Cattle grazing in the countryside

These are photographs of cattle in a pristine countryside. In the first picture you can see a single cow sitting peacefully in the middle of a green field, a scenic place near Lucerne, in Switzerland. In the background you can see the Alps. Small houses dot the green and peaceful countryside.

A shot taken from one of the cable cars going up to see the snow clad mountains in Switzerland. The contrast in the scenes is amazing. The bluish tint of the far off mountains and the dark green of the fir trees on the mountainside in the foreground. Also the lush green grass which cattle is feeding on. The cows are brown in colour.

This picture is of the English countryside. The white cows with black dots are grazing in a field next to the highway in Wales, Great Britain.

This image is quite spectacular because the black and white cattle is almost merging with the background of gray gravel. This photo was taken in Leh Ladakh. One can only wonder at the tiny bits of vegetation the cattle has to forge on! Tiny figures of humans can be seen on either side of the cattle on this gravely mountainside.

You might also like Cattle grazing in the countryside or Stray Cattle in India or Cattle on city streets or Cowherds in Rural India Or Yaks in Ladakh or Man with camel - photograph and silhouette
Or  Stray Dogs Pictures or try the label "Animals" for pictures of wild as well as domesticated animals.

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Snow and Ice on Mountains

These are close ups of the picturesque Ladakh mountains with snow and ice. The contrasting colours in these scenes make them a real treat for the eye.
In this picture you can see large boulders. In between them is a frozen stream. In the background is a mountain with melting snow and a deep blue sky. The different colors in this photo range from a deep blue to white. There is also the translucent colour of the frozen waters against the steel gray of the boulders and darker hues of the gravel on the mountains.

Here is the melting snow coming down like streams down the crevices of a mountain top.

A sheet of white snow clothing a mountain slope.

Gray sands and dark mountains against a blue sky.

Marshy land, frozen rivers, gray sands, dark mountains,blue skies and white clouds.

(Larger images of these are available with me)
Related Pictures: Photos of the mountains of Ladakh or Lake in Ladakh - Pangong Tso
For more similar images try the labels "Nature" or "Scenery" or "Headers" or "Backgrounds" or "Nature Headers"

Yaks in Ladakh

Yaks are long haired and the coat is thick to protect them from the cold. It is a type of bovine found in the Himalayas and also in the high altitude regions of Mongolia and Russia. Yaks are heavier than cattle, and have short legs. They have been domesticated. In the wild they are herd animals and the wild yaks are an endangered species.

The yaks in these photos are domesticated animals used to ferry tourists. The pictures are short in Ladakh. This first one is a white coloured yak.

This is a long haired black yak with a saddle for riding.

Related Images: Man with camel - photograph and silhouette or Wild Zebras in Ruaha National Park or Tanzania Black Rhinoceros in the wild  or  Wild Buffalo in Africa   

Lake in Ladakh - Pangong Tso

Pangong Tso is a lake in the Himalayas and these are views of the lake from Ladakh in India. It borders not just India  but also Tibet and China. It freezes in winder although it is saline water. Apparently there is no aquatic life here although presence of  birds is seen. A number of migratory birds come here to nest.

These are photographs of the lake with blue skies as the background. The mountains are silhouetted against the sky and the blue waters of the lake are in the foreground. The first picture can be used as a header, as it is a stitched picture of two images, giving a panoramic view of Pangong Tso lake.

Snow-capped mountains can be seen in the background. A rough stony lake bank.

The water is so clear that the pebbles on the river bed are visible. Gray pebbles.

In this picture of the Ladakh lake the is a lone motorcyclist riding on the banks of the lake.

This is a serene nature scene. The waters of the lake are still. This area is very serene and still

(Larger images of these photos are available with me)

Related Pictures: Photos of the mountains of Ladakh or for more similar images try the labels "Nature" or "Scenery" or Headers or Backgrounds or Nature Headers
More Pictures of lakes in India: Panchgani scene of lake and hills
For photos of rivers try the label "Rivers"

Photos of the mountains of Ladakh

These are photographs of the mountains in Ladakh, which is a region in Jammu and Kashmir, the northernmost state in India. This region has the Kunlun mountain range to its north and the Himalayas to the south of it. Large tracts of Ladakh are a high-altitude desert  but there is vegetation near its lakes and areas where it snows and ofcourse man-made vegetation. 

You can see a road snaking its way across the blue mountains.

A closer look at the slopes of Ladakh. The sparse vegetation on the mountains makes their surface rocky and hard. There is hardly any grass or water nearby.

Some snow-topped mountains in Ladakh with a foreground of trees.

The dusty bare brown mountains of Ladakh. The terrain can be quite harsh.

Related Images: Scenes from the Matheran Mountains or Ghat  or Nature scenes of hills, valleys and trees or

Photos taken from Jungfrau, a summit in the Swiss Alps