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.
Category Archives: Great Smoky Mountains
Getting a sunrise image with the sun just rising, and the mountains shrouded in fog, and the trees just getting illuminated is harder than I thought. Getting setup was okay, but it was cold for an early October day and although I had on a ski jacket and ski gloves, I kept taking them on...
Anticipation. After spending 20 minutes trying to figure out why my low pressure sensor in my Outback came on, by the time I arrived at the Clingman’s Dome parking lot, the sky was already starting to lighten. The paved path to the top is short at 1/4 to 1/2 mile or so, but the grade...
Clingman’s Dome, where this image was taken, is the second highest point east of the Mississippi. At a height of 6,643 feet, this is actually at a lower altitude than places I’ve previously lived. Growing up near the Sierra Nevada’s and mountaineering in the Rockies, you get a different perspective for landscapes. Western US mountain...