Appalachian
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The sun slowly sets over the Appalachians of the Smoky Mountains bringing the end to the day. Shot was taken from the Clingmans Dome Parking lot in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park !
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Taken from the parking lot at Clingmans Dome,GSMNP. The mountain was named for Brigadier General Thomas Lanier Clingman, by Arnold Guyot a geographer. Clingman in the 1850’s was the first to accurately measure the height of the mountain. The mountain was called Kuwa’hi (the mulberry place) by the Cherokee. This is where the legendary great bear chief and doctor dwelled.In whose magic bath the wounded bears are restored to health…Settlers first called it Smoky Dome then later was called Mount Buckley before Guyot named it offically
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The John Oliver Place built mid 1850’s.It is located on the Cades Cove Loop in the Smoky Mountains
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Taking a few minutes before my “Days End”. The colors are much cooler showing why these are known as the lower Blue Ridge Mountains. The foggy mist is why these particular mountains became known as the Smokys the colors and layers of ridges drew me to this shot. So often in making sunset/sunrise shots photographers shoot one or two shots and move on. This time of day is one of rapidly changing tones. Some of the most dramatic shots can be made after most have left or got there. When the clouds are illuminated by the sun after/before it has pasted the horizon. Those photographers willing to slow down an spend some time will be the ones fully enjoying this time of day when the warm/cool colors met, mingle, and drift apart. As you can see between the 2 shots 2 minutes make a dramatic difference. Clingmans Dome Area Great Smoky Mountain NP / Most recently featured in MASTERS OF THE SCENIC Camera: Canon Rebel Xti / Lens: Canon 28-135mm / Focal Length: 100mm / Manual / Shutter Speed: 1/4s / Aperture: 10 / ISO: 100 / Tripod: Bogen / Filters:Hoya Polarizer / Cable Release / Format:RAW
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Fall isn’t to be out done by Spring with all the new beginnings and shades of green. For a brief time it bursts into a splendor of warm color just before the dead of Winter.This is the Middle Prong Little River located in the Tremont section of the GSMNP Camera: Canon Rebel Xti… Lens: Canon 28-135mm…. / Focal Length: 44mm… Aperture Priority… / Shutter Speed: 1/2 s… Aperture: f/8… / ISO: 100… Tripod: Bogen…… Bias 0.0 EV… / Filters:Hoya Polarizer… Cable Release… / Format:RAW
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B&W of Carter Shields cabin located in the Cades Cove area of the Smoky Mountains
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I have been here and seen the coming of man to my rivers. In my shadows have walked wildlife that no longer walk here. From my lofty peaks you can see for many miles. Once I stood higher than the far western mountains. I may have shifted and changed but I remain. My rivers are cold and my forest cool. From my bowels man has both feed himself and built his shelters. He has raped my slopes for my wood. Fought wars within me. I still survive. Mist still shroud my valleys. Flowers still shine their beauty for all to see. Come walk my paths an fish my streams. Stand on my peaks and walk my valleys. Loose yourself within yourself as your cares fade away when your with me. I am the Great Smoky Mountains, the Great Iron Mountains, Far Blue Mountains, the Sha-cona-ga. Most just call me the Smokies, and I remain. And a quote from John Muir “The mountains, are fountains, not only of rivers and fertile soil, but of men
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Early mourning is so calming and peaceful. The fog that has shrouded the landscape is slowly lifting. Nature seems to be in slow motion and hush. Sit and enjoy what God has gave you. Let nature enfold completely, your whole being, completely covering you with its serenity……..Cades Cove GSMNP
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46 years ago . . . / MCN:C7E08-6BDA6-CF492 / The copyright and the original photographs property of Helen Bascom. FEATURED ART by RedBubble 22 January 2009 Visit Active Art TTV frame shot by me layered on a second photograph
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Sepia Toned of a previous…Morning sun filters through the trees at John Olivers Cabin with a few dogwoods in the background…..The Oliver’s bought land in the Cove in 1826 and this cabin site remained in the family until the Park was established. The house is typical of many found on the eastern frontier in the mid-1850s, and reflects the skills and techniques brought into the mountains by descendants of British and European immigrants…..Split-rail fences require much more timber than other types of fences, and so are not common in areas where wood is scarce or expensive. However, they are very simple in their construction, and can be assembled with few tools even on hard or rocky ground. They also can be built without using any nails or other hardware; such hardware was often scarce in frontier locations.These fences are sometimes refered to as Worm Fence due to the back and forth placements…This cabin is located on the Cades Cove Loop Road, in the Great Smoky Mountain N.P.
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Morning sun filters through the trees at John Olivers Cabin with a few dogwoods in the background…The cabin is almost completly surrounded by split-rail fence also…...The Oliver’s bought land in the Cove in 1826 and this cabin site remained in the family until the Park was established. The house is typical of many found on the eastern frontier in the mid-1850s, and reflects the skills and techniques brought into the mountains by descendants of British and European immigrants. This cabin is located on the Cades Cove Loop Road, in the Great Smoky Mountain N.P.
