open air planetarium

Recently was in a place surrounded by hills with negligible light pollution and looked up at the night sky. It was really cold… but did not matter… the view was beyond a planetarium… of the truly spectacular view. After a while tried a few…

the fastest, stopping by

A neighbor off Kanakapura Road, Bengaluru, keenly observed an unusual looking bird and shared it with others. Who would’ve guessed what it was by the photo taken by a typical mobile camera of the bird which was quite far away. Photographer and naturalist Sushma…

evening walk

After a long time, had gone out really early morning just after sunrise, and just walked briskly for a few kms without any camera. This evening went with some others on the same route at sunset. This crow took off shortly after this pic…

yet another casual morning

While standing on the rustic roadside, I noticed something walking down the mud road… a mongoose. As I looked up, there were two more behind it… a family of them walking together in a group. I just couldn’t believe it. They were looking at…

birthday adventure

Usually we look forward to a good reason to have a nice time… why not look for a good reason for an outing as well? So for a recent birthday of we thought of going outdoors especially as the birthday girl likes adventure. The…

walking green jay butterfly

It was a nice to see this beautiful fellow looking around for minerals on the ground… and holding his ground in the strong winds. The green jay butterfly belongs to the swallowtail family (wiki): Strong and restless fliers, they are very active butterflies and…

shivagange and siddarabetta hills

Left to stay at the foothills of Shivagange Hills at Shivagange Foothills Stay for a camping trip arranged by BASCOOL. It was a scenic drive… On the way we passed this small hillock near Shivagange… the floating clouds touching the top were nice to…

night stroll

Took a night stroll yesterday after a gap… its a nice thing to do every night. The frog-orchestra for which no sophisticated Bose speaker or Dolby Surround System was any match… faded off after a while once they realized we were there. But after…

layers of clouds

This evening for a few minutes there was this bright sunshine 🌞 + heavy rain 🌧 … illuminating every raindrop as it tumbled down from the clouds, on to the shimmering trees. But as we witness this (hyperlapse) video of the orchestration in the…

Why are rainclouds dark?

Seemed like an obvious answer was that they contain water and it becomes heavier… Looked it up and its quite interesting to revisit the basics… rain clouds are gray instead of white because of their thickness, or height. That is, a cloud gets thicker…