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![Spring Cleaning Spring Cleaning](https://www.smliv.com/downloads/1101/download/essay01.jpg?cb=1bdcf4867af55b9044357cb9dc3cd026&w={width}&h={height})
Jo Harris
Spring Cleaning
Delano, Tenn.
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![Bear Cubs Bear Cubs](https://www.smliv.com/downloads/1102/download/essay02.jpg?cb=d43f0f9d7f28265aa6a2f46461504b14&w={width}&h={height})
Jon & Regina Phillips
Bear Cubs
Cades Cove, Tenn.
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![Elkmont chimney Elkmont chimney](https://www.smliv.com/downloads/1103/download/essay03.jpg?cb=eaddcadd2fa7cf47ebccceacecdf6243&w={width}&h={height})
Gary Pinholster
Elkmont chimney
Elkmont, Tenn.
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![Myrtle Point Myrtle Point](https://www.smliv.com/downloads/1104/download/essay04.jpg?cb=504b2c3e4d6022b6a334777ee1ec2bef&w={width}&h={height})
John Northrup
Myrtle Point
Mount LeConte, Tenn.
5 of 7
![Spring blooms Spring blooms](https://www.smliv.com/downloads/1105/download/essay05.jpg?cb=a6d2e32e8327c9ef2f6f30eb6f6d5a0b&w={width}&h={height})
Richard Kennedy
Spring blooms
Toe Valley, N.C.
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![Schoolhouse Gap Trail Schoolhouse Gap Trail](https://www.smliv.com/downloads/1106/download/essay06.jpg?cb=f31da1d4519d54f407d378f40cb8cb9a&w={width}&h={height})
Mary Meiners
Schoolhouse Gap Trail
Schoolhouse Gap Trail, Tenn.
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![View of High Rocks View of High Rocks](https://www.smliv.com/downloads/1107/download/essay07.jpg?cb=343fd6a27a88a1cbb6c0fdc28316a065&w={width}&h={height})
John Northrup
View of High Rocks
Clingmans Dome, Tenn.
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