Picture credits

55 of the 73 pictures on this site are real photographs from Wikimedia Commons, shared under the licences below. The other 18 are AI-generated pictures, and each one is labelled in its caption.

Photographs were cropped to fit, and maker names were blurred where we spotted them. The original files are at each link.

• A wall-mounted split AC in India with a small boxy device fixed beside it, in warm evening light. By Alexix3457. CC BY 4.0. Cropped and resized; any maker's name blurred.
• An outdoor unit on a bracket against a stone-clad wall in dappled shade, maker's name blurred. By Dinkun Chen. CC BY-SA 4.0. Cropped and resized; any maker's name blurred.
• A beige outdoor unit standing on a block with its coiled pipes beside it, its maker's name blurred. By 円周率３パーセント. CC BY-SA 4.0. Cropped and resized; any maker's name blurred.
• A white split AC fitted into the corner of a room just under a bare concrete ceiling, its maker's name blurred. By Dinkun Chen. CC BY-SA 4.0. Cropped and resized; any maker's name blurred.
• Worn flats in Thane East with several outdoor units on the walls. By Dharmadhyaksha. CC BY-SA 3.0. Cropped and resized; any maker's name blurred.
• Three very tall residential towers in Thane rising above flowering trees. By Bharat Bang. CC BY-SA 3.0. Cropped and resized; any maker's name blurred.
• A curved old corner block in Mumbai with shutters and balconies, under a pale sky. By Udaykumar PR. CC BY 3.0. Cropped and resized; any maker's name blurred.
• A domed old apartment block at a Mumbai junction, with balconies above buses and trucks. By Udaykumar PR. CC BY 3.0. Cropped and resized; any maker's name blurred.
• An old curved Mumbai block at a busy junction, with traffic lights and a red bus in front. By Udaykumar PR. CC BY 3.0. Cropped and resized; any maker's name blurred.
• Tall cream society blocks with green hills behind, seen across overhead railway wires at Ulhasnagar. By Udaykumar PR. CC BY 3.0. Cropped and resized; any maker's name blurred.
• Tall apartment blocks across railway overhead wires with hills behind at Ulhasnagar. By Udaykumar PR. CC BY 3.0. Cropped and resized; any maker's name blurred.
• A pale apartment block and green scrub beside a railway line at Ulhasnagar. By Udaykumar PR. CC BY 3.0. Cropped and resized; any maker's name blurred.
• Older and newer flats beside a railway line, with bright monsoon green all around. By Udaykumar PR. CC BY 3.0. Cropped and resized; any maker's name blurred.
• White and cream apartment towers at Mira Road under a clear sky. By Sanfy. CC BY-SA 4.0. Cropped and resized; any maker's name blurred.
• A row of tall society towers at Wagle Estate in Thane beyond a line of parked cars. By Udaykumar PR. CC BY 3.0. Cropped and resized; any maker's name blurred.
• Old flats in Breach Candy with awnings and laundry on the balconies, with parked cars below. By urbzoo. CC BY 2.0. Cropped and resized; any maker's name blurred.
• Older flats in Pune behind a thick screen of green trees in humid light. By Deepak Patil. CC BY-SA 3.0. Cropped and resized; any maker's name blurred.
• A narrow lane between old pale blocks in a Pune housing society with scooters parked along one side. By Megha agarwal. CC BY-SA 3.0. Cropped and resized; any maker's name blurred.
• A long block of society flats with laundry on the balconies, behind thick monsoon-green trees. By Manukrishnan80. CC BY-SA 3.0. Cropped and resized; any maker's name blurred.
• A long weathered block of flats with dish antennas on the roof, seen over thick undergrowth. By Manukrishnan80. CC BY-SA 3.0. Cropped and resized; any maker's name blurred.
• Heavy monsoon cloud over palm trees and a domed heritage building in Mumbai. By Anahitaa Pandey. CC BY-SA 4.0. Cropped and resized; any maker's name blurred.
• Tall towers in Mumbai beyond a railway line and older low-rise flats. By Nicolas Vigier. CC0. Cropped and resized; any maker's name blurred.
• A long chawl lane with scooters parked below open galleries. By urbzoo. CC BY 2.0. Cropped and resized; any maker's name blurred.
• A chawl in Mumbai with washing on every railing and old pipes and wires on the face. By Abhinav Saxena. CC BY-SA 2.0. Cropped and resized; any maker's name blurred.
• Old balconied flats in Mazagaon behind a tree. By urbzoo. CC BY 2.0. Cropped and resized; any maker's name blurred.
• A yellow old residential block in Mumbai with two outdoor units on the wall above a street market. By Rudolph.A.furtado. CC0. Cropped and resized; any maker's name blurred.
• The stained face of an old apartment building at Andheri East, with outdoor units on many balconies. By iMahesh. CC BY-SA 4.0. Cropped and resized; any maker's name blurred.
