On the Prowl !!!
Not a recent encounter but a pretty old one around an year back. Was out with some friends at about 6 am for trying out some camera tricks with the rising sun from the hilltop and then was a plan to get down at the otherside into the forest patch to the vihar lake.
The photographs describe the events and the encounters better....
It all started with a sudden plan to go to the hilltop the next morning and decend on the otherside to the vihar lake(a prohibited place which makes it even more appealing). Those were the days when one could actually go to vihar unlike now when it has been separated completely from the IITB campus by a wired fence which even goes uphill and down again just to ensure that even the enthusiastic give up on the attempt ... well the panther menace could be the other reason :P ...
So, the other day we were all set at 5:30 am for the uphill and the subsequent lake side task with our cameras.... The following pics with little commentary would help appreciate the sequence of events that occured which we had never anticipated...
The morning sun (it's the moon actually !!!) was as beautiful as it could be ......
Just on the other side (the side opposite to IIT) is the stark contrast ... the skyscrapers of Hiranandani give way to this ground reality of most of the lives in mumbai.
During the descent we came across these small conical holes on the ground .... some pretty amazing creatures live here .... these cones house a species of ground spiders and the cone acts as a quick sand for any insect that gets trapped in it which the spider then feasts upon :).
The three stooges ... dhiru, susu and swati ...
The ultimate attraction .... something we werent really prepared for ..... the bodies werent pretty old and looking at the state of the carcass which had all the flesh stripped off anyone could guess this was the act of our regular visitors - the leopards from the Sanjay Gandhi National Park.
a few steps ahead we discover some more ....
Contemplating on whether to go ahead or retreat we decide to continue to the VIHAR .... with a forest covering all along the bank this place is heaven .... one needs to be there to appreciate ... glittering crystal clear water amidst the tranquilty of the enveloping woods.
my foot !!!
The pipes that supply water to bombay !!! ... they separate the IIT side from the forest patch ... its fun crossing by jumping over these pipes to reach the woods ...
the nursery behing hostel 3 on our way back to the institute ....
back again !!!
P.S: Thanks to vishnoi's camera .... may its soul rest in peace !!!
Not a recent encounter but a pretty old one around an year back. Was out with some friends at about 6 am for trying out some camera tricks with the rising sun from the hilltop and then was a plan to get down at the otherside into the forest patch to the vihar lake.
The photographs describe the events and the encounters better....
It all started with a sudden plan to go to the hilltop the next morning and decend on the otherside to the vihar lake(a prohibited place which makes it even more appealing). Those were the days when one could actually go to vihar unlike now when it has been separated completely from the IITB campus by a wired fence which even goes uphill and down again just to ensure that even the enthusiastic give up on the attempt ... well the panther menace could be the other reason :P ...
So, the other day we were all set at 5:30 am for the uphill and the subsequent lake side task with our cameras.... The following pics with little commentary would help appreciate the sequence of events that occured which we had never anticipated...
The morning sun (it's the moon actually !!!) was as beautiful as it could be ......
Just on the other side (the side opposite to IIT) is the stark contrast ... the skyscrapers of Hiranandani give way to this ground reality of most of the lives in mumbai.
During the descent we came across these small conical holes on the ground .... some pretty amazing creatures live here .... these cones house a species of ground spiders and the cone acts as a quick sand for any insect that gets trapped in it which the spider then feasts upon :).
The three stooges ... dhiru, susu and swati ...
The ultimate attraction .... something we werent really prepared for ..... the bodies werent pretty old and looking at the state of the carcass which had all the flesh stripped off anyone could guess this was the act of our regular visitors - the leopards from the Sanjay Gandhi National Park.
a few steps ahead we discover some more ....
Contemplating on whether to go ahead or retreat we decide to continue to the VIHAR .... with a forest covering all along the bank this place is heaven .... one needs to be there to appreciate ... glittering crystal clear water amidst the tranquilty of the enveloping woods.
my foot !!!
The pipes that supply water to bombay !!! ... they separate the IIT side from the forest patch ... its fun crossing by jumping over these pipes to reach the woods ...
the nursery behing hostel 3 on our way back to the institute ....
back again !!!
P.S: Thanks to vishnoi's camera .... may its soul rest in peace !!!
posted by SaiK at
1:31 PM
8 Comments:
NICE!
@1st pic: Is it real or blue lens???Looked as if God splashed ink all over the morning sky !!:)
wired fence ?? the way you have gone on to describe it.. u shud have instead dubbed it as "weird fence"
waise braveheart !! since i have heard the commentary million times i didnt need the pictures to build upon the story. waise the pics are cool.. n lets go vihar !!
ur foot wala pic luks as if u have stepped on sum alien planet..lol..u knw they put up those THE FIRST FOOT OF MAN on blah blah types..and the carcasses though these r real reminded me of 1 incident whrin durin mi v were jst walkin frm the main gate 2 the shack and v thot v had seen a carcase and were all set 2 click pics and stuf thtz whn suddenly tht cow came2life[it was not dead only actually]and v repelled wid terror u knw..lol..the last pics reminded me of a similar serene lake at Tung near pune..[had gone on a hike thr..]..next time i have2 c ths place in iitb..itz simply sooooo cool and il hopefully get 2 c real carcases..lol..
@aneesha - na re its real blue .... i guess thats not sun but the moon .... and the bluish tinge is the dawn effect :P
@arunabh - ya as usual u never find nething thats posted here new infact a million times older :P ... thanks for the brave and all stuff :)) .... sure whenever we find sometime.. i am always game for it !!
@yashshri - haan re even i like that pic very much .. generally took that one to capture the ripples and the stones along with the foot ... seriously u should.. the lake is too good though these days it is pretty difficult to venture nearby because of the fences etc .... btw u missed a bull fight during this MI ... i mean 2 bulls generally started fighting at around midnight at the convo .... chal keep visiting ...
thiz one bringz out the advenutrous trait in you... n the story hz been very wll captured through the pictures. made fr n interesting post.
~prachi
@prachi - hey there !! thanks a lot for ur comment ... you got it correctly as a matter of fact i luv doing all this ...
U do know that - as a GSCult and Placement nom. you are setting wrong examples :P by breaking the law [-x!
@gangal: ha ha !! I was GS once in history i dont remember that anymore :P .... and Insti "place"ment nom needs to visit places :P ... for "place"ments
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