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Autumn Color - 2024 Album 1 |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2024) |
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Autumn Color - 2024 Album 1 |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2024) |
| 1 - October 23, 2024 I made my annual "foliage drive" through the Tuni Gap - Tusquitee Gap loop. The color was pretty nice at the higher elevations. A mix of ground and drone images are included. |
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| Colorful ridge as I headed up the mountain |
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| More color on the ridges |
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| 1st of 3 drone flights - foliage looking west |
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| Drone view of mountain to the north |
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| Looking down - a section of Tuni Gap Rd. is visible |
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| Back down on the ground, and further up the road |
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| Roadside color This is one of the two high elevation points on the loop, each at about 3700 feet. |
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| More roadside color |
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| 2nd drone flight, nice color to the east |
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| View south along Clear Creek valley, toward Tusquitee Gap |
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| More nice color to the east |
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| View north to Nantahala Lake |
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| Back on the ground, looking up at a colorful ridge. |
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| 3rd (and longest) drone flight View south to Tusquitee Gap with Lake Chatuge barely visible way in the distance. |
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| View southeast Ridge leading to Tusquitee Gap in foreground, Chunky Gal on horizon. |
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| Looking down on more colorful foliage |
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| Nantahala Lake, from further south than the earlier flight. |
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| View to the northwest |
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| Tusquittee Range on the left side |
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| Looking due west toward the Tusquitee Range |
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| Nice color as the drone was descending |
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| Colorful valley as the drone came down |
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| View east |
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| Another little valley |
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| Back on the ground, a roadside view as I came down the mountain. |
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| 2 - Later in the week, a few foliage shots around our house |
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| Maple leaves |
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| View down on our house Still quite a few leaves hadn't turned yet. |
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| Roughly a 130 degree panorama, with Skut Knob to the left, cloud- shrouded Eagle Mtn at center-right, and Buck Knob at far right. |
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| A couple of days later, above our driveway. |
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| After a quick shower... When the leaves are wet, the color is always more vivid. |