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22 Aug 2018

Tyrshi Falls, Meghalaya

Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya, India There are countless small and large waterfalls in Meghalaya. Some stunning beyond description and impossible to miss, except…

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MeghalayaIndiaNatureLandscape

20 Aug 2018

A waterfall in Lumwahnai, Meghalaya

There are so many waterfalls in Meghalaya that I wondered if mega refers to numbers of rapids and waterfalls. Only the largest and most accessible waterfalls…

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MeghalayaIndiaLandscapeNature

19 Aug 2018

Kynrem falls, Meghalaya

One might think it is a bad idea visiting the wettest place on earth during the monsoon, but this is the time when all the hidden waterfalls reveal themselves…

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SvalbardNorwayMammalsUrsidae

28 Jul 2016

Polar bear (Ursus maritimus)

A scruffy and lethargic polar bear (Ursus maritimus) resting on a shore on an islet that not long ago was under a glacier. While the polar bear struggles with…

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SvalbardNorwayMammals

28 Jul 2016

Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus)

A young walrus resting comfortably on ice from the calving icecap (which can be seen in the back) of the White island (Kvitøya) - the easternmost of the…

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SvalbardNorwayMammalsOdobenidae

28 Jul 2016

Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus)

The walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) utilizes their tusks as ice picks when they haul themselves up onto an ice float, and sometimes they might break as is the case…

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SvalbardNorwayMammals

28 Jul 2016

Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus)

My close encounter with the population of walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) on the eastern side of the White Island (Kvitøya) was magical! First and foremost the…

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NorwaySvalbardUrsidaeMammals

27 Jul 2016

Polar bear (Ursus maritimus)

A mother polar bear (Ursus maritimus) and cub checking out new possibilities on the summer sea ice north of Spitsbergen. They evoke so many feelings in humans,…

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NorwaySvalbardUrsidaeMammals

27 Jul 2016

Polar bear (Ursus maritimus)

A polar bear (Ursus maritimus) mother with one cub after a feed on a seal carcass. The seal was brought down by a huge male, which fed, and fed until it could…

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NorwaySvalbardUrsidaeMammals

27 Jul 2016

Polar bear (Ursus maritimus)

We had to go further north than ever before to reach the sea ice this year, and after a long while searching in vain we finally noticed a huge male gorging on…

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