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Carla Passmore
Photo Essay, August 2018
Caney Fork Overlook
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Robyn Scott
Photo Essay, August 2018
View from the Blowing Rock, Blowing Rock, North Carolina
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Mike Koenig
Photo Essay, August 2018
Whitetail doe
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Mike Koenig
Photo Essay, August 2018
Blue Ridge Sunset
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Jim Joyce
Photo Essay, August 2018
Wildflowers
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Carla Passmore
Photo Essay, August 2018
Blue Ridge Parkway
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Nick Breedlove
Photo Essay, August 2018
Whitewater Falls, near Cashiers, North Carolina
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Kent Rowell
Photo Essay, August 2018
Morton Overlook before sunset
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