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Long Shadows

Taken on 18 Jan 2010 at Nagarahole'.
The predominant vegetation in the Nagarhole National Park is of southern tropical, moist, mixed deciduous type with a substantial eastern portion intergrading into dry deciduous type.
The upper tree canopy is dominated by Terminalia tomentosa is association with Tectonia grandis, Dalbergia latifolia, Pterocarpus marsupium, Lagerstroemia lanceolata, Anogeissus latifolia, Adina cordifolia, Boambax malabaricum, Schleichera trijuga, Ficus sp. and others. The lower canopy has Kydia calycina, Emblica officinalis, Gmelina arborea etc.
Several shrubs belonging to Solanum, Desmodium and Helicteres sp. etc. are abundantly found but exotic weedy shrubs like Eupatorium and Lantana now have taken over the undergrowth.

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Sunshine deep

Taken on 18 Jan, 2010 at the Nagarahole' forests of Karnataka.
Nagarhole National park derives its name from the combination of two Kannada words. 'Nagar,' meaning snake, and 'hole,' meaning streams. True to its name, quite a few serpentine streams fork through the rich tropical forests of the park. Nagarhole Park was set up in 1955. In 1975, its area was increased to include a greater expanse of forest reserve. The original forest was once an exclusive hunting ground for the erstwhile Maharajas of Mysore. The park has been recently renamed as Rajiv Gandhi NationalPark after the late Prime Minister of India.

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Freshwater Trees

Barringtonia acutangula, Freshwater Mangrove, Indian Oak, Indian Putat, grows on the banks of freshwater rivers, the edges of freshwater swamps and lagoons and on seasonally flooded lowland plains, commonly on heavy soils. It is called by Sanskrit writers Hijja or Hijjala. The fruit is spoken of as Samudra-phala and Dhātriphala or ”nurse’s fruit,” and is one of the best known domestic remedies.

The birds that you see are painted storks, Mycteria leucocephala, and cattle egrets(white birds)

Taken 7 March 2010, at Nelapattu, Nellore, AP

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Tiger! Tiger!

Taken in the forests of Nagarahole' on the 18th of January 2010.

We didn't get to see the elusive tiger but rushed about the jungle at top speed to the location radioed to us by the guards.

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Paper Pink

Taken on 23 Feb 2010.

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Orange Pallete

Taken on 28 Feb 2010.
The Indian Almond/Badam tree, Terminalia catappa is a beautiful tree. The leaves come in so many shades of green and orange. The leaves are weaved together with little sticks to make disposable eco-friendly dinner plates called 'vistrakulu' in Andhra Pradesh.

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Well? Well...

A well that has water till May. It must be about 20 feet deep...i don't know how deep the water is.

Taken on 23 Feb, 2010 at the Acid Lime Orchard, Gudladona, Nellore.

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White Magic

Taken on 21 Feb, 2019.

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Beauty of Contrasts

Taken on 28 Jan, 2010 at Thalessery, Kerala. That's the garden in front of my ancestral house. The chaos in the background is as pleasing as this manicured patch but do eyes look for lines of symmetry?

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On Fire

Ixora coccinea a.k.a. Flame of the Woods, Jungle Flame, Jungle Geranium. It has medicinal properties and is knitted into the cultures of India and Sri Lanka.

Taken on 21 Feb, 2010

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