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Welcome to a section of the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina, roughly between ~MP (milepost) 370 (Craggy Gardens picnic area) to ~MP 345 (Highway 80), both north of Asheville, NC. Sunday, October 21, was a sunny and warm day, with nary a cloud in the sky...
...with 2-legged crowds out the wazoo!, As I always try to do, I kept those humanoids hidden from my photographs!
Most of this stretch is in the Black Mountains of the Blue Ridge, home to Craggy Gardens and Mt. Mitchell, the latter of which is the highest elevation east of the Rocky Mountains. The above pic is from the southeast flank of Mt. Mitchell...
Oh, the color gods are decrying a dull leaf change this year...please don't waste your time telling me that...the highest elevations were past peak (Craggy Garden peak below) , but the 4500-foot levels were stunning (above)...
The Black Mountain range was so named because of the density of spruce and related evergreens, which give the highest peaks a very dark appearance...of course, between acid rain and the Woolly Aphid infestations, many of the evergreen forests are under attack and dying at a rapid rate...
Still, the beauty remains, especially where the dark greens mix in with the other rich fall foliages...
The sun was bright and warm, and the shadows rather pronounced and harsh...with the sun at my back, the photos came easily...
But with the sun at my side, well...it was almost a no-win situation resolving the significant difference in exposure values for the hazed hills versus the colored foreground...
One of my favorite stomping grounds is Linville Gorge, pictured in the horizon below, taken from the south flank of Mt. Mitchell. The two pointed 'peaks' are Hawksbill Mountain (left) and Table Rock (right), both on the east rim of Linville Gorge proper...
Aw, enough jawin', already...just enjoy the pics, and be prepared to answer the following trivia question at the end: Mt. Mitchell was named after Dr. Elisha Mitchell who died one night bushwhacking down the north side of the mountain on June 27, 1857...so what was the name of the peak before it was named after him?
(the above three shots were from the south flanks of Mt. Mitchell and the Black Mountains)
The answer to the trivia question? Black Dome.
Ya learn somethin' new every day, eh? Enjoy the Moment of Now!
Welcome to a section of the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina, roughly between ~MP (milepost) 370 (Craggy Gardens picnic area) to ~MP 345 (Highway 80), both north of Asheville, NC. Sunday, October 21, was a sunny and warm day, with nary a cloud in the sky...
...with 2-legged crowds out the wazoo!, As I always try to do, I kept those humanoids hidden from my photographs!
Most of this stretch is in the Black Mountains of the Blue Ridge, home to Craggy Gardens and Mt. Mitchell, the latter of which is the highest elevation east of the Rocky Mountains. The above pic is from the southeast flank of Mt. Mitchell...
Oh, the color gods are decrying a dull leaf change this year...please don't waste your time telling me that...the highest elevations were past peak (Craggy Garden peak below) , but the 4500-foot levels were stunning (above)...
The Black Mountain range was so named because of the density of spruce and related evergreens, which give the highest peaks a very dark appearance...of course, between acid rain and the Woolly Aphid infestations, many of the evergreen forests are under attack and dying at a rapid rate...
Still, the beauty remains, especially where the dark greens mix in with the other rich fall foliages...
The sun was bright and warm, and the shadows rather pronounced and harsh...with the sun at my back, the photos came easily...
But with the sun at my side, well...it was almost a no-win situation resolving the significant difference in exposure values for the hazed hills versus the colored foreground...
One of my favorite stomping grounds is Linville Gorge, pictured in the horizon below, taken from the south flank of Mt. Mitchell. The two pointed 'peaks' are Hawksbill Mountain (left) and Table Rock (right), both on the east rim of Linville Gorge proper...
Aw, enough jawin', already...just enjoy the pics, and be prepared to answer the following trivia question at the end: Mt. Mitchell was named after Dr. Elisha Mitchell who died one night bushwhacking down the north side of the mountain on June 27, 1857...so what was the name of the peak before it was named after him?
(the above three shots were from the south flanks of Mt. Mitchell and the Black Mountains) The answer to the trivia question? Black Dome.
Ya learn somethin' new every day, eh? Enjoy the Moment of Now!
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