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Photographing Cataloochee, the quieter side of the Great Smoky Mountains

Posted on July 15, 2018, 5:59 pm, by QT Luong, under Locations.
With more than 10 million visitors per year, Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the most visited of the national parks, and its most popular area is Cades Cove which receives over 2 million visits per year, more than many large entire parks. Cades Cove is so popular because it has a bit of everything […]
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Photographing the Great Smoky Mountains Synchronous Fireflies

Posted on June 24, 2018, 5:12 pm, by QT Luong, under Locations.
One of nature’s most wondrous light shows occurs during the synchronous fireflies mating season, when the bugs flash at once in a silent symphony of sparks. Synchronous fireflies exist only in a handful of places in the world, with Great Smoky Mountains National Park being the most well known. In this article, I explain how […]
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Photo Spot 34: Great Smoky Mountains National Park – Clingsman’s Dome

Posted on July 15, 2010, 1:21 am, by QT Luong, under National Parks Photo Spots.
The Appalachians, largest mountain range in the Eastern US, culminates at its southern end in North Carolina and Tennessee. Those two states split Great Smoky Mountains National Park, which preserves one of the finest virgin deciduous forest in the world. The top of Clingsman’s Dome is the highest point in the Park, at 6,643 ft […]
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