Location:

• State: Rajasthan
• Locality: Jaipur: Alone at Jaipur solar observatory

Botany:

• Common name: Mediterranean Cypress: This cypress from the Mediterranean grows in a narrow, spike shape, and recognized by Muslims, Greeks and Romans as a symbol of death and the underworld
• Botanical species: Cupressus sempervirens
• Botanical family : Cupressaceae [Cypress]
• This species is profiled in Krishen’s Trees of Delhi: A Field Guide

Geography:

• Latitude: 26.924782 ° north of the Equator
• Longitude: 75.82434 ° east of the Prime Meridian
• Altitude: 437.7 metres above sea level

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Journey:

• Arcing Westwards
• Path : Traveling from Mumbai into Gujarat and Rajasthan
• Date photographed: 16.08.09

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