Published 16:10 IST, May 10th 2020
Video: Poplar fluff burns to reveal the grass below, netizens call it 'surreal'
The Calgary city burned a white cloak of poplar fluff on the green areas as policy is to remove trees that were dead,dying, severely diseased, or public threat.
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A video of an accidental torching of a park in Spain's Calahorra has left netizens flabbergasted. 55-second clip that has amassed over 36,000 views portrays a fire that blazes on boundary of park but proceeds like a wave without scorching wooden benches and trees in path. In a surreal visual experience, fire was a planned phemen with purpose of smoldering poplar seeds.
Originally shared on Reddit by user named RosaryIsles, clip portrays Fluff Burning practice in Spain that is a visual retreat in which poplar tree seeds burn like a line of fire across a field. Unusual, to say least, video looks like a digital edit, however, it has really been shot in Spain. Social media users have been rendered speechless to watch popular video shot at park (Parque del Cidacos) in Calahorra, a municipality in La Rioja, Spain. A local media outlet reported that “white cloak” had covered Parque del Cidacos for last few days, but that this fire suddenly turned everything green, in literal translation.
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Fire eliminated 'lint'
On a web p dedicated to information about “fluff” phemen in Spain, city of Calgary wrote, “Poplar trees are most common shade trees found in Calgary. Poplars offer a number of unique advants to residents, but y’re still sometimes perceived as anying". “ City values all healthy trees and while our policy is to remove only those trees that are dead, dying, severely diseased, or posing a threat to public safety, we strive to find a solution to our city’s poplar tree concerns,” it furr explained. refore, city has burned a white cloak of poplar fluff on green areas as moment was captured by an individual. Calgary's Poplar trees website wrote, “fire has eliminated lint, revealing green color of lawn before gaze and surprise of those who have been caught that moment in park of town of La Rioja,” highlighting importance of practice.
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16:10 IST, May 10th 2020