See the valley on black.
Here, in the Cherrapunjee Hills (in the state of Meghalaya in India), in 1876, forty inches of rain fell in a single day!
For a long time, Cherrapunjee (or Cherrapunji) was known as the "rainiest place on earth."
That honor now belongs to a neighboring area known as Mawsynram.
(Ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mawsynram)
This region's very wet weather is not surprising; geography dictates that the South Western monsoon winds, laden with moisture and attracted to the low pressure centers of the surrounding regions, sweep across the length and breadth of India to unload rain by the bucketful during the rainy season.
Still counted as one of the rainiest places on earth, these hills receive about 450 inches (i.e., 37.5 feet) of rainfall annually.
Cherrapunjee currently holds two Guinness world records:
-- For receiving the maximum amount of rainfall in a single year: 22,987 mm (905 inches. i.e., about 75.4 feet) of rainfall between August 1860 and July 1861
-- For receiving the maximum amount of rainfall in a single month: 9299.96 mm (366.14 inches, i.e., 30.5 feet) in July 1861.
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neloqua 80 months ago | reply
The colors are simply wonderful!
abdulhakeem_jamali 80 months ago | reply
great work &nice composition
... Arjun 80 months ago | reply
Gorgeous place.
CharlieBrown8989 80 months ago | reply
Great shot & thanks for the info....
i . /✪\LEEM 80 months ago | reply
lovely!
Dr Tao 80 months ago | reply
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Rohit Markande 80 months ago | reply
wowww..what a great shot...and great description of this unique place on the globe!
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plousia 76 months ago | reply
Wow, this is SO gorgeous.
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Dani℮l 70 months ago | reply
your photostream is of great quality, a pleasure to explore!
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coold 66 months ago | reply
amazing shot.
upon close looks it appears to me as post processed ( saturated ).
is it true that you have bumped up the saturation? or is it my misinterpretation.
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loganvibe 60 months ago | reply
sweet!!!!!
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covalence 42 months ago | reply
Lovely colors mixed into the greens there!! Just Beautiful!!