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Chamoli, August 2026 166 frames · 2 places
Painted flora signboard at the Valley of Flowers gate.
07ʰ34′ Valley of Flowers
Painted wildlife signboard of the park’s animals.
07ʰ34′ Valley of Flowers
White papery buds of pearly everlasting on silvery stems among rocks.
07ʰ39′ Valley of Flowers Pearly Everlasting
Photograph taken at Valley of Flowers on 2026-08-25 at 07:45 — iPhone 13.
07ʰ45′ Valley of Flowers Himalayan Selinum
Photograph taken at Valley of Flowers on 2026-08-25 at 08:50 — iPhone 13.
08ʰ50′ Valley of Flowers Himalayan Fleabane
Photograph taken at Valley of Flowers on 2026-08-25 at 08:50 — iPhone 13.
08ʰ50′ Valley of Flowers Himalayan Fleabane
Photograph taken at Valley of Flowers on 2026-08-25 at 08:50 — iPhone 13.
08ʰ50′ Valley of Flowers Pearly Everlasting
Photograph taken at Valley of Flowers on 2026-08-25 at 09:09 — iPhone 13.
09ʰ09′ Valley of Flowers Himalayan Knotweed
A dark, spiny nodding seed-head of a thistle relative in the meadow.
09ʰ11′ Valley of Flowers
Photograph taken at Valley of Flowers on 2026-08-25 at 09:25 — iPhone 13.
09ʰ25′ Valley of Flowers Himalayan Bistort
White-pink knotweed spikes on red stems against the mist.
09ʰ33′ Valley of Flowers Himalayan Knotweed
Pale-yellow hooded balsam flowers, pendant.
09ʰ33′ Valley of Flowers Yellow Himalayan Balsam
A cranesbill leaf turning autumn red.
09ʰ34′ Valley of Flowers
A spiny globular seed-head on a stiff stem.
09ʰ35′ Valley of Flowers
Valley of Flowers wildflower meadow — white Himalayan knotweed and pink balsam — with forested slopes and cloud-capped peaks beyond.
09ʰ51′ Valley of Flowers
Photograph taken at Valley of Flowers on 2026-08-25 at 10:00 — iPhone 13.
10ʰ00′ Valley of Flowers Himalayan Groundsel
Photograph taken at Valley of Flowers on 2026-08-25 at 10:01 — iPhone 13.
10ʰ01′ Valley of Flowers Himalayan Groundsel
Ragged blue-violet blue sowthistle flowers, a blister beetle on a nearby leaf.
10ʰ20′ Valley of Flowers Blue Sowthistle
The dark seed-head of a carrot-family umbellifer.
10ʰ55′ Valley of Flowers
Photograph taken at Valley of Flowers on 2026-08-25 at 10:56 — iPhone 13.
10ʰ56′ Valley of Flowers Himalayan Selinum
Photograph taken at Valley of Flowers on 2026-08-25 at 10:58 — iPhone 13.
10ʰ58′ Valley of Flowers Himalayan Selinum
Pink Himalayan balsam in the meadow.
10ʰ58′ Valley of Flowers Himalayan Balsam
A green seed-umbel with pink balsam behind.
10ʰ59′ Valley of Flowers
Inflated netted seed-pods of bladder campion with a stray cranesbill flower.
10ʰ59′ Valley of Flowers
Pink Himalayan balsam, close view.
11ʰ00′ Valley of Flowers Himalayan Balsam
Close foreground of white Himalayan knotweed and pink balsam with the forested Valley of Flowers amphitheatre behind.
11ʰ00′ Valley of Flowers
Photograph taken at Valley of Flowers on 2026-08-25 at 11:02 — iPhone 13.
11ʰ02′ Valley of Flowers Himalayan Bistort
Photograph taken at Valley of Flowers on 2026-08-25 at 11:03 — iPhone 13.
11ʰ03′ Valley of Flowers Himalayan Knotweed
The drooping seed-head of a mountain grass.
11ʰ04′ Valley of Flowers
The spent, woolly whorled seed-head of a Himalayan sage.
11ʰ05′ Valley of Flowers
Photograph taken at Valley of Flowers on 2026-08-25 at 11:08 — iPhone 13.
11ʰ08′ Valley of Flowers Himalayan Knotweed
Blue sowthistle in bud — dark bristly buds opening to pale-blue florets.
