Mid April Snowfall in Wyoming #OnePlusOne #Photoblog

UW campus infront of Union

It snowed really hard past couple of days closing Cheyenne to Laramie section of interstate 80 (I 80) for two days. Yesterday, there was multiple vehicle collision at Harriman Road exit in I 80 involving ~50 vehicles.

University of Wyoming closed its regular business at noon today, very rare decision in its history-I guess.

Laramie is on a high plain between two mountains at 2184 m above see level. Average high temperature of April in this area is 10.6 and average low is -4.1 deg Celsius. Average snowfall of this month is 24.1 cm.

Here are some photos I took around campus using OnePlus phone camera. [click on the photo for bigger high resolution view]

A giant #Snowman 

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Trip to Annapurna Base Camp [4130m] #ABC #photo

I recently visited the Annapurna Base Camp popularly known as ABC in Annapurna conservation area, western Nepal. We (had a group of four) were in a research field trip that involved collecting bee samples. We were able to collect Himalayan cliff honey bee from an elevation of ~3700 meter above see level. Trekking to ABC involves a visit to the Machhapuchhre Base Camp (MBC) on the same route.

If you are planning to trek in this area, I recommend you read this post. In my post you will see some pictures from the trip during early monsoon season.

An evening at Jhinu, right after the short heavy rain.

Beautiful village "Chhomrung". The cliff seen in left is famous for cliff honey bee hives. 
Small house
at the bottom of the picture (green roof) is a small hydro power house.

Looking downstream the Modi khola watershed. Village seen on right is probably 
the famous "Ghandruk" village,
whereas "Landruk" village is on left.