Marmot (Marmota himalayana)
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With 30% of the Lake in India and 70% in China, the Indian army plays a strategic role in maintaining our geographic borderline in the harsh terrain and weather conditions.
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Stranded in a snow storm, NYC, Dec 2011

12/10/2013

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A fun evening which started with a drive to watch a play on Broadway, " Chicago" it was, with Kalyan and Deepa, turned out to be a drive of a lifetime where we had to drive the entire night shoveling and cleaning windshields and made it home just before dawn, to realize I was stranded with JFK shut down for days.
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Mangroves of Bhitarakanika National Park

12/9/2013

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Mangroves on the saline & marshy coastline
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The only mode of communication between the many islands and the multitude of water channels, motor boats.
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One of the many pockets of mangroves on a tiny island just off mainland
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Black capped kingfisher (Halcyon pileata)
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Collared Kingfisher (Todiramphus chloris)
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Brown Winged Kingfisher (Halcyon amauroptera)
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Pied Kingfisher (Ceryle rudis)
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Water monitor lizard (Varanus salvator)
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Water monitor lizard (Varanus salvator)
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Saltwater Crocodile (Crocodylus porosus)
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WIth the lack of big trees in some areas , the rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta), have adapted to sharing habitat with the saltwater crocodile ( Sleeping in the back).
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Rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta), mother and child in the mangroves
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White-bellied Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster)
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Osprey (Pandion haliaetus), with its catch of a fish
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Black Drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)
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Spotted Owlet (Athene brama)
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Rufous Treepie (Dendrocitta vagabunda)
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Coppersmith Barbet (Megalaima haemacephala)
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Asian Paradise Flycatcher (Terpsiphone paradisi)
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Mudskipper
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Fireflies (Photuris lucicrescens)

Windows to paradise ~ the mystical landscapes of Bhitarakanika

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Sunrise, mist and the canopy
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Pneumatophores on the forest bed
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Reflections, a window of nature
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Mangroves, Bhitarakanika
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Open grassland amidst the thick undergrowth
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Dense undergrowth on one of the islands
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"Lotus Pond", guess I made it off season.
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Tide inundated island
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Oyster rock lighthouse

11/14/2013

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Oyster rock island, shadow of the oyster rock light house
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Karwar, fishing port, Oyster rock is off the Karwar coast
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On the speedboat to Oyster rock island
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Oyster rock island
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A gorgeous sunset as seen from the Oyster rock lighthouse on the Arabian sea
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Though close to main land and strewn with small isles and rock formations around Oyster rock, makes it difficult to access
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A ship wreck off Oyster rock and the lighthouse in the backdrop
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New beginnings

10/18/2013

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I finally decided to get my website back up and running, with  a lot happening on the personal front in the last two years my old website had lapsed, photography had kind of taken a back seat, am glad am back up again! 

The best part about the last year and a half have been Pluto and Brutus who have kept us occupied with their unique personalities.
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Pluto : The Golden Retreiver, crazy enough to be retrieving stones during playtime - irrespective of size.
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Brutus : The prim and proper lab, referred to as "Buddha" amongst dogs.
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    Nikhilesh Mahakur " Nikhil", a true blue Capricorn, born on the 1st of January, educated with a bachelors degree in Electronics engineering, and a MBA from Xavier’s Institute of Management, currently based at Bangalore , India An IT professional and an avid traveler, with an inherent passion for photography. The passion for photography has been a learning experience and will continue to be an ethical journey of learning with new experiences trying to capture “Life” and it’s moments ‘as is’. Having indulged in serious photography over the last seven years, my primary interest lies in wildlife and people photography. I still use film bodies occasionally for portraiture. Life so far and going ahead, with my experiences with photography has been and will continue to be a learning experience which I shall strive to share with all and hope to make a difference especially for wildlife.

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