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This series of photographs in La Vanguardia's Readers' Photos captures an important episode of frost in Bajo Aragón, with the rose, mallow and almond tree in bloom enduring the frost.
Frost is a meteorological phenomenon that consists of a drop in ambient temperature to levels below the freezing point of water and causes the water or vapor in the air to freeze, depositing it in the form of ice on surfaces, such as It can be seen in these snapshots of Alcorisa (Teruel).
Precisely, the almond tree blooms much earlier than other fruit trees, which usually wait for the arrival of spring. It can be said that winter is like spring for almond trees.
The flowering of almond trees generally occurs around the months of February and March, but it is increasingly observed that it occurs in mid or late January, as has also happened this year.
In most of the almond-producing regions of Spain, you can see almond trees in bloom at this time of year.
