DAILY PHOTO: Blue Butterfly on a Green Leaf

Taken June 12, 2015 in Great Himalayan National Park (GHNP)

Taken June 12, 2015 in Great Himalayan National Park (GHNP)

DAILY PHOTO: Rushing Glacial Runoff

Taken on June 8, 2015 in Great Himalyan National Park (GHNP)

Taken on June 8, 2015 in Great Himalayan National Park (GHNP)

DAILY PHOTO: Snow Pockets

Taken on June 10, 2015 in Great Himalayan National Park

Taken on June 10, 2015 in Great Himalayan National Park

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Most of the snow that we saw during our trek last month was well above us, but we did have one day in which we had to cross through pockets of snow many times as we rounded a mountain at about 4,000 meters.

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DAILY PHOTO: Drying Oats

Taken on June 15, 2015 in Himachal Pradesh

Taken on June 15, 2015 in Himachal Pradesh

In June, the oat harvest was taking up nearly every square foot of covered space.

DAILY PHOTO: Lotus in the Mountains

Taken on June 11, 2015. Taken by my wife as I'm in the photo.

Taken on June 11, 2015. Taken by my wife as I’m in the photo.

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DAILY PHOTO: Grassy Ridgeline in the Himalayas

Taken on June 10, 2015 in Great Himalayan National Park (GHNP)

Taken on June 10, 2015 in Great Himalayan National Park (GHNP)

DAILY PHOTO: Himachal Pradesh Village Shrine

Taken June 14, 2015 in the GHNP Ecozone

Taken June 14, 2015 in the GHNP Ecozone

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DAILY PHOTO: The Snowy Side of the Mountain

Taken June 10, 2015 in Great Himalayan National Park (GHNP).

Taken June 10, 2015 in Great Himalayan National Park (GHNP)

The beauty of mountains is that they show so many faces in such little space. We were on a sunny mountainside topped with tufts of dry grass. Then we crossed over a saddle-point on a ridgeline, and this was the new view.

DAILY PHOTO: Blooming Rhododendrons and Snow-Caps

Taken on June 10, 2015 in Great Himalayan National Park (GHNP)

Taken on June 10, 2015 in Great Himalayan National Park (GHNP)

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DAILY PHOTO: Trekkers on an Alpine Meadow

Taken on June 10, 2015 near Dhel in Great Himalayan National Park (GHNP)

Taken on June 10, 2015 near Dhel in Great Himalayan National Park (GHNP)