Smell of life || Monomad

Hello passionate about black and white and details again. This time I jump from iron to nature. From industrial to natural, although both environments have their authentic charm. These landscapes are incredible even in black and white. This area is covered by mountains full of pine trees. Here you can breathe a very special smell, as if you never want to leave. Many of these pines are harvested for their resin, which the locals say is used to make rubber. It is a very valuable raw material in the industry.

I have seen that cuts are made diagonally across the trunk, at the average height of the human, so that the resin goes down by gravity to a small bucket embedded in the same pine at the end of the cuts. How many pines are there here in these mountains ready for this process? No idea, I can't even remotely imagine. Recently there was a fire of great proportions here that devastated a large part of the pine forest, the result of the intense drought or of some human negligence. It has been several months since this incident and everything is green again. Nature never rests, it always surprises us with its infinite vitality. With these images I want to enter the daily challenge #monomad. Bye!

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Olor a vida

Hola apasionados del blanco y negro y de los detalles nuevamente. Esta vez salto del hierro a la naturaleza. De lo industrial a lo natural, aunque ambos entornos tienen su auténtico encanto. Estos paisajes son increíbles hasta en blanco y negro. Esta zona está cubierta por montañas repletas de pinos. Aquí se respira un olor muy especial, como para no salir nunca. A muchos de estos pinos se les recolecta la resina, dicen los habitantes de acá que es para hacer caucho. Es una materia prima muy valiosa en la industria. He visto que se les hacen unos cortes en diagonal y cruzados al tronco, a la altura media del humano, para que la resina baje por gravedad hasta un pequeño balde incrustado en el mismo pino al final de los cortes. ¿Cuántos pinos habrán aquí en estás montañas ya listos para este proceso? Ni idea, ni lo imagino remotamente. Hace poco hubo aquí un incendio de grandes proporciones que devastó gran parte del pinar, obra de la intensa sequía o de alguna negligencia humana. Ya hace varios meses de este siniestro y se ve todo verde nuevamente. La naturaleza no descansa, siempre sorprende con su vitalidad infinita. Con estas imágenes quiero hacer entrada al reto diario #monomad. Bye!

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^{Both the text and the images are of my authorship. Text translated by DeepL, my native language is Spanish. Nikon D5100 camera.}