Rain and the forest

Figure 2. Thunderheads roll in on a summer afternoon. (Photograph by Dirk Frankenberg. More about the photograph)

The source of the water that cascades down the gorges is shown in Figure 2. This photograph was taken in mid-afternoon on an August day and shows thunderheads boiling up on the south side of the Blue Ridge at the head of the gorges. It rained within an hour after this picture was taken.

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