A drive in the clouds... by GhostBear1890

Photography • Scenic • posted on Jan 29, 2012

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Description

Fall on the Cherohala Skyway. .At over 3000 feet in elevation these are clouds, not fog.

Comments (18)

MarkR151

8:48PM | Sun, 29 January 2012

Beautiful! Where is the Cherohala Skyway?

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eekdog Online Now!

8:55PM | Sun, 29 January 2012

fabulous capture! love the clarity and colors, and love the mystery of the mist.

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GhostBear1890

8:56PM | Sun, 29 January 2012

It runs across the top of the mountains from Tellico Plains, TN to Robbinsville, NC. It was taken through the car windshield at speed.

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Richardphotos

9:07PM | Sun, 29 January 2012

very beautiful and superb depth of colors

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Tako_Yakida

9:15PM | Sun, 29 January 2012

Awesome work and amazing place.

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photosynthesis

9:38PM | Sun, 29 January 2012

Nice shot. In addition to the clouds, the touch of red in the trees make this special...

West_coaster07

9:41PM | Sun, 29 January 2012

Excellent capture!!!

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Kindredsoul

9:49PM | Sun, 29 January 2012

nice trees very pretty, lets drive thru the clouds

MrsLubner

11:34PM | Sun, 29 January 2012

Here we have Tule (toolie)fog. Tule fog is a low cloud that forms when cold mountain air flows downslope into our valley during the night, pooling in the low areas until it fills the valley. I recently heard it forms from the ground up instead of the sky down. I hate being caught in the Sierra or coastal mountains on a lovely day, turn on an "S" curve and run into this type of fog. Gorgeous shot with lots of color and wonderful pov.

whaleman

1:07AM | Mon, 30 January 2012

Lovely shot, and looks like a newly minted roadway as well!

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hipps13

1:27AM | Mon, 30 January 2012

cool warm hugs, Linda

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BIPOLARTWO

4:25AM | Mon, 30 January 2012

Gorgeous scene great colour's and the brightness of the yellow line's Leading into the mist is brilliant..

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Feliciti

5:14AM | Mon, 30 January 2012

cool but dangerous moment for drive through ,but like the colors of the trees too!!

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GhostBear1890

5:30AM | Mon, 30 January 2012

There are other places on the road where you can better see the clouds as they come across the mountains. The highest point on the road is a little over 5300 feet. Unless it's a very sunny day, driving through clouds on the Cherohala is a common occurrence. And yes, the road had been repaved not long before we drove it. The Cherohala has been oped since 1996 and cost approx $100,000,000 to build the 50 mile stretch. It's one of America's Scenic Byways. It's not far from the Smokies, Foothills Parkway, Tail of the Dragon and the Blue Ridge Parkway.

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