"deep chestnut"

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21 February 2026

A feather from a Greater Coucal, also known as the crow pheasant or Bharadwaj bird (Centropus sinensis), is caught in a spider web in front of an abandoned house during sunrise in a forest in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on February 20, 2026. The bird's distinctive deep chestnut or rufous-brown feather appears to float in the air. The Greater Coucal is widely regarded as a good luck omen in many parts of India and Southeast Asia.

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21 February 2026

A feather from a Greater Coucal, also known as the crow pheasant or Bharadwaj bird (Centropus sinensis), is caught in a spider web in front of an abandoned house during sunrise in a forest in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on February 20, 2026. The bird's distinctive deep chestnut or rufous-brown feather appears to float in the air. The Greater Coucal is widely regarded as a good luck omen in many parts of India and Southeast Asia.

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21 February 2026

A feather from a Greater Coucal, also known as the crow pheasant or Bharadwaj bird (Centropus sinensis), is caught in a spider web in front of an abandoned house during sunrise in a forest in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on February 20, 2026. The bird's distinctive deep chestnut or rufous-brown feather appears to float in the air. The Greater Coucal is widely regarded as a good luck omen in many parts of India and Southeast Asia.

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21 February 2026

A feather from a Greater Coucal, also known as the crow pheasant or Bharadwaj bird (Centropus sinensis), is caught in a spider web in front of an abandoned house during sunrise in a forest in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on February 20, 2026. The bird's distinctive deep chestnut or rufous-brown feather appears to float in the air. The Greater Coucal is widely regarded as a good luck omen in many parts of India and Southeast Asia.

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16 May 2025

A woman lies on a blanket, raising her legs in the air while relaxing in the shade of chestnut trees along the Vltava River in Prague, Czech Republic, on May 12, 2025. Green parks along the riverside offer peaceful spots for stretching, resting, or experiencing nature in the city.

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#2416289

10 January 2018

KOLHOM, KASHMIR, INDIA - JANUARY 05:A Kashmiri woman walks on marsh with a short wooden skis, slides called Pachee Khraw Khoor,' to harvest chestnuts, they either walk through shallow water and deep, sticky mud, on January 05, 2018 in Kolhom, north of Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Administered Kashmir, India. Water chestnuts are a major crop for people living near Wular lake , Asia's second largest freshwater lake. Wular, looks more like a flat marshy plain than a large lake in winters, as the water level recedes entire families collect and extract the marble-sized fruit from its spiky casing . The sun-dried chestnuts are later sold in markets, particularly in summer capital city Srinagar, and are consumed raw or roasted and even ground into a flour which locals say has medicinal properties. Its flour is consumed mostly by the people living around the lake. Now it is also in demand for its anti-diabetic properties, and is used by diabetic patients, because it is free of both cholesterol and fat. Some researchers are even investigating whether the fruit has cancer-fighting properties. Six kilograms of the processed stuff, dealers said, is sold at $4.74 (300 INR), and rates go up as the winter progresses. The shells of the chestnuts do not go waste and are used as cooking fuel. The women take care to store them separately, to later use them as fuel in kangris, an earthenware container with an outer encasement of wickerwork, filled with burning coal and normally carried under the clothing for heat in winter months.

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10 January 2018

KOLHOM, KASHMIR, INDIA - JANUARY 05:A Kashmiri woman squats on short wooden skis, slides called Pachee Khraw Khoor,' as she picks water chestnuts from mud and weed on marsh, they either walk through shallow water and deep, sticky mud on January 05, 2018 in Kolhom, north of Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Administered Kashmir, India. Water chestnuts are a major crop for people living near Wular lake , Asia's second largest freshwater lake. Wular, looks more like a flat marshy plain than a large lake in winters, as the water level recedes entire families collect and extract the marble-sized fruit from its spiky casing . The sun-dried chestnuts are later sold in markets, particularly in summer capital city Srinagar, and are consumed raw or roasted and even ground into a flour which locals say has medicinal properties. Its flour is consumed mostly by the people living around the lake. Now it is also in demand for its anti-diabetic properties, and is used by diabetic patients, because it is free of both cholesterol and fat. Some researchers are even investigating whether the fruit has cancer-fighting properties. Six kilograms of the processed stuff, dealers said, is sold at $4.74 (300 INR), and rates go up as the winter progresses. The shells of the chestnuts do not go waste and are used as cooking fuel. The women take care to store them separately, to later use them as fuel in kangris, an earthenware container with an outer encasement of wickerwork, filled with burning coal and normally carried under the clothing for heat in winter months.

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#2416291

10 January 2018

KOLHOM, KASHMIR, INDIA - JANUARY 05:A Kashmiri woman puts on a short wooden skis, slides called Pachee Khraw Khoor,' before walking on the marsh to harvest chestnuts, they either walk through shallow water and deep, sticky mud, on January 05, 2018 in Kolhom, north of Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Administered Kashmir, India. Water chestnuts are a major crop for people living near Wular lake , Asia's second largest freshwater lake. Wular, looks more like a flat marshy plain than a large lake in winters, as the water level recedes entire families collect and extract the marble-sized fruit from its spiky casing . The sun-dried chestnuts are later sold in markets, particularly in summer capital city Srinagar, and are consumed raw or roasted and even ground into a flour which locals say has medicinal properties. Its flour is consumed mostly by the people living around the lake. Now it is also in demand for its anti-diabetic properties, and is used by diabetic patients, because it is free of both cholesterol and fat. Some researchers are even investigating whether the fruit has cancer-fighting properties. Six kilograms of the processed stuff, dealers said, is sold at $4.74 (300 INR), and rates go up as the winter progresses. The shells of the chestnuts do not go waste and are used as cooking fuel. The women take care to store them separately, to later use them as fuel in kangris, an earthenware container with an outer encasement of wickerwork, filled with burning coal and normally carried under the clothing for heat in winter months.

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#2416287

10 January 2018

KOLHOM, KASHMIR, INDIA - JANUARY 05:A Kashmiri woman carries a tub full of chestnuts on her head, after harvesting them from mud and weed, as she walks on marsh with a short wooden skis, slides called Pachee Khraw Khoor,' they either walk through shallow water and deep, sticky mud, on January 05, 2018 in Kolhom, north of Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Administered Kashmir, India. Water chestnuts are a major crop for people living near Wular lake , Asia's second largest freshwater lake. Wular, looks more like a flat marshy plain than a large lake in winters, as the water level recedes entire families collect and extract the marble-sized fruit from its spiky casing . The sun-dried chestnuts are later sold in markets, particularly in summer capital city Srinagar, and are consumed raw or roasted and even ground into a flour which locals say has medicinal properties. Its flour is consumed mostly by the people living around the lake. Now it is also in demand for its anti-diabetic properties, and is used by diabetic patients, because it is free of both cholesterol and fat. Some researchers are even investigating whether the fruit has cancer-fighting properties. Six kilograms of the processed stuff, dealers said, is sold at $4.74 (300 INR), and rates go up as the winter progresses. The shells of the chestnuts do not go waste and are used as cooking fuel. The women take care to store them separately, to later use them as fuel in kangris, an earthenware container with an outer encasement of wickerwork, filled with burning coal and normally carried under the clothing for heat in winter months.

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