Himachal Pradesh, May 8 Kalpa to Kaza (Nikon)
Director: Anushka Meenakshi, Iswar Srikumar; Cinematographer: Anushka Meenakshi, Iswar Srikumar
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Summary: On
either side of the road the mountains rise up in vertical faces of rock, and
create a violent, totally inhospitable, landscape. Like the ruins of an ancient
civilisation. As far as the eye can is a sepia-toned world – all rock and sand.
Even the river rushing far below with an amazing power, is murky, carrying tons
of eroded soil with it. It seems ridiculous that anything could survive here,
or would want to, and then suddenly, impossibly, you see clusters of purple and
yellow wild flowers growing here and there, or a village perched high on a
ledge in the rock face, and cultivating apples.
The
road rises climbs steadily up all the way to the village of Nako, where
suddenly the steep rock faces give way to more gentle slopes of sand and rock.
And what a display of rocks it is! White, pale yellow, beige, chocolate brown,
deep red, purple, and the darkest black – it’s a geology lesson in motion.
The
bus ride to the Spiti Valley was one of the most humbling experiences of our
journey. The immensity of the Himalayas is awe-inspiring, and the landscape so
alien in this high altitude desert, that you can only marvel at the tenacity of
the people who live and work in such harsh conditions.
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Spiti Valley, Himachal Pradesh
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