Unusual summer pics: Rainbow down the valley!

We invited you to send in unique summer-themed photographs -- odd scenes that are captured on a lens for posterity -- to share with other readers. Here is the first set of responses!

First up is this unique pic from Chirag Bogra, of the Jaypee University of Information Technology, Waknaghat, near Shimla. "Amazing natural views, lovely hills and unbelievable weather are enough to describe our campus," he says. We agree!

Share your interesting summer snapshots with us! They could be from anywhere across India or the world, but they have to be original.

Simply e-mail your photographs to getahead@rediff.co.in (subject line: 'Unusual summer pics') -- we'll publish the most interesting ones on rediff.com and in India Abroad. And make sure to include a little-write up of where you e is summer, so your photograph has to gel with the season. Hurry and send in your entry today!

Disclaimer: The photographs featured in this series are, to the best of our knowledge, original entries submitted by readers. Rediff.com does not assume any responsibility for their originality.

Pradipta Sankar Maiti from Singapore sent in this unique photograph in which the deer seem tame enough to be stroked and petted.

We received this image from Nilay Paliwal, who says that the "dried up tree and thirsty birds seem to hang on together in a gesture of solidarity."

Rohan Kale sent in this image he captured in Lonavla. "I clicked this pic from my house at Old Khandala Road early in the morning when the sun was rising," he explains. "It looked like the whole sky was burning!"

And finally, we have Baudhayan Lahiri's snapshot of "pigeons enjoying a bath at a road construction site in Charkop, Mumbai."