Nubra

Why this icon Bactrian camels graze the dunes between Hunder and Diskit. Source: en.wikipedia.org

Zostel

The story

Late afternoon on the Hunder dunes: a traveller rides a two-humped Bactrian camel over a rippled dune crest while two more wait behind; sea buckthorn hangs with orange berries at the sand's edge, the poplars along the Shyok turn gold and the moon rises over the bare peaks.

Why this picture

Nubra's Hunder dunes lie on the Shyok's flood plain between Hunder and Diskit, a cold desert above 3,000 m ringed by bare, snow-capped mountains. Its Bactrian camels, descendants of the old Silk Route's pack animals, carry travellers in short strings, best in the late afternoon; in September the poplars along the water turn gold, and thickets of sea buckthorn, the 'Leh berry', hang with orange fruit between the sand and the river.

The motion

The moon's rings turn; the river's lines run; the poplars sway; a pair of magpies crosses the sky. A 16-second loop.

Colour

Orchid #AA5EA5

Valley Blue #4F87C7

Blush #F6ADCD

Nubra takes Blush #F6ADCD, one of the three Valleys colours — with its icon in Steel Grey on it.

Another moment in Nubra

A second scene: another true moment at Nubra, drawn in the graphic vocabulary with the animals and city symbols that belong there. Wide for screens, tall for a phone held upright.

The story

First light at the edge of the Hunder dunes: the sun rises behind the snow peaks, Bactrian camels graze among the sea-buckthorn thickets at the sand's margin, a branch heavy with orange berries reaches in close by, and a traveller watches from a dune ridge above the gold poplars of the Shyok, Diskit Monastery far off on its rock.

Why this moment

Between rides, Hunder's Bactrian camels graze the scrub at the dunes' margins on the Shyok's flood plain. Sea buckthorn, the 'Leh berry', grows in thickets along the river and the sand, its orange berries ripe in autumn, when the poplars turn gold; Diskit Monastery's white halls stand on their rock above the valley a few kilometres off.

The sky wears Gond scales, from Madhya Pradesh.

The motion

The sun's fan of rays breathes as it rises; clouds cross the sky; the camels graze; the river's lines run; the poplars sway; birds cross the sky. A 16-second loop.

In the picture

Its files

wide: wide second scene, SVG wide second scene, Animated SVG wide second scene, PNG
tall: tall second scene, SVG tall second scene, Animated SVG tall second scene, PNG

Also in the kit's zip, in its own folder.

Nubra in symbols

Beside its icon, the things that are Nubra, drawn in the Brand Manual's city language: a monument in the city grey with its openings cut, the things of the place in flat landscape colours. Each comes in colour and in the city grey. Every place's symbols

Diskit Monastery on its hillMonument
Diskit Monastery (founded in the 14th century), the oldest and largest in Nubra: whitewashed halls stacked up its rock above the Shyok, the prayer hall on top reached by a flight of stone steps.
SVG Grey SVG PNG
Sea-buckthorn, the Leh berryOf the place
Sea-buckthorn, the 'Leh berry': thorny shrubs along the Shyok and the dune edges at Hunder, their silvery narrow leaves and dense clusters of bright orange berries juiced all over Ladakh.
SVG Grey SVG PNG

Also drawn for Nubra 3

Detailed icons from the library that name Nubra among their places: one drawing, on the page of every place it belongs to. Those drawn for Nubra alone come first. Every detailed icon

Say hello to Nubra's Zobus

Zobu in Nubra's own dress, on the palette. Hover or tap one and it waves. Each comes still and alive — idle, hello and hop — for stickers, stories and the app.

Every destination's Zobus →

Female
Still Idle Hello Hop Face Wave
Male
Still Idle Hello Hop Face Wave

The animals of Nubra

Animals and birds the research behind Nubra's picture names, drawn in the Brand Manual's animal style, in colour and in the city grey. All the animals of India

Bactrian camelCamelus bactrianus
SVG Grey SVG PNG

The kit

Everything Nubra needs: its profile, its cover, wide and tall, its icon, tile, display picture and lockup, its loop and the symbol becoming it, its second scene, its city symbols and its Zobus — every file ready to download.

44 files in one zip, the cover, its second scene, its symbols and its Zobus included

Profile

Nubra’s page as a story, 1080 × 1920: its cover, its tile, its name, its line and its verbs — for stories, status and a phone’s lock screen.

SVGOther formats

Cover, wide

1600 × 900, for screens: a page’s top, a slide, a share card. The still is the loop’s first frame. The animated SVG loops in 16 s; where it shouldn’t move, use the still.

SVG Animated SVG PNG

Cover, tall

900 × 1600, composed for a phone held upright: stories, reels, a lock screen. The animated SVG loops in 16 s; where it shouldn’t move, use the still.

SVG Animated SVG PNG

Tile

The icon in one colour on Nubra’s own — for a grid, a story, a sticker.

SVG PNG