CASTELLUCCIO
The plateau of flowers.
Castelluccio di Norcia
One of the highest inhabited centers of the Apennines, surrounded by a huge plain cultivated by its own residents. Famous for the blossoming fields in June and July, boasting a thousand colors, giving the landscape a picturesque appearance, unique in the world!
One of the magical features of Castelluccio. In the picture on the cover, a panoramic view of the Milky Way while in the fog-filled plain, there is the optical phenomenon called Fog Bow caused by the diffraction of the moonlight.
The place gives emotions that can hardly be transmitted through a simple image. Here I decided to spend the night observing that wonderful sky, listening to the cowbells of the distant pastures with the scent of that light and clean air.
During the very first hours of the morning, the plain is covered by dense fog that, seen from above, looks like a huge carpet of clouds with the small village of Castelluccio that shyly emerges. A fairytale moment between delicate colors, warm and cold shades
It was enough to wait a few minutes for the sun to cross the threshold of Mount Vettore to see the fog take on the appearance of pure gold!
After that, a wonderful field of cornflowers, the sun was slowly setting, and its weak light filtering through the clouds seemed to caress all those flowers. A fantastic explosion of colors!
The sky was covered by clouds and on the horizon you could see the first flashes that let you know rain is coming, however, even in this case, the colors were incredibly fascinating, a condition of light that made all those poppies look like velvet.
