We've all witnessed the mind-boggling visuals a multitude of nature-oriented shows have spewed at us over the years growing up, especially thanks to our notorious TV-watching sessions post school hours. Bio-luminescent red tide, volcanic rocks, Fox fire, nacreous clouds, you name it. It goes without saying that in a country as large and diverse in its landscape as ours, India's sheltering more than a few of its own incredibly unique natural phenomena. So we did some digging and came up with a few rather intriguing things we can witness right here on home turf. Well worth scheduling into your summer holiday routes this year perhaps.
II. St. Mary’s Islands, Karnataka
III. Chandipur Beach, Orissa
IV. The Magnetic Hill, Leh-Kargil-Batalik National Highway
V. Floating Islands, Manipur
VI. Salt Desert, Rann of Kutch
Source: Anurag Agnihotri; www.flickr.com/photos/agnihot
VII. Mass birds’ suicide, Assam
VIII. Chir Batti, Gujarat
IX. Boulder Fields, Hampi
X. Bioluminescence, Lakshwadeep Islands
XI. Valley Of Flowers, Uttarakhand
XII. Skeleton Lake, Uttarakhand
XIII. The Great Banyan Tree, Kolkatta
XIV. Living Tree Bridges, Meghalaya
XV. Flamingo Season, Mumbai
Image is used for illustrative purposes. Source: gailhampshire/Flickr/Creative Commons
Image is used for illustrative purposes. Source" b;logs.voanews.com
XVI. 'Blue Mountains' Or Neelakurinji, Kerala
neelakurinji-source-gops.org
XVII. Lonar Crater Lake, Maharashtra
Lonar Lake. Source: Aditya Laghale/Wikimedia Commons
XVIII. The Aleya Ghost Lights, West Bengal
Lake Eros. Source: parambathtravelsonline.com
XX. Krishna’s Butter Ball, Tamil Nadu
Kabirvad. Source: myyatradiary
Words: Rameez Shaikh & Aditi Dharmadhikari