11ʰ11′ Valley of Flowers Blue Sowthistle
Photograph taken at Valley of Flowers on 2026-08-25 at 11:11 — iPhone 13.
11ʰ11′ Valley of Flowers Blue Sowthistle
Pendant speckled green berries of a Solomon’s-seal relative.
11ʰ12′ Valley of Flowers
Photograph taken at Valley of Flowers on 2026-08-25 at 11:13 — iPhone 13.
11ʰ13′ Valley of Flowers Yellow Himalayan Balsam
Green-bracted umbels with ripening black fruits.
11ʰ15′ Valley of Flowers
Photograph taken at Valley of Flowers on 2026-08-25 at 11:15 — iPhone 13.
11ʰ15′ Valley of Flowers Lousewort
Photograph taken at Valley of Flowers on 2026-08-25 at 11:16 — iPhone 13.
11ʰ16′ Valley of Flowers Pearly Everlasting
Photograph taken at Valley of Flowers on 2026-08-25 at 11:17 — iPhone 13.
11ʰ17′ Valley of Flowers Himalayan Selinum
Deep crimson cinquefoil on a slender stem.
11ʰ18′ Valley of Flowers Crimson Cinquefoil
A nodding cinquefoil bud among strawberry-like leaves.
11ʰ20′ Valley of Flowers
Black-fruited hare’s-ear umbels.
11ʰ20′ Valley of Flowers
Tangled meadow vegetation — knotweed, balsam and hare’s-ear.
11ʰ22′ Valley of Flowers
A single inflated bladder-campion pod in the meadow.
11ʰ23′ Valley of Flowers
Photograph taken at Valley of Flowers on 2026-08-25 at 11:24 — iPhone 13.
11ʰ24′ Valley of Flowers Himalayan Selinum
Photograph taken at Valley of Flowers on 2026-08-25 at 11:25 — iPhone 13.
11ʰ25′ Valley of Flowers Pearly Everlasting
A withered, curled leaf beside black-fruited umbels.
11ʰ27′ Valley of Flowers
Photograph taken at Valley of Flowers on 2026-08-25 at 11:28 — iPhone 13.
11ʰ28′ Valley of Flowers Himalayan Bellflower
Yellow Corydalis flowers among ferny leaves (species not in the catalogue).
11ʰ30′ Valley of Flowers
Nodding yellow groundsel heads with dark centres up a reddish stem.
11ʰ31′ Valley of Flowers Himalayan Groundsel
Pink Himalayan balsam flower.
11ʰ33′ Valley of Flowers Himalayan Balsam
Photograph taken at Valley of Flowers on 2026-08-25 at 11:34 — iPhone 13.
11ʰ34′ Valley of Flowers Wallich's Cranesbill
Pendant green berries of a Solomon’s-seal relative.
11ʰ35′ Valley of Flowers
Pink Himalayan balsam flower.
11ʰ35′ Valley of Flowers Himalayan Balsam
Photograph taken at Valley of Flowers on 2026-08-25 at 11:36 — iPhone 13.
11ʰ36′ Valley of Flowers Himalayan Selinum
Photograph taken at Valley of Flowers on 2026-08-25 at 11:37 — iPhone 13.
11ʰ37′ Valley of Flowers Himalayan Balsam
Photograph taken at Valley of Flowers on 2026-08-25 at 11:39 — iPhone 13.
11ʰ39′ Valley of Flowers Himalayan Selinum
Photograph taken at Valley of Flowers on 2026-08-25 at 11:40 — iPhone 13.
11ʰ40′ Valley of Flowers Yellow Himalayan Balsam
Photograph taken at Valley of Flowers on 2026-08-25 at 11:42 — iPhone 13.
11ʰ42′ Valley of Flowers Himalayan Whorlflower
Photograph taken at Valley of Flowers on 2026-08-25 at 11:42 — iPhone 13.
11ʰ42′ Valley of Flowers Himalayan Selinum
A green seed-umbel with feathery bracts.
11ʰ43′ Valley of Flowers
The seed-umbel of a carrot-family plant with a small blue beetle.
11ʰ44′ Valley of Flowers
Photograph taken at Valley of Flowers on 2026-08-25 at 11:46 — iPhone 13.
11ʰ46′ Valley of Flowers Himalayan Selinum
Photograph taken at Valley of Flowers on 2026-08-25 at 11:59 — iPhone 13.
