The Idukki district of Kerala is known for mystical mists.

A large lizard clings to a tree overlooking a lake.

Across the roadside, out a home-stay window, or through the camera lens, evolutionary biologists might describe these as views we have evolved to love.

A view of the hills and mountains from the waterside.

A granite peak of the Western Ghats looms over a High Range tea plantation.

A view from one of the area's many winding roads.

Enormous boulders randomly litter the tea fields on the hillsides of Munnar.