Many of the Fraser Firs were dying as a result of acid rain





Then the fog rolled in after a tumultuous storm:




I believe this is why they call it the Smokey Mountains:




A 10 shot photomerge that I did not trim down to size---it just looks nice the way it is (IMO)




















Many of the pine were dying as a result of the southern pine beetle

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Many of the Fraser and balsam firs have been killed by the balsam woolly over the last 50 years.

There is a beatle that is killing the Douglas firs in WA, OR, and BC. It is killing stands of firs so big that they are contemplating building a wood fired power plant to consume the now dead trees. Really sad.

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I believe there are Moths, Beetles and some Worms causing damage to these trees.
I also remember a program from and in Canada where the males of these species were irradiated to produce sterile larvae.

Rudie

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Wowzer thank you for sharing all the photos...
Rudie

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“Stay Hungry Stay Foolish"
Steve Jobs

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Bernard Mickey Wrangle<>Tom Robbins<> "Still Life With Woodpecker"

"There is a fine line between a rut and a groove"
G.D. Kittredge III

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I believe this is why they call it the Smokey Mountains:

Yes. The Blue Ridge Mountains get their name from the fact that the trees release Isoprene into the atmosphere, causing the blue haze.

.....did SMOKE get in.....your eyes.....also....???

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.....did SMOKE get in.....your eyes.....also....???

Yes...it was very humid...my glasses frosted over many times...

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