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Autumn Color - 2021 Page 2 of 2 |
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Autumn Color - 2021 Page 2 of 2 |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2021) |
| 5 - November 3, 2021 I drove up and over Tuni Gap to the upper Nantahala River gorge and surrounding environs. Wanting to shoot some road-side waterfalls along the way, I had selected an overcast day. |
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| Along the road... |
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| Falls on the Nantahala River |
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| Another waterfall on the Nantahala River |
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| Nantahala River > |
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| Whiteoak Falls |
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| Whiteoak Falls |
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| Whiteoak Falls |
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| Opposite shoreline at Nantahala Lake |
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| Examples of foliage along Tuni Gap Road: |
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| Bob Allison campground |
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| Colorful ridge |
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| Probably a Hickory, going just by the leaf color... |
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| Another colorful ridge view... |
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| 6 - November 10, 2021 A week later, I took a hike along the Arkaquah Trail from Brasstown Bald to a favorite rock outcrop. The foliage views were past peak, but still colorful! |
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| Late afternoon sun brightens the view down into the Jacksonville neighborhood of Young Harris |
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| View to the north from rock outcrop |
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| Looking down into the headwaters of Green Branch. |
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| View to the NE toward Double Knob and Buck Ridges |
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| Outcrop view west The unnamed mountain that contains Blue Bluff is on the left. |
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| View toward the south |
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| I found some Gentians still in bloom on the ridge-line. |
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| Even with warm temps when I was up here, this bee seemed to be in a state of torpor after the freezing temps the previous weekend. |
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| Brasstown Bald summit |
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| Late afternoon sun on the leaves along Hwy 180. |
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| Spaniard Mountain, from Owl Creek Rd. |
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| Jones Mountain, from Owl Creek Rd. |