Classroom » Multimedia
Trees damaged by acid rain on Clingmans Dome
About this photograph
- Date created
- September 16, 2005
- Location
- Swain County, North Carolina
- License
- This photograph copyright ©2005. Terms of use
Related media
Learn more
- Search LEARN NC for acid rain, Clingman's Dome, Clingmans Dome, forests, Great Smoky Mountains, North Carolina, pollution, Smoky Mountains, Swain County, Tennessee, and trees.
In the classroom
- See our collection of articles on visual literacy for ideas on using photographs meaningfully in the classroom.
These are trees on Clingmans Dome that have been damaged by acid rain. Disease, pests, and acid rain kill hundreds of trees on the mountain every year.
Clingmans Dome is the second highest point in the eastern United States, trumped only by Mount Mitchell. It is located half in North Carolina and half in Tennessee, along the state line. The views from the mountain are fantastic. On clear days, it is possible to see for over 100 miles into the distance from the dome’s observation tower, but pollution unfortunately limits the average viewing distance to about 22 miles.
