prasenjeet.yadav: National Geographic Explorers Symposium : This years explorers symposium initiates with the great evening of Nat Geo Live show here at the headquarters at Washington DC. It's the time of the year to meet, engage and gather inspiration from the incredible
prasenjeet.yadav: The more I see this world, the more I tend to believe that this planet is crazy!! The recent trip to the Wild West made my belief even stronger !! #crazyplanet #wildwest #roadtrip #colorado #coloradoriver #letsexplore #natgeo
prasenjeet.yadav: Had a wonderful time leading a Yourshot walk and interacting with the members this morning at Telluride mountain village!! Had a unexpected sighting of a Bever building a dam and architecting the landscape !! #NationalGeographic #Natgeoexplorer #natgeoy
prasenjeet.yadav: National Geographic Explorers expedition : The aerial view was truly wonderful ! It's really fun to see the mixed forests, the mountains, foothills, villages and such stunning houses which are in middle of nowhere !! We all regularly travel in flights but
prasenjeet.yadav: Walking in a jungle is always an exciting and learning experience and definitely, something I will call true happiness! On the other hand, seeing a tiger on foot is kind of mixed happiness I would say. One gets excited when the animal is visible in the ta
prasenjeet.yadav: Lekking · Mating system · Blackbuck: Had read about this a lot but seeing it live was an entirely a different experience. During the lekking time, the males secure their leks as each lek location has a strategic advantage/disadvantage and females choose t
prasenjeet.yadav: It's always a visual treat to watch River Terns feeding !! This is a old image taken in Central India. #india #birds #wildlife #photography #natgeoexplorers
prasenjeet.yadav: When nature gives you frost... You make a time-lapse out of it!! Trust me it looks both cold and beautiful.. (I had heard about the frost in the Western Ghat mountains but experiencing the biting cold was something else !!)
prasenjeet.yadav: When I first saw this macaque from a distance, it was gazing at the infinity and enjoying it's breakfast stored in its cheek pouches.. I approached closer hoping to make a picture and this guy seemed fine me approaching till a point when he saw himself in
prasenjeet.yadav: National Geographic's Explorers Expedition : And the stars look very different today!! ( Literally standing on the edge of the ghats !! Thanks to Ian Lockwood for this wonderful composition!! This was around New Years while chasing images for the stor
prasenjeet.yadav: A B&W image of a Scorpion under ultraviolet light: Biologists found that the Scorpions entire body works like a giant 'eye' - enabling them to seek shelter more effectively.. Isn't it pretty cool? #Photostory #YoungExplorer #ncbs #OnExpedition #Western
prasenjeet.yadav: Nilgiri Tahr : Tahr is a mountain Ungulate which is endemic to southern western ghats!! It's really wonderful to see these goats seamlessly run on the vertical cliffs!! #india #natgeoexplorers #Wildlife #natgeo #WesternGhats #Photostory #YoungExplorer @
prasenjeet.yadav: Nature's own smiley : Juvenile spectacled cobra #Wildlife #natgeoexplorers #india #reptiles #venomous @instagram
prasenjeet.yadav: National Geographic's Explorers Expedition : The more I spend time in these mountains, more I realise how small one is in the scheme of events!! In that very moment when one is negligible is when you sort out what is important is life!! These mountains ar
prasenjeet.yadav: Urban Wildlife : We made a million lamps, in turn a million suns for these tiny creatures. The sun provides us with energy and these lamps, attracting different insects, provide prey for this mantis!! ( Silhouette was made in NCBS campus. The mantis is ba
prasenjeet.yadav: Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose !!
prasenjeet.yadav: Exploring Indonesia was fun. Drove to the two most travelled places in Java: Bromo and Ijen. I must say that what impressed me more than these two wonderful places was our own Shah rukh khan. I am not a big fan of him but he has some serious reputation h
prasenjeet.yadav: National Geographic Indonesia: A very bold and thought provoking message on the cover of National Geographic Indonesia's November issues. The cover has no image but a line which says -" Sorry, we don't have any pretty pictures for climate change". I gues
prasenjeet.yadav: National Geographic Explorers workshops: Had a wonderful week with fellow young explorers and Tim Laman visiting universities in Jakarta talking about our work and answering the one question : How to become a National Geographic Young Explorer. Had a grea
prasenjeet.yadav: National Geographic's Explorers Expedition : Last 18 days were the most ‘leacheast’ days of my life. (I know that the word ‘Leecheast’ doesn’t exist in the dictionary. I guess that’s probably because the editors of the dictionary never spent weeks in lee
prasenjeet.yadav: National Geographic's Explorers Expedition : “It is the monsoon season My thoughts today wander Like wayward clouds in the sky Making me wonder Will it rain wisdom? Or will it rain hope?” – Unknown Woke up this morning reading these lines and it really
prasenjeet.yadav: “India is mega diverse, both in terms of biodiversity and people. Unfortunately, the country is battling with environmental problems on many fronts like its dependence on natural resources, declining ecosystem services, effects of climate change and a bio
prasenjeet.yadav: National Geographic Young Explorers Meet 2015: It was a great experience connecting with all the Young Explorers from around the world. A really diverse group of people from completely different work backgrounds yet knotted together by passion for what t
prasenjeet.yadav: National Geographic’s Young Explorers meet 2015: Woke up this morning and there was frost on my window.. I am on my way to the headquarters of National Geographic in Washington DC. For the first time I am stoked to visit a city and not for its architectu
prasenjeet.yadav: Last 20 days were no less than a roller-costar. From hot central India to wet forests of Agumbe (to experience and document the rich show that reptiles and amphibians put up there) followed by a wonderful birding trip to Nilgiris (looking for all the beau
prasenjeet.yadav: SikkimChronicles: Though most of the Yaks are domesticated not all are herded throughout the year, some are left alone for major part of the year and are herded only during the peak extraction months, making them partially wild.. I wish I had known this f
prasenjeet.yadav: I am delighted to announce that my first Photo-story made in 2013 is published now : The Sikkim Chronicles - Published in Saevus June issue under 'Earth Speak' Two years back when I had just moved out of academic research into photography, all I wanted
prasenjeet.yadav: A portrait shot: #CentralIndia #portrait #Wildlife #sambar #ungulate #summer
prasenjeet.yadav: After working for weeks in high elevation, I landed here in Central India. As expected the cabin crew announced that the temperature outside was 44 degrees.. Friends and family told that it's good I came after the heat wave (which is 47 degrees and above
prasenjeet.yadav: The fragile web: This ethereal image was shot in the National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru campus on a full moon night. The web was constructed at a height of around three metres and was anchored between a tree and the building wall. The wind