The Blue Ridge Parkway
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Twisted, jagged, rocky “crags” give Craggy Gardens its name, but these high elevation summits are home to the most spectacular floral display along the 469-mile Blue Ridge Parkway corridor.
The Great Craggy Mountains, commonly called the Craggies, are a mountain range in western North Carolina, United States. They are a subrange of the Blue Ridge Mountains and encompass an area of approx. 194 sq mi. They are situated in Buncombe County, North Carolina, 14 miles northeast of Asheville
A b/w rendition of an earlier color shot of a typical view when driving Alberta's spectacular Icefields Parkway. Most beautiful drive I've been blessed to enjoy numerous times.
Here I'm driving north towards Dolomite and Watermelon peaks.
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A typical shot seen along Alberta's stunning Icefield Parkway.
Here we have a view looking northwest at Mount Athabasca (of the famous glacier) and Hilda Peak.
A closer look in comments.
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one of the most beautiful reagions in the world. The icefields parkway in the canadian rockies. Somewhere between Banff and the Columbia Icefield
On the way to Columbia Icefield...
The splendour of the Icefields Parkway (Hwy 93) can hardly be overstated: a 230-kilometre road from Lake Louise to Jasper through the heart of the Rockies, it ranks as one of the world's ultimate drives. Its unending succession of huge peaks, immense glaciers, iridescent lakes, wild-flower meadows, wildlife and forests - capped by the stark grandeur of the Columbia Icefield - is absolutely overwhelming.
Took this LE shot on a overpass on 395 in Northern Virginia. From there I managed to get this shot GW Parkway. The lighting was spotty due to the fact that some of the lamp post did not turn on. I was trying to capture the sunsetting in the background and a vast array of light trails.
I always enjoy a good scene, but it is so much more interesting when there is a story that goes with it. While visiting, I met a woman whose grandmother was born in this cabin. I can't imagine what that would have been like.
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Awestruck. Driving home from Georgia to Minnesota on a stretch of the Blueridge Parkway in North Carolina, we were graced by scenes like this. The dilemma is, does one take pictures or sit in amazement? Did a little of both.
These conditions lasted about 45 minutes.
The Icefields Parkway (aka Highway 93) is 230 km long one of most spectacular drives in the world. It connects Banff National Park and Jasper National Park.
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this shot was about 25 minute before sunrise no filters used here and the trees at this level were showing early spring leaves
755 km Blue Ridge Parkway is one of the most scenic routes in the United States. Here, the road passes through Pisgah National Forest near Asheville, North Carolina.
Overture, curtain, lights
This is it, the night of nights
No more rehearsing and nursing a part
We know every part by heart
Overture, curtain, lights
This is it, you'll hit the heights
And oh, what heights we'll hit
On with the show this is it
Tonight, what heights we'll hit
On with the show this is it!
If you know what theme song that is, you probably had as wonderful a misspent youth as I did. You may be wondering why it is relevant here. There are still some things in this life that can motivate me to be up and out at 0’dark-thirty. Rough Ridge, along the Blue Ridge Parkway, is a perennial favorite “thing.” It’s a bit of a hike up under gear, and you had better have a good flashlight, as Rough Ridge is – well – rough to hike in the dark. Once you reach this spot, layers, gloves, and a hat are necessities this time of year, too, as cold wind is relentless as you wait for the “show” on the rock ledge. And, if conditions work out, what a show it is.
At around sunrise, my solitary perch started to get a little crowded. For me, reverie is blown with a crowd of one, though I don’t mind sharing. This was more. Per typical of late, a few lacked any semblance of camera etiquette, or etiquette whatsoever, with one trying to convince me that sitting in front of my camera would be okay. I responded with, “As long as you’re okay with me chucking you off this rock.” As there is quite a drop behind me, she got the picture, so to speak. All the others behaved after that… sometimes, just the right nuance makes all the difference. Sunrise did not disappoint, so much a visual palette mindful of ‘as in Heaven, so on Earth’ as the sky mimics the autumn color. A couple of days later, most all this autumn splendor would be gone with the wind. It was a blessing to capture a piece of it. I was pleased with the morning on the hike down. As I met others on the way up, I wondered if I should tell them how sunrise knocked our socks off. Nah!
Look close to see second tiny meteor next to big meteor (right lower side of big meteor). Perseid Meteors in the Moonlight over the Blue Ridge Parkway (LOVE)
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