11ʰ59′ Valley of Flowers Himalayan Angelica-parsley
Photograph taken at Valley of Flowers on 2026-08-25 at 12:02 — iPhone 13.
12ʰ02′ Valley of Flowers Himalayan Angelica-parsley
A budding carrot-family umbel.
12ʰ12′ Valley of Flowers
An umbel-filled meadow with dark seed-heads and wildflowers — Valley of Flowers.
12ʰ13′ Valley of Flowers
A hairy rosette with a reddish flower-bud opening at its centre.
12ʰ17′ Valley of Flowers
A dandelion-like hawkweed with a hairy involucre and bud.
12ʰ19′ Valley of Flowers
The spiny leaves of a Himalayan thistle clasping its stem.
12ʰ19′ Valley of Flowers
Spent bristly seed-heads by the river.
12ʰ20′ Valley of Flowers
A bumblebee on a bristly seed-head.
12ʰ21′ Valley of Flowers
Photograph taken at Valley of Flowers on 2026-08-25 at 12:24 — iPhone 13.
12ʰ24′ Valley of Flowers Pearly Everlasting
Purple-blotched balsam foliage above the flowers.
12ʰ25′ Valley of Flowers
A dense cluster of green flower-buds in the meadow.
12ʰ26′ Valley of Flowers
Photograph taken at Valley of Flowers on 2026-08-25 at 12:28 — iPhone 13.
12ʰ28′ Valley of Flowers Blue Sowthistle
Red-black currants on a lobed-leaf shrub.
12ʰ28′ Valley of Flowers
A pink hooded Himalayan balsam flower and its explosive seed-pods on a red stem.
12ʰ30′ Valley of Flowers Himalayan Balsam
Pink bistort pokers in the meadow.
12ʰ31′ Valley of Flowers Himalayan Bistort
Lilac aster heads in the meadow.
12ʰ35′ Valley of Flowers Himalayan Aster
Himalayan bistort spikes.
12ʰ39′ Valley of Flowers Himalayan Bistort
Photograph taken at Valley of Flowers on 2026-08-25 at 12:41 — iPhone 13.
12ʰ41′ Valley of Flowers Himalayan Thistle
Photograph taken at Valley of Flowers on 2026-08-25 at 12:41 — iPhone 13.
12ʰ41′ Valley of Flowers Himalayan Thistle
Photograph taken at Valley of Flowers on 2026-08-25 at 12:41 — iPhone 13.
12ʰ41′ Valley of Flowers Himalayan Thistle
Photograph taken at Valley of Flowers on 2026-08-25 at 12:41 — iPhone 13.
12ʰ41′ Valley of Flowers River Beauty
Photograph taken at Valley of Flowers on 2026-08-25 at 12:43 — iPhone 13.
12ʰ43′ Valley of Flowers Himalayan Knotweed
Photograph taken at Valley of Flowers on 2026-08-25 at 12:44 — iPhone 13.
12ʰ44′ Valley of Flowers Himalayan Rose
A drooping grass plume among knotweed by the rocks.
12ʰ45′ Valley of Flowers
Whorlflower head, pale and spiny.
12ʰ48′ Valley of Flowers Himalayan Whorlflower
Photograph taken at Valley of Flowers on 2026-08-25 at 12:50 — iPhone 13.
12ʰ50′ Valley of Flowers Himalayan Selinum
White everlasting flowers.
12ʰ51′ Valley of Flowers Pearly Everlasting
Photograph taken at Valley of Flowers on 2026-08-25 at 12:52 — iPhone 13.
12ʰ52′ Valley of Flowers Himalayan Thistle
Photograph taken at Valley of Flowers on 2026-08-25 at 12:53 — iPhone 13.
12ʰ53′ Valley of Flowers Himalayan Knotweed
Photograph taken at Valley of Flowers on 2026-08-25 at 12:55 — iPhone 13.
12ʰ55′ Valley of Flowers Nepal Dock
Photograph taken at Valley of Flowers on 2026-08-25 at 12:55 — iPhone 13.
12ʰ55′ Valley of Flowers Lousewort
Ragged yellow groundsel flowers.
12ʰ58′ Valley of Flowers Himalayan Groundsel
A slender green raceme of tiny flowers.
13ʰ00′ Valley of Flowers
Ragged yellow groundsel flowers.
13ʰ04′ Valley of Flowers Himalayan Groundsel
Yellow cinquefoil flowers on rocky ground.
