Cascades of the Oconaluftee
Newfound Gap Road (US-441) meanders through the Great Smoky Mountains National Park following the contours of several rivers to include this, the Oconaluftee River.
I was fortunate enough to drive through during the middle of the week while most U.S. schools were still in session, limiting the number of other tourists and travelers. This afforded me the opportunity to take in the serenity of nature and take pictures without too many people in the frame.
Part of the Southern Appalachian Biosphere Reserve, Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the most visited National Park in the United States with well over 11 million visitors per year and is home to over 10,000 known species of plants and animals. The park also experiences higher levels of precipitation than nearly everywhere in the United States outside the Pacific Northwest and Hawaii and is home to one of the largest areas of deciduous, temperate old growth forest on the continent.
Recognition:
Selected for Display - FEB 2022, National Parks of the United States (online gallery) by R Gallery + Wine Bar in Boulder, Colorado.
Selected for Display - 2021 Nature Homage exhibition at d'Art Center in Norfolk, Virginia.
Cascades of the Oconaluftee
Newfound Gap Road (US-441) meanders through the Great Smoky Mountains National Park following the contours of several rivers to include this, the Oconaluftee River.
I was fortunate enough to drive through during the middle of the week while most U.S. schools were still in session, limiting the number of other tourists and travelers. This afforded me the opportunity to take in the serenity of nature and take pictures without too many people in the frame.
Part of the Southern Appalachian Biosphere Reserve, Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the most visited National Park in the United States with well over 11 million visitors per year and is home to over 10,000 known species of plants and animals. The park also experiences higher levels of precipitation than nearly everywhere in the United States outside the Pacific Northwest and Hawaii and is home to one of the largest areas of deciduous, temperate old growth forest on the continent.
Recognition:
Selected for Display - FEB 2022, National Parks of the United States (online gallery) by R Gallery + Wine Bar in Boulder, Colorado.
Selected for Display - 2021 Nature Homage exhibition at d'Art Center in Norfolk, Virginia.