Author: Shravan Regret Iyer

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On top of the world. Looks like a familiar scene from King Kong?
Photographed in Karnataka, India
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Despite the cold and the thin air, a family of five members walk on deadly snow turned into black ice on the Kashmir valley in the inner Himalayas. As the glaciers melt in the higher Himalayas, waters pours in the crevices and carved tunnels inside the ice.
Life for these mountain people has always been a challenge. More so with the earthquake induced landslides caused by the Indian plate continuously moving north under the Eurasian plate at a rate of 45mm a year.
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Vessel shop on wheels. A motorist is carrying vessels in his vehicle in a perfect balance.
Photographed in Karnataka, India.
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This is the United States tallest and deepest underground waterfalls about 145-foot. Discovered accidentally in 1928 within the Lookout Mountain in Chattanooga, Tennessee, today Ruby Falls today attracts over half a million visitors each year.
The stream is fed by both rainwater and natural springs. It collects in a pool in the cave floor and then continues through the mountains until finally joining the Tennessee River.
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“They shine like diamonds beneath evening moonbeams and glow like amber under a setting sun.” If there was one place on Earth where we can see the power of raw nature and the fragility of life it must be here in the Himalayas!
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We are watching…three donkeys as seen on a street in the southern Indian state of Karnataka seem to be saying that.
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A sacred bull adorned with currency around his neck in the Southern Indian state of Karnataka.
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The state of the wildlife!
Cougar also know as the mountain lion, puma, panther is an ambush predator and pursues a wide variety of prey. It’s is native to the americas and it’s range spreads across Canada to South America. There are several subspecies of cougar. One mountain lion subspecies – the Florida Panther is listed as critically endangered with less than 100 individuals. Across the US an estimated 30,000 cougars live in the wild. Increasing habitat loss and hunting for sports has caused decline in the population.
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A breathtaking view of the Great Smoky Mountains.
The mountain range falls along the Tennessee-North Carolina border in the southern United States.
The name ‘smoky’ comes from the natural fog that often hangs over the range and presents as large smoke plumes from the distance.
It is part of the International Biosphere Reserve and is designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The range is home to 187, 000 acres of old growth forest.
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A breathtaking view of the Great Smoky Mountains with fresh snow on fall foliage.
The mountain range falls along the Tennessee-North Carolina border in the southern United States.
The name ‘smoky’ comes from the natural fog that often hangs over the range and presents as large smoke plumes from the distance.
It is part of the International Biosphere Reserve and is designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The range is home to 187, 000 acres of old growth forest.
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Also visit @regretiyerproductions @shravanregretiyer & shravanregretiyer.com for more immersive stories from the natural world.