Blue Ridge Mountains, Rhododendron, sunrise

Blue Ridge Mountains, Rhododendron, sunrise

Morning over the Blue ridge Mountains in Western North Carolina. Taken along the Blue Ridge parkway. Blooming Catawba rhododendron line the foreground with the Appalachian Mountains in the background.

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