Clouds, Blue Sky & Cows

taken on the same day as the previous post

Clouds & Blue Sky

The reflection (on the sky) spoiled it a bit, otherwise I liked this shot a lot.
Have some more photos taken during the Spring
break. Will be posting them soon.

Hiking on bikes

we went hiking in a forest near Corvallis

..and climbed a tree

..formed a train as well
it is a special push-pull train - that's why the engine is at the back :-)

Location: MacDouglas Forest, Corvallis, OR


It is Spring break now; successfully completed 2 terms at OSU
Been to a couple of places during the break,
finally got something to post for the next couple of weeks :-)

The classes start again from this Monday :-(

Waterfalls - Snoqualmie

The falls.. from the top

from the water below

this picture gives you an estimate of it's size

Location: Snoqualmie falls, Washington (about 30 miles from Seattle).

We have been to this place a while ago;

it is just beathtaking and is in such a pleasant natural setting.

I have even uploaded a short video of the waterfall. You can access it here if you are interested.

Waterfalls

the falls

the bridge midway

the big picture
(my friends in the foreground)

it actually looks like some Lord of the Rings setting :)
the water drops from a large height, forms a pool below and then falls again.

Location: Multnomah waterfalls, near Portland, OR

PS-1: my finals should be getting over in 2 days. hopefully i'll catch some good snaps in december; my camera is growing fat sitting idly these days :-)

PS-2: The falls are near Portland, and not Salem as posted previously. Thanks to Allen Cox for correcting.

a lonely island

Location: the atlantic ocean

from the skies..

long ago when i first understood that the earth really rotates 360 degrees, i wondered whether it would not be possible to make some flying object which will go vertically up in air and then stay put there while the earth does the moving. It can come down when it's destination comes below it. So simple and effective! This way we could take advantage of earth's motion without doing much work ourselves.

Air travel would have been much cheaper if the sky didn't moved along with the land below :(


Location: over Frankfurt, Germany.

small communities

a small village

another one..

Location: near the border of Andhra & Orissa.

can you imagine how different their lives are,
compared to our wierd wired world.

btw, i recently discovered a search engine which displays results relevant to India. They seem to have filtered Indian websites and indexed them. So, anything you search for, will be India-specific.
Wouldn't it be great if you are looking for cricket or some latest news and you get the results specific to India from Indian sites. I think it helps you get the Indian perspective.

The site is guruji.com and is started by 2 IIT-Delhi alumni. Try it out.

a red mango tree..

..there seems to be a hole in its heart

Location: somewhere on the border between Andhra & Orissa.

freshness

the road ahead..

tall trees.. short hills

the clouds flying low

beautiful roads.. it's a joy to ride here

vrrooom..

anantagiri waterfalls.. 2 mavericks somehow made it to the middle

a waterproof leaf

trying to keep the crows away :)

the six of us (the photographer was missing)

distant hills.. you should be able to see a few waterfalls

the road back

Location: The road between S.Kota & Araku, Visakhapatnam Dist, AP.

The best time to experience nature in its purest form is when the rain has stopped and the surroundings are still wet. Its when the pollution in the atmosphere has been washed down and the air is filled with the distinct smell of the wet earth.. its so rejuvenating.

pond & coconut trees

Location: Ramabhadrapuram, Vizianagaram (Dist), AP.

crops on a hill

crop and water

close-up

with the hills in the background



a spider web



water droplets on the plants
(click on the picture to have a better view)



in circles..



a different view



steps



the stair-case



the scenery..
green grass, white leaves and water in the background

long time no c..
i haven't taken any photos recently.. and so decided to go out and search for something nice to click at, and stumbled upon this farm being cultivated on the hills.
there was a small waterfall and the land along its path was being cultivated by dividing it into steps and making provision so that the water gets distributed automatically.
it rained yesterday and this made it look beautiful than usual.

Location: Hills on the border of Andhra and Orissa, near Saluru.

honey tree

the tree has a peculiarity about it.. it's green at the bottom and a leafless brown at the top. that might be the reason in the first place for the honey bees to choose it

a closeup view..
the black colour indicates the wombs being full of honey.. collected drop by drop from sweet flowers

new life..

..spring has arrived

a January morning

Location: some place between Vijayawada and Hyderabad, AP

my pet plant

Location: my home.