You are surprised by the sudden sound of its engines when you don't see it coming, but then you quickly recognize it: its colors, its design, its low flight. A firefighting amphibious airplane is an aircraft that we are all familiar with since they have been around for 50 years. Few would disagree with the … Continue reading Seaplane
The Jarama, shortly after its birth, is a wild stream that enjoys running through the mountains, jumping between the rocks with the agility and skill of a cheeky youngster. After being fed by the waters from the highest peaks of Somosierra, it soon becomes a small but impetuous river that flows through mountain meadows, oaks, … Continue reading Sea of clouds and upper Jarama
"On September 1, 1730, between nine and ten o'clock at night, the earth suddenly opened near Timanfaya, two leagues from Yaiza. On the first night, an enormous mountain rose from the earth and flames escaped from the apex, which continued to burn for nineteen days. A few days later, a new abyss formed and a … Continue reading Volcanism
After the slow decline of the Pax Romana, there were many no man's lands: forested mountains, abandoned wheat fields, orchards filled with nettles and brambles, empty and ruined villages, burned down and forgotten. Between 711 and the year 1000, there were no more than four million inhabitants in the peninsula, mostly in the valleys of … Continue reading Watchtower
The history of planet Earth, with its different eras and periods, has gradually been shaped by the fusion of the conclusions of countless scientific investigations and the consequent geological history of many rock formations from each and every region of the world. Summary of geological eons, eras, and periods of Earth About 250 million years … Continue reading Winter in the Serranía de Cuenca
The Tagus river crosses the peninsula like a scar on the face, which, however, for millennia, adorned that land's face with life. Today, not anymore. The scar is rotten, full of contaminated sediments, bleeding wealth to a few in exchange for its death and the annihilation of its tributaries. But these first capillaries still remain … Continue reading Jaranda riparian
Like Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente, those of us born in the 60s and 70s owe a tribute of gratitude to Jaques-Ives Cousteau, a man with an immense adventurous spirit, an explorer who discovered a new world and awakened the curiosity and imagination of those of us who were regulars to his films. Cousteau was … Continue reading Undersea world
Rainy afternoons in late autumn bring the mind to melancholic, semi-dark and empty environments; to the sound of air and dripping water. It's the moment when I lie down, put on my headphones, search for Telegraph Road by Dire Straits on the list and close my eyes. I listen to the final part of the … Continue reading Aquatic insect larvae
Ice and silence, sub-zero water and winter. Life that stays alive above and below the water, even though we think it hibernates, sleeps, hides, or migrates far away. But it's still there, doing its thing, you just have to look closely, go outside well bundled up, not stay in the abandoned house, and keep walking … Continue reading Ice river
Any reader will enjoy immensely the books "The Forest Unseen: A Year's Watch in Nature" and "The Songs of Trees: A Journey Through Nature's Connections" by David George Haskell, a biologist and writer who was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2012. Some people think that to understand ecology, one must embark on daring … Continue reading Forests and mushrooms
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