Hi, Pankaj ji, It's an excellent news. Do you have any details? On 2 January 2011 21:39, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote:
> A book on flora of VoF is already under process. > Pankaj > > > On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 8:44 PM, Rashida Atthar <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Great shot Garg ji. At one point in the centre one feels the clouds are > in > > the river stream !. Cannot agree with you more regarding the beauty of > VOF. > > What is missing is a comprehensive book on the flora of VOF. Perhaps with > > your collection you may think of writing one!! > > > > regards, > > Rashida. > > > > > > On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 12:52 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> 2010 had a new surprise in the form of Valley of Flowers. I was lucky to > >> go with Eastern Railway Trek Team officially in August' 2010. Due > >> to landslides we got stuck up at a number of points enroute to Govind > Ghat > >> on two days. But I took this as an opportunity to capture Wild Flora & > Fauna > >> enroute. From Govindghat to Ghangharia, Valley of Flowers & Hemkund > Sahib, > >> it was a four day trek. I enjoyed the journey like never before- > capturing > >> all the beauty on the way in the form of landscapes, butterflies, birds > & > >> Plants. Most of the time it was raining- but that in no way hampered my > >> spirits. I was lucky to have a good supporting team (who always took > >> inspirations from me & learnt to appreciate wild Flora & Fauna) & a > porter > >> with me, which enabled me click the beauties even in the rainy weather > (I > >> think it was the normal weather). I moved slowly with my tripods & one > SLR > >> body on the shoulder & another in my neck. We started early & reached > every > >> destination only by evening time doing a 10 to 12 hours trek. By the end > of > >> the trip I had clicked around 5000 pictures of around 400 species. These > >> will take more than a year even to process & post/ identify/ upload > >> somewhere like Wikimedia Commons. Everything else seem mundane if you > >> compare this trip. This is evident that from the fact for a number of > >> identified pictures, you even don't find a single picture on net for > that > >> species. Sheer beauty is so encompassing that I am unable to choose any > >> single picture from so many beautiful ones. However, I had attached one > from > >> The Valley of Flowers which shows it's mountains, valleys, rivers, > flora, > >> weather conditions etc. > >> Despite seeing so much of beauty everywhere, one awaits a great surprise > >> on reaching the Vally of Flowers. > >> It is a sight which can hardly be recreated anywhere else in India. Thus > >> the choice for the Flora picture of the year 2010 from my side. > >> -- > >> With regards, > >> J.M.Garg ([email protected]) > >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > >> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > >> The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a thousand species & > >> eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged > >> alphabetically & place-wise): > >> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use > them > >> for free as per liberal licensing conditions attached with each image. > >> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian > Flora, > >> please visit/ join our Google e-group- > >> Efloraofindia:http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than > 1475 > >> members & 57,000 messages on 16/12/10 & with a database of around 4400 > >> species on 30/11/10) > >> > > > > > > > > -- > *********************************************** > "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" > > > Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) > Research Associate > Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project > Department of Habitat Ecology > Wildlife Institute of India > Post Box # 18 > Dehradun - 248001, India > -- With regards, J.M.Garg ([email protected]) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species* & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them for free as per liberal licensing conditions attached with each image. For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, please visit/ join our Google e-group- Efloraofindia: http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1475 members & 57,000 messages on 16/12/10 & with a database of around 4400 species on 30/11/10)
