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Himalayas, India: valley of flowers

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The river at Badrinath is by thousands of rain-swollen streams down from some of the most remote and - corners of the Himalayas. the scene is Nanda Devi, India's second highest peak. Regarded as a in her own right, she the Bhyander Valley - one of the most places in India. Covered in for much of the year, the valley is during the short summer into a botanical : The Valley of Flowers. Who could not that this is a blessed place? Every day, clouds wash over these high meadows new blooms from the rich glacial . Over six hundred plant species have been here and by the end of , Himalayan balsam cloaks the valley in . Through the short season, the valley is with activity. Male monal pheasants are getting a little overheated trying to a mate and in the warm air, newly emerged gather in mating . But for others, life in the valley is more . Goral are small goat-antelopes to life in the . Small groups must make the most of the rich before the summer ends. The of meadow flowers provides the local hill with one of their most . In these remote valleys, everything has to be home-grown. by mountain streams and warmed by the late summer sun, the village terraces are with new life. It feels like a high-altitude .