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6/21/09 ~ Featured in Seasonal Scapes ~ Thank you!!!!!!! 6/7/09 ~ Featured in Country Roads Around the World – Thank you very much!!!!! / . / The old railroad that led to Rausch Gap, an old coal mining town in the 1800’s, is now a gorgeous country road in the forests of the Appalachian mountains. It is popular for hiking and biking and runs approximately 20 miles from Goldmine Road (near Tower City) to Dauphin, PA. Taken 5/23/09. / . / / . /
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Initially, early settlers utilized iron deposits found in bogs along North Carolina’s coast. As exploration expanded, large deposits of iron ore were discovered in the mountains several hundred miles to the west. In fact, by the early 1800s, the range we now refer to as the Great Smoky Mountains was known throughout the growing United States as the Great Iron Mountains. The combination of abundant iron ore and vast tracts of timber in close proximity to one another gave our region a natural ability to produce a large variety of iron products
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The Little River Road is about 18 miles long. It runs between the Sugarland Visitors Center at the Gatlinburg entrance to the Smoky Mountains and the Wye in Townsend. Once you pass the road going to Elkmont Campground it snakes through the gorge along the sides of Little River. Its one of the more popular drives in the Smokies. Numerous pull offs offer unending possibilities to get out and explore the river. Fall colors can be spectacular. Along the route there is a picnic area, waterfalls, and hiking trails. The road may not be for the timid, not use to mountain roads. In some places you are on the edge of the river on one side and against a rock bluff on the other. It seems narrower than it looks and has room for motor homes to meet, so drive slow and enjoy. It is one of two ways to get to Cades Cove. From it you can also enjoy fly fishing, kayaking or just playing in the water. Tubers often dot the river on the Wye end in summer. Camera: Canon 40D… Lens: Canon 24-105 f/4…. / Focal Length: 24mm… Manual… / Shutter Speed: 2s… F/Stop: 16… / ISO: 100… Tripod: Bogen…… Bias 0.0EV… / Filters:B+W Polarizer… Cable Release… … / Format:RAW
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Early morning view of mountain ridges and valleys from the Appalachian Trail near Carver’s Gap and Roan Mountain on the North Carolina/Tennessee border. / In mid to late June, this area is covered with pink and purple rhododendron and flame (orange) azaleas in bloom. / Nikon D50 18-55 kit lens. CP filter / Photomatix HDR -3 exposures /
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View from Clingmans Dome parking lot.The early settlers refered to these as the far blue mountains amoung other names
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Late fall on the Middle Prong located in the Greenbrier Area of the Smoky Mountains Camera: Canon Rebel XTi / Lens: Canon 28-135mm / Focal Length: 44mm / Aperature Priority / Shutter Speed: 1/6 Second / F/Stop: 16 / ISO: 400 / Ev Bias0.0 / Tripod: Bogen / Filters:Hoya Polarizer / /
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A shower before the storm in the Great Smoky Mountains. This was made from the breezeway or dog-trot of Ephraim Bales Cabin, located along the Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail. Two types of fencing can also be seen in the picture. A rock wall on the left and a wooden picket fence on the right. The sound of the rain falling in the forest was as relaxing for me as it was for Ephraim over a hundred years ago.
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Fall is a wonderful time. Nature shows off some of her most beautiful colors. The air begins to cool and it becomes pleasant to be outside after the scorching summer. Most wildlife becomes more active with winter feeding and mating rituals. Fall is a fabulous time, so get out and enjoy. Take a hike or just find a quit place to relax, but get out and toss your cares to the wind….image taken from the Oconaluftee Valley Overlook on the NC side of Newfound Gap Rd.,GSMNP
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Danielle Davenport suggested I try this… not done this in a while…..The hardest part was trying to get the letters to where you could read all them….....words and image © 2008 Gary L. Suddath
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The Henry Whitehead Place located just off the Cades Cove loop in the GSMNP…..A brick chimney, rare for the Smokies, was made of brick molded and fired on the property….the older cabin in back was built almost entirely with a felling axe under emergency circumstances. Rough-hewn logs with jagged ends, and the rubble stone chimney show the most hasty kind of construction. This pair of dwellings represents about the roughest and finest of log construction in the Smokies.
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Stunning fall color in the hills of Tennessee
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One of the more modern structures in Cades Cove. A lot of the barns that were there, have gradually fallen in and nature reclaimed them. I can remember back to when a few people still lived in the Cove. They were allowed to live there by an arrangement with the park service when the land was sold. They are all gone now including those that stayed in the cabins in the Elkmont area. This barn sits beside the Cades Cove Loop Road. It still is in great shape and will probably out live me. I wish I had thought and taken the time 30 years ago and shoot a lot of the structures that are forever gone. Hind site is always better than foresight. Never pass up a chance for a shot, what you pass up today may be gone tomorrow…a block and tackle was often hung from the overhang of the roof to pull hay up and into the window up top.. image taken as mornings 1st light tops over the ridge to warm the already beautiful colors,and intensify parts of the field back of the barn…Cades Cove is located in the Great Smoky Mountains and one of the more heavily visited areas.
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This may not look to be that comfortable to ride. It was a lot easier that raking hay by hand. This old horse drawn hay rake could rake bout what 8 men could do in a given time. That would leave a lot of time for other chores. More often then not, one of the younger kids would drive the rake, and the older kids and men would gather and put up the hay. This was pulled thru the field of cut hay. The tines would collect the hay. When they were full the lever would be pull releasing the hay in a pile. Then it would be gathered and taken to where they stored it. This may be crude by today’s standards but in its hay days this was a major improvement to putting up hay…….image taken at the Mountain Farm Museum at the Cherokee NC entrance to the Great smoky Mountain NP
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