Isithombe: Ukuvunwa Kwegolide ku-Chelan's Hop Fields

Lesi sithombe sokwakheka kwezwe sinokucaca okuphezulu sithwebula isikhathi esibalulekile e-Chelan, Washington, phakathi nenkathi yokuvuna ye-hop ephezulu. Isimo senzeka ngaphansi kokukhanya okufudumele, okusagolide kwantambama, lapho ilanga lilenga phansi esibhakabhakeni, lenza izithunzi ezinde futhi ligeza yonke insimu ngombala oxubile we-amber. Imigqa yamabhobho avuthiwe anwebeka endaweni, izigaxa zawo eziluhlaza ezigqamile zisindwa yi-lupulin futhi zishwibilika kamnandi emoyeni. Ama-trellise—izigxobo zokhuni ezixhunywe izintambo ze-taut—zakha iphethini enesigqi eqondisa iso lombukeli emkhathizwe.

Ngaphambili, umdidiyeli wotshwala ongumakadebona umi ethule. Isambatho sakhe—ikepisi eliluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka nehembe leplaid eliluhlaza ngokumnyama—zihlangana kahle nezinhlabathi zasensimini. Izandla zakhe, ezithambile futhi ezilolongayo, zenza iqoqo lama-hop cones asanda kuvunwa. Isigaxa ngasinye sivundile, amacembe awo acwebezela amazolo abamba ukukhanya kwelanga njengama-prism amancane. Ukugqolozela komdidiyeli wotshwala kuyinhloso, inkulumo yakhe ingeyenhlonipho nokuhlolisisa, njengoba ehlola izinga lesivuno. Lo mzuzu ubonisa ukuxhumana okuseduze phakathi komlimi nesithako, lapho ubuciko buqala khona hhayi endaweni yokuphuza utshwala, kodwa emhlabathini.

Indawo emaphakathi iveza ihhanela lendabuko elomisa i-hop, isakhiwo esinezitezi ezimbili esinophahla oluphakeme kanye ne-conical vent emhlophe. Isisekelo sayo sokhuni esiqinile kanye nesisekelo sezitini sikhuluma emashumini eminyaka okusetshenziswa, futhi i-silhouette ye-kiln yenza ithunzi elingama-angular kuyo yonke insimu. Umnyango omkhulu wokhuni kanye nefasitela elincane elingaphezulu elibonisa ukusebenza kwangaphakathi—lapho amahops omiswa khona ukuze kugcinwe amafutha awo anephunga elimnandi futhi alungiselele ukuphiswa kwawo. Iziko limi njengophawu lwamagugu, elihlanganisa abasebenzi bezolimo ngobuciko bokwenza ubhiya.

Ngalé kwehhavini, indawo ivula ukhahlamba lwezintaba ze-Cascade. Iziqongo ziphakama ngendlela emangalisayo, ukuma kwazo okumazombezombe kuthambisa inkungu yebanga nokukhanya okusagolide. Ezinye iziqongo zimbozwe iqhwa elihlala isikhathi eside, kuyilapho ezinye zimbozwe emahlathini aminyene ahlala eluhlaza. Lezi zintaba zinikeza ihange elibonakalayo elinamandla, elikhumbuza isibukeli ngendawo emagebhugebhu yale ndawo namandla emvelo alolonga isimo sezulu nomhlabathi wayo—okulungele ukutshalwa kwe-hop.

Ukwakheka kulinganiswe ngobuciko: umenzi wotshwala ubamba indawo engaphambili efanele, imigqa ye-hop idala ukujula nokunyakaza, kanti iziko nezintaba kunikeza umehluko wezakhiwo nokwakheka komhlaba. Ukuhlangana kwemidwebo—kusuka kumakhoni athambile namagxolo amaholo kuya esitini esibushelelezi neziqongo zamadwala—kwengeza ukunotha okuthintekayo. Ukukhanyisa kuthuthukisa lobu bunzima, ngokugqamisa okufudumele kanye nezithunzi ezipholile ezidala isigqi esibonakalayo esiguqukayo.

Emkhathini, isithombe sivusa umuzwa wokuzola nenjongo. Umoya cishe ugcwele iphunga elimnandi lama-hop amasha, ahlangana nephunga lomhlaba oshiswe yilanga nophayini oqhelile. Umoya uphephula amaqabunga, futhi ukutshiyoza kwezinyoni ngezikhathi ezithile kuphawula ukuthula. Isikhathi esimisiwe—lapho imvelo, isiko, nekhono lomuntu kuhlangana khona.

Lesi sithombe akuwona nje umfanekiso wenkundla ye-hop; kuwukulandisa kwendawo nenqubo. Ibungaza umgogodla wezolimo wokuphisa, isigqi sokuvuna sesizini, kanye nobudlelwano obuhlala njalo phakathi komhlaba nomsebenzi wezandla. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ibukwa ochwepheshe bezitshalo, abadidiyeli botshwala, noma abathandi bokuthwebula izithombe zezwe, inikeza ulwazi olunezingqimba olucebile oluhlonipha kokubili isayensi nomoya wokulinywa kwe-hop.

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