• Worn balconies of an old building at PB Marg in Mumbai, with laundry out. By Aktron. CC BY-SA 4.0. Cropped and resized; any maker's name blurred.
• Old curved apartment blocks with balconies in Mumbai, above a road of yellow-roofed taxis. By Ana Raquel S. Hernandes from Sao Paulo, Brazil. CC BY-SA 2.0. Cropped and resized; any maker's name blurred.
• A Mumbai housing society with outdoor units on its balconies. By Yourusernamewillbepublic2. CC0. Cropped and resized; any maker's name blurred.
• An old block of galleried flats on Picket Road in Mumbai, seen from across the street. By Udaykumar PR. CC BY 3.0. Cropped and resized; any maker's name blurred.
• A row of old balconied blocks along a Mumbai road, with trees at the far end. By Udaykumar PR. CC BY 3.0. Cropped and resized; any maker's name blurred.
• A Fort-district apartment block with open galleries round a yard, with people standing below. By Adam Jones from Kelowna, BC, Canada. CC BY-SA 2.0. Cropped and resized; any maker's name blurred.
• Mumbai towers and low blocks with a busy road through thick trees at Vaishali Nagar. By Saurabh Shetty. CC BY 3.0. Cropped and resized; any maker's name blurred.
• Olive and cream apartment blocks beside a wide road under a bright sky. By Pratimsinha. CC BY-SA 3.0. Cropped and resized; any maker's name blurred.
• A cyclist on a wide Pune road with flats and shops under trees. By Mack Male from Edmonton, AB, Canada. CC BY-SA 2.0. Cropped and resized; any maker's name blurred.
• A wide Pune road with white flats above shops and an auto-rickshaw crossing. By Mack Male from Edmonton, AB, Canada. CC BY-SA 2.0. Cropped and resized; any maker's name blurred.
• A pale apartment block at Kalyani Nagar, Pune, overlooking misty open ground. By Priyanka0057. CC BY-SA 4.0. Cropped and resized; any maker's name blurred.
• A narrow tall corner building in Pune with curved balconies. By DesiBoy101. CC BY 4.0. Cropped and resized; any maker's name blurred.
• A Pune road crossing with a cyclist, a tin-roofed market and tall flats behind. By Amandeshmukh. CC BY-SA 3.0. Cropped and resized; any maker's name blurred.
• An ornate old Pune house with balconies between newer blocks. By DesiBoy101. CC BY 4.0. Cropped and resized; any maker's name blurred.
• A curved Art Deco block in Pune with a small outdoor unit mounted beneath a balcony. By DesiBoy101. CC BY 4.0. Cropped and resized; any maker's name blurred.
• An older Pune block with curved balconies and an outdoor unit fixed low on its side wall. By DesiBoy101. CC BY 4.0. Cropped and resized; any maker's name blurred.
• A leafy Bandra street seen from a high flat through the diamond mesh of a window grille. By Fredericknoronha. CC BY-SA 4.0. Cropped and resized; any maker's name blurred.
• Low-rise flats and palm trees in Bandra with a hazy line of towers behind. By Fredericknoronha. CC BY-SA 4.0. Cropped and resized; any maker's name blurred.
• A tree-lined street in the Hindu Colony area of Dadar with parked cars. By Deccantrap. CC BY-SA 4.0. Cropped and resized; any maker's name blurred.
• A dusty road in Thane East with auto-rickshaws around a flyover pillar, and flats with outdoor units behind. By Rajendra B. Aklekar. CC BY-SA 4.0. Cropped and resized; any maker's name blurred.
• A row of tall apartment blocks in Chennai under heavy blue-green storm cloud. By Joel Samuel Raj. CC BY-SA 4.0. Cropped and resized; any maker's name blurred.
• Rows of cream and white apartment towers at Hitec City, Hyderabad, on rough ground. By Nikhil B. CC BY-SA 2.0. Cropped and resized; any maker's name blurred.
• Yellow office and shop buildings in Ameerpet, Hyderabad, seen from a raised metro line with a red roof below. By Pinakpani. CC BY-SA 4.0. Cropped and resized; any maker's name blurred.
• Rows of society towers at Hyderabad on rough ground under a clear sky. By Nikhilb239. CC BY 3.0. Cropped and resized; any maker's name blurred.
• A white outdoor unit on a bracket on a plaster wall, with pipes running above and a tin roof below, its maker's name blurred. By Dinkun Chen. CC BY-SA 4.0. Cropped and resized; any maker's name blurred.
• Dark monsoon clouds over the Eastern Freeway with Mumbai towers in silhouette. By Sayyed Tabrez. CC BY-SA 4.0. Cropped and resized; any maker's name blurred.
• A swollen stream running over black rock at Rajmachi in the Sahyadri hills. By Swayamjeet201. CC BY-SA 4.0. Cropped and resized; any maker's name blurred.
• A hand holding an air conditioner remote, with the indoor unit out of focus on the wall behind. By Shixart1985. CC BY 2.0. Cropped and resized; any maker's name blurred.