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world’s wettest leaf

Byadmin October 6, 2021October 10, 2021

Contenders for WWL 😉

After some heavy rain…

sky | water

halo in the sky
Byadmin May 24, 2021September 11, 2021

What causes this halo in the sky? As we approach summer and the sun is coming out you may notice a ring, or halo, around the sun. This unusual sight is caused by cirrus clouds. Those thin cirrus clouds are around 20,000 feet or higher above us. They are made of tiny, ice crystals. Sunlight…

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bird | nature | water

birds coexisting with people
Byadmin May 19, 2019May 2, 2022

Kokkare Belluru One may have heard of the bird sanctuary at Ranganthittu, near Mysore. This is a nearby, relatively almost unknown place. Here birds co-exist with villagers like an extended family. The people are quite knowledgable… they said look how they are providing shade for their children. The boy is explaining where the birds have…

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a lake bed over time
BySanjay Mysoremutt July 24, 2021August 1, 2021

This a tiny lake with maybe no name. Anyway in Bangalore, we just have to wish a lake by any other name, remains a lake! Around April while walking around southern part of Banashankari over a small dry lake bed, there were some sheep grazing around. The grazing sheep were at first very shy, running…

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bird | nature | sky | trek | walk | water

open space around mandya
Byadmin October 23, 2020November 27, 2020

Mandya’s usually considered as an intermediary milestone along the way to Mysore or any other place… we never imagined we’d actually go to this place for a visit. But when we did go to a homestay over here, the surroundings were quite unexpected. We’d probably gone at the perfect time, just after the monsoon, and…

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adventure | bird | curiosity | nature-kuthoohala | water

kokkare bellur – the village of storks
Byadmin April 20, 2019September 1, 2023

Ranganthittu in Karnataka is well known for its beautiful bird sanctuary. One not-so-well known place near it is a curious place, a village where one can walk around, and find on the rooftops of a lot of houses, many beautiful birds nesting on them! Most of them are painted storks, and the villagers have over…

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activities | farming | nature-kuthoohala | science | soil | water

rice rhapsody – farming
Byadmin August 27, 2023August 27, 2023

We typically see rice paddy fields flooded with water most of the time as part of the commonly prevalent agricultural practice. So rice farmers are typically heavily dependent on the availability of water – and rainfall of that year for their yield. Suyatri, in association with Good Earth and Petrichor(organic store) introduced us to a…

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