Dry Spanish farmlands
Amorphous forms of hatched wheat plots, freshly cultivated areas and irregularly shaped lands covered with uncultivated dry vegetation were shaped by late streams and reliefs. |
Spots of harvested wheat fields on the slopes of the hills where the moisture content of the soil helps the plantations survive the hot and dry summer season. |
Cultivated landscapes reveal diverse layers of soil that has been deposited thousands of years ago by rivers of the Ebro catchment area. |
Farmers use small parcels to level the sloping terrain in order to retain the rare rainfall. The Landscape is gray because of the high concentration of borax in the soil. |
Stacks of straw, piled on the top of a hill next to a wheat field at sunset in the blue hour. |
Farmers create small parcels to level the sloping terrain for easy cultivation and sparse rainfall. |
Patterns of alternating olive and wheat fields south of Madrid, in the catchment area of the Cedrone River, where these two crops can withstand extreme drought and high summer temperatures. |
(Source: boredpanda)