Most likely a cell phone tower, but with the sun rising and the fog off in the valley, it looks more like a remote outpost in Antartica than the highest point in the Great Smoky Mountains.
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There always seems to be a lot of time to capture sunsets while the sun is still up. To me, as soon as the sun dips below the horizon, darkness seems to come quickly. This is true up on the Indian Seats. The trail up is to the east of the highest hill, so the...
Spooky, eerie mists My last trip to the Blue Ridge Mountains was an overnight trip. I headed up to get afternoon and sunsets photos, then woke real early for some sunrise shots. The morning this picture was taken it drizzled off and on for a good three hours. Pockets of drizzle or rain would come...
A lot of the overlooks on the Blue Ridge Parkway overlook large swaths (swatches, groups??) of trees. At this stop I walked down about 40 feet into the trees and was bathed by the yellow light from the afternoon sun filtered through the oak trees. In this area there are so many that is looks...
The Blue Ridge Mountains are still covered in green even in early October. A few trees have started succumb to cooler weather and shorter days. Technically fall, but this year we have had a long, warm, and dry late summer / early fall. This was taken at the Devil’s Courthouse, while safely behind the rock...