Photo credits

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  Elevated view of a lake channel between wooded points in fall color, with distant blue mountains

  Photograph Lake Blue Ridge (53294085500) by Stephen Rahn from Acworth, GA, USA, released under CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and resized.

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  Wide open lake water leading to a forested shoreline and layered blue mountains under white clouds

  Photograph Lake Blue Ridge viewed from Morganton Point by Thomson200, released under CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and resized.

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  Open lake water with a wooded peninsula and a ridge of mountains beneath a cloudy sky

  Photograph Lake Blue Ridge (19938477368) by Thomson20192, licensed under CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and resized.

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  Calm lake with a concrete intake tower, wooded points and distant blue mountains under scattered clouds

  Photograph Lake Blue Ridge 2013 by Thomson200, released under CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and resized.

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  Sun setting over a lake behind a far ridge, with silhouetted trees and a gazebo on a dock at right

  Photograph Sunset over Blue Ridge Lake – panoramio by Idawriter, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and resized.

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  Boat docks and covered slips on a lake below a wooded hillside with a house among the trees

  Photograph Lake Blue Ridge Marina – panoramio by jwshaw, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and resized.

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  Rock-faced dam with a tall cylindrical surge tank and brick powerhouse beside the river

  Photograph Blue Ridge Dam – panoramio by Thomson M, licensed under CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and resized.

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  Grassy dam face, cylindrical surge tank and brick powerhouse reflected in the river

  Photograph Blue Ridge Dam by Tennessee Valley Authority, in the public domain. Cropped and resized.

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  Clear river flowing past a gravel bank and leafy trees, with power lines on the far side

  Photograph Toccoa River 2013 by Thomson200, released under CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and resized.

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  Riffling river water framed by green summer trees on both banks

  Photograph Toccoa River in Fannin County, June 2017 by Thomson200, released under CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and resized.

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  Calm green river between grassy banks and shade trees, with small-town buildings beyond

  Photograph Toccoa River – panoramio (1) by Thomson M, licensed under CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and resized.

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  Steel truss railroad bridge over a misty river, framed by trees

  Photograph Train trestle over Toccoa River – panoramio by jwshaw, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and resized.

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  Aerial view of a small mountain town main street and rail line at sunset, with wooded hills beyond

  Photograph Downtown Blue Ridge, Georgia, in Fannin County at sunset 04 by Harrison Keely, licensed under CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and resized.

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  Red-brick corner building and storefronts on a quiet street at sunset under pink clouds

  Photograph Downtown Blue Ridge, Georgia, in Fannin County at sunset 02 by Harrison Keely, licensed under CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and resized.

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  Gray-blue wooden depot building with white trim beside a paved lot and rail line

  Photograph Blue Ridge train depot – panoramio by Thomson M, licensed under CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and resized.

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  Passengers in an open railcar look out as the train curves through green woods

  Photograph The Blue Ridge Scenic Railway in Blue Ridge, Georgia, US by Harrison Keely, licensed under CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and resized.

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  Red diesel locomotive numbered 8704 with passenger cars on a gravel rail yard

  Photograph Blue Ridge train – panoramio by jwshaw, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and resized.

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  Brick commercial building at a street corner with a white church steeple down the road

  Photograph Downtown Blue Ridge – panoramio (2) by Thomson M, licensed under CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and resized.

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  Cream-colored courthouse with a columned entry and a sign reading Fannin County Courthouse

  Photograph Fannin County, Georgia Courthouse by Thomson200, released under CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and resized.

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  Painted oval sign marked GA and TN on a post beside brick storefronts along a sidewalk

  Photograph Georgia-Tennessee Line, McCaysville-Copperhill by Thomson200, released under CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and resized.

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  Steel truss road bridge with a Ga./Tenn. State Line sign at its entrance

  Photograph Steel bridge – panoramio (1) by Thomson M, licensed under CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and resized.

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  Brick railroad depot with a metal roof beside a red boxcar on the tracks

  Photograph Mineral Bluff Railroad Depot by Chris Teasdale, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and resized.

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  Wooden trailhead kiosk and timber steps at the edge of a leafy green forest

  Photograph Aska trail – panoramio by Thomson M, licensed under CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and resized.

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  Forested mountain rising above a green pasture with a fence line in the foreground

  Photograph Big Bald Mountain (left) and Horsepen Mountain (right) (20118557312) by Thomson20192, licensed under CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and resized.

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  Waterfall spilling over dark rock ledges scattered with fallen autumn leaves

  Photograph Fall Branch Falls (22256071605) by Thomson20192, released under CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and resized.

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  Clear creek tumbling over mossy boulders under rhododendron and hardwood trees

  Photograph Noontootla Creek, Fannin County Georgia – panoramio by Scott Long, licensed under CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and resized.

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  View from a wooded summit over treetops to distant hazy ridges

  Photograph Springer Mountain view by Thomson200, released under CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and resized.

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  Rounded forested mountain above an open meadow and a curving rural road

  Photograph Big John Dick Mountain, Fannin County, Georgia by Thomson200, released under CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and resized.

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  Rolling green pastures with a wooden fence, scattered barns and distant cloud-capped mountains

  Photograph Fannin County landscape, August 2021 by Thomson200, released under CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and resized.

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  Terraced orchard rows on a hillside above a curving pond under a clear blue sky

  Photograph Mercier Orchards, Fannin County, GA, Feb 2017 by Thomson200, released under CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and resized.

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  Hillside of fresh spring trees overlooking distant blue mountain ridges under dramatic clouds

  Photograph “Come to the woods for here is rest.” -John Muir (Explore) – Flickr – Olin Gilbert by Olin Gilbert from U.S.A., licensed under CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and resized.

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  Large multi-story log home with wide decks behind a meadow of yellow wildflowers

  Photograph Big Log House – panoramio (1) by jwshaw, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and resized.

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  Log home with gabled roofs surrounded by fresh snow and snow-covered evergreens

  Photograph Big Log House – panoramio by jwshaw, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and resized.

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  Two-story white frame house with double porches beneath a large old tree

  Photograph Colonel Michael McKinney House, Blue Ridge, GA by Carol M. Highsmith, in the public domain. Cropped and resized.

The film on the home page

The film at the top of the home page is cut from six of the photographs credited on this page: Lake Blue Ridge in autumn, the Toccoa River, the Blue Ridge Scenic Railway, downtown Blue Ridge at sunset, the spring ridges and Morganton Point. Slow pans and cross-fades only; nothing in it is generated.