On the shores of the majestic Mount Cotopaxi, one fateful day in 1877, the flora that had reigned over the ashes for centuries was destroyed by the wrath of a volcano. Like rivers of fire, the pyroclastic torrents, scorching everything in their path, left behind a landscape of destruction that still stirs memories today. The powerful and resounding explosion shook the earth with its thunder, announcing to the flora its power and the fragility of time in the face of nature.