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Subject: [Leica] Why they are called the Smokies?
From: images at comporium.net (Tina Manley)
Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2011 17:19:55 -0400
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I love the Smokies.  Those are beautiful.

Tina

On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 8:54 AM, Wayne Torry <wtorry at vbar.com> wrote:

> Two closer views of The Smokies from 5,000'+ on the North
> Carolina-Tennessee border.
> Just before and just after sunset. These are not the final print versions.
> I did a bit of work with Lightroom to lighten the images overall so that
> they printed with detail in the shadows and foreground. However, the 
> "smoke"
> is still there.
> October 18, 2010 a few miles north of Boone, NC.
>
> <
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/venchka/Boone/Sun+Visible+Pano+2-1.jpg.html
> >
>
> <
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/venchka/Boone/Sundown+Pano-3+Final-1.jpg.html
> >
>
> Thanks for looking.
> Wayne
>
>
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> Today's Topics:
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>   1. Why they are called the Smokies? (Lawrence Zeitlin)
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> Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2011 10:18:38 -0400
> From: Lawrence Zeitlin <lrzeitlin at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Leica] Why they are called the Smokies?
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> Ken asks:
>
> Why they are called the Smoky Mountains:
>
>
> On the far right, in the far distance, are the rising hills of southern
> North Carolina:
>
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/kennybod/IMG_7596.jpg.html
>
> - - - - -
>
> It is because of the nearly perpetual haze in the air in the summer months.
> The haze is caused by air borne tree pollen which deteriorates in the
> bright
> sunlight to form "natural" smog. Of course the smoke from moonshine stills
> adds to the ambience.
>
> Larry Z
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-- 
Tina Manley, ASMP
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