Tag Archives: Clouds

GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK
Hiking in the Clouds

Enjoy these great photos taken by Ann Froschauer during a hike to LeConte Lodge via Alum Cave Trail. I’m just saying … there’s a good reason they call it the “smokies.” This critter is a glassy grapeskin snail (Vitrinizontides latissimus), a snail whose shell is made of protein instead of the usual calcium (or so [...]

GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK
Spooky Storm Clouds

We had a bit of a storm here a couple of days ago. We got horizontal rain and fierce winds. Here’s a photo by Ann Froschauer that gives a sense of the impending storm.