13ʰ16′ Valley of Flowers Yellow Cinquefoil
Photograph taken at Valley of Flowers on 2026-08-25 at 14:13 — iPhone 13.
14ʰ13′ Valley of Flowers Himalayan Balsam
White alpine anemone with a golden centre.
14ʰ15′ Valley of Flowers Alpine Anemone
Hooded pink lousewort flowers on a bracted spike.
14ʰ16′ Valley of Flowers Lousewort
Showy inula, yellow rays.
14ʰ17′ Valley of Flowers Showy Inula
Photograph taken at Valley of Flowers on 2026-08-25 at 14:19 — iPhone 13.
14ʰ19′ Valley of Flowers Trailing Bellflower
Golden showy inula daisies on a bushy meadow plant.
14ʰ21′ Valley of Flowers Showy Inula
Photograph taken at Valley of Flowers on 2026-08-25 at 14:21 — iPhone 13.
14ʰ21′ Valley of Flowers Himalayan Bellflower
Pink Himalayan balsam flower.
14ʰ23′ Valley of Flowers Himalayan Balsam
Photograph taken at Hemkund Sahib on 2026-08-26 at 07:38 — iPhone 13.
07ʰ38′ Hemkund Sahib Nepal Dock
Photograph taken at Hemkund Sahib on 2026-08-26 at 07:58 — iPhone 13.
07ʰ58′ Hemkund Sahib Lousewort
Photograph taken at Hemkund Sahib on 2026-08-26 at 08:02 — iPhone 13.
08ʰ02′ Hemkund Sahib Atis · Indian Aconite
Photograph taken at Hemkund Sahib on 2026-08-26 at 08:02 — iPhone 13.
08ʰ02′ Hemkund Sahib Yellow Himalayan Balsam
Photograph taken at Hemkund Sahib on 2026-08-26 at 08:20 — iPhone 13.
08ʰ20′ Hemkund Sahib Lousewort
Photograph taken at Hemkund Sahib on 2026-08-26 at 09:11 — iPhone 13.
09ʰ11′ Hemkund Sahib River Beauty
A solitary yellow buttercup-like flower on a leafy stem.
09ʰ11′ Hemkund Sahib
Red-tinged willowherb foliage sprouting from a rock crack.
09ʰ12′ Hemkund Sahib
Photograph taken at Hemkund Sahib on 2026-08-26 at 09:13 — iPhone 13.
09ʰ13′ Hemkund Sahib Himalayan Groundsel
Photograph taken at Hemkund Sahib on 2026-08-26 at 09:13 — iPhone 13.
09ʰ13′ Hemkund Sahib Himalayan Groundsel
Deep-red crimson cinquefoil.
09ʰ14′ Hemkund Sahib Crimson Cinquefoil
A low cinquefoil mat with spent flowers among pinnate leaves.
09ʰ16′ Hemkund Sahib
White anemone on the high turf.
09ʰ25′ Hemkund Sahib Alpine Anemone
White anemone flower.
09ʰ28′ Hemkund Sahib Alpine Anemone
Silvery rosettes of pearly-everlasting in the moss.
09ʰ29′ Hemkund Sahib
Red-pink bistort across the slope.
09ʰ33′ Hemkund Sahib Himalayan Bistort
The dark, bristly flower-buds of a snow-thistle (Saussurea).
10ʰ09′ Hemkund Sahib
Purple sage whorls clasped in bracts.
10ʰ09′ Hemkund Sahib Purple Himalayan Sage
Deep-red crimson cinquefoil.
10ʰ10′ Hemkund Sahib Crimson Cinquefoil
Photograph taken at Hemkund Sahib on 2026-08-26 at 10:11 — iPhone 13.
10ʰ11′ Hemkund Sahib Himalayan Thistle
Dark, bristly globular flower-buds on tall leafy stems below the peaks.
10ʰ11′ Hemkund Sahib
Photograph taken at Hemkund Sahib on 2026-08-26 at 10:12 — iPhone 13.
10ʰ12′ Hemkund Sahib Lousewort
A wildflower slope of bistort and yellow blooms below the stone trail wall.
10ʰ12′ Hemkund Sahib
Photograph taken at Hemkund Sahib on 2026-08-26 at 10:14 — iPhone 13.
10ʰ14′ Hemkund Sahib Himalayan Thistle
A nodding maroon avens (Geum) flower among scalloped leaves.
