Expanse of Ripe Wheat on the Plateau: the Colors of Apulian Summer

A wheat field in the full summer ripening offers a spectacle of intense colors. The golden ears, ready for harvest, move in the wind creating waves reminiscent of the sea surface. This image captures the essence of Murgian agriculture, where durum wheat represents the main crop. The shades vary from intense yellow to bronze, with some areas already showing the darker tones of fully ripe ears. The blue sky and white clouds provide a backdrop to this landscape that has been repeated identically for millennia, inextricably linking the identity of these lands to cereal cultivation.

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