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Sunset over three ridges in West Virginia

Location: Shenandoah National Park, Virginia

Date: October 2000

Camera: Canon EOS 5

Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L USM with Canon Extender EF 2X

ID Number: #CEE7372


  Other photographs in the "shenandoah autumn foliage" collection:

Fog-enshrouded tree in mist and light rain near Dickey Hill

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East-facing autumn foliage caught in golden sunrise near Pinnacle Peak

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A stark pair of trees at sunrise near Pinnacle Peak

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Autumn foliage soon after sunrise near Skyland

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Sun touching tops of trees near Hawksbill Gap

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Sign detailing Confederate general Stonewall Jackson's cunning marches up and down Shenandoah valley during Civil War

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A near-sunrise snippet of Skyline drive, built by President Roosevelt's Civilian Conservation Corps after the Great Depression

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A misty morning looking west from Skyline drive toward route 340 and farms near the town of Stanley, Virginia

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Dark Hollow Falls, a 70-foot series of cascades that becomes the Rose river, at midday

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Closeup of Dark Hollow Falls, a 70-foot series of cascades that becomes the Rose river, at midday

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Hikers in Big Meadows, a mammoth manmade clearing at top of mountain

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Autumn foliage in Big Meadows, a mammoth manmade clearing at top of mountain

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Autumn foliage as day's end nears

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Rocks and a sheer drop to the valley below

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Raptor of unknown species, one of a family apparently nesting just west of the Rockytop overlook

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Cliff topped by autumn foliage

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Last rays of the sun touching the tops of mountains near Turk Gap

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Sunset viewed from Calf Mountain, with one or two lights from the Waynesboro suburbs visible

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Keywords: sunset-over-west-virginia / Volume: 13

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Sunset over three ridges in West Virginia