10ʰ16′ Hemkund Sahib
Photograph taken at Hemkund Sahib on 2026-08-26 at 10:26 — iPhone 13.
10ʰ26′ Hemkund Sahib Himalayan Bistort
Dark-red bistort pokers.
10ʰ26′ Hemkund Sahib Himalayan Bistort
Pale blue Himalayan blue poppy nodding on a bristly stem.
10ʰ28′ Hemkund Sahib Himalayan Blue Poppy
Blue poppy among alpine grass.
10ʰ28′ Hemkund Sahib Himalayan Blue Poppy
Blue poppy near the high meadow.
10ʰ28′ Hemkund Sahib Himalayan Blue Poppy
Photograph taken at Hemkund Sahib on 2026-08-26 at 10:30 — iPhone 13.
10ʰ30′ Hemkund Sahib Lousewort
Photograph taken at Hemkund Sahib on 2026-08-26 at 10:30 — iPhone 13.
10ʰ30′ Hemkund Sahib Himalayan Blue Poppy
Lousewort spike, pink hooded flowers.
10ʰ31′ Hemkund Sahib Lousewort
Photograph taken at Hemkund Sahib on 2026-08-26 at 10:32 — iPhone 13.
10ʰ32′ Hemkund Sahib Lousewort
Yellow cinquefoil flowers in grass.
10ʰ37′ Hemkund Sahib Yellow Cinquefoil
Magenta pedicularis in the alpine turf.
10ʰ38′ Hemkund Sahib Lousewort
Himalayan gentian, blue flower.
10ʰ38′ Hemkund Sahib Himalayan Gentian
Photograph taken at Hemkund Sahib on 2026-08-26 at 10:54 — iPhone 13.
10ʰ54′ Hemkund Sahib Lousewort
Pink stonecrop flowers and yellow corydalis on a mossy bank.
10ʰ54′ Hemkund Sahib
Photograph taken at Hemkund Sahib on 2026-08-26 at 12:26 — iPhone 13.
12ʰ26′ Hemkund Sahib Nepal Dock
Pink Epilobium flowers.
12ʰ30′ Hemkund Sahib River Beauty
Phlomoides purple sage head.
12ʰ33′ Hemkund Sahib Purple Himalayan Sage
Purple Himalayan sage flowering.
12ʰ37′ Hemkund Sahib Purple Himalayan Sage
Photograph taken at Hemkund Sahib on 2026-08-26 at 12:37 — iPhone 13.
12ʰ37′ Hemkund Sahib Purple Himalayan Sage
Photograph taken at Hemkund Sahib on 2026-08-26 at 12:39 — iPhone 13.
12ʰ39′ Hemkund Sahib Purple Himalayan Sage
Nodding yellow Himalayan arnica with a dark centre.
12ʰ45′ Hemkund Sahib Himalayan Arnica
Cremanthodium arnica flowers.
12ʰ45′ Hemkund Sahib Himalayan Arnica
Yellow arnica against the mist.
12ʰ45′ Hemkund Sahib Himalayan Arnica
A spiny, purple-spotted seed-club on a dark stem.
12ʰ46′ Hemkund Sahib
Green ovoid flower-buds on a hairy-stemmed plant.
12ʰ47′ Hemkund Sahib
Looking down over a bank of Himalayan balsam beside the stone steps.
12ʰ49′ Hemkund Sahib
Photograph taken at Hemkund Sahib on 2026-08-26 at 12:53 — iPhone 13.
12ʰ53′ Hemkund Sahib Bell Rhododendron
Tiny composite flower-buds clustered at the stem tips.
12ʰ54′ Hemkund Sahib
A clump of narrow-leaved stems with green-yellow flower tufts on the scree.
12ʰ55′ Hemkund Sahib
Photograph taken at Hemkund Sahib on 2026-08-26 at 13:01 — iPhone 13.
13ʰ01′ Hemkund Sahib Himalayan Columbine
Tall stems topped with dark, blackish thistle-like heads.
13ʰ27′ Hemkund Sahib
A crimson cinquefoil in dark-red bud among palmate, strawberry-like leaves.
13ʰ48′ Hemkund Sahib Crimson Cinquefoil
Deep-red crimson cinquefoil.
13ʰ51′ Hemkund Sahib Crimson Cinquefoil
Photograph taken at Hemkund Sahib on 2026-08-26 at 15:34 — iPhone 13.
15ʰ34′ Hemkund Sahib Whip Cobra Lily

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