The Blue Ridge

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Satellite image provided by NASA.

Date created: November 2, 2002
Location: North Carolina
License: This work is believed to be in the public domain. Users are advised to make their own copyright assessment and to understand their rights to fair use.

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Elevations and forest types along the Blue Ridge Parkway: A Carolina Environmental Diversity Explorations “virtual field trip” that explores the great diversity of forests in North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains. (Page 2)

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satellite view of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina

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The Appalachian Mountains look like burnished copper in this true-color Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image from the Terra satellite.

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