#a2zchallenge & #SkywatchFriday Dam view
For my shutterbug enthusiasts, welcome to the fourth day of A-Z Challenge! I have signed on for the entire month of April to post daily, excluding Sundays, with the alphabet prompt. Do you know what the 4th letter is? That’s right! D, as is in dam (not damn) view. More precisely, Fontana Dam.
Just across the Tennessee state line in the neighboring state of North Carolina is the tallest dam in the eastern United States at 480 feet. More than 11,000 acres captures the Little Tennessee River to form Fontana Lake and produces hydroelectric power for TVA residents.
The Visitors Center is a great place for folks to get information about stuff to do in the area and while there it’s a nice educational experience to look back in history with the museum exhibits of the dam’s construction in 1941 and the town built around the project. To read more, click here.
On the observation deck just outside the Visitors Center, I took these photos.
By evidence of the vivid blueness of the sky, you might have guessed this day trip was spectacular for picture-taking, enjoying the outdoors, and roadside picnic. Of course, living in God’s country every day is a blessing when spent surrounded by His beauty.
Looking back at these photos, I can’t believe it has been almost 4-years since we visited Fontana Dam. The August outing was refreshing, and I plan to get DH to take me back before this year zips by.
Do you have a beautiful spot near a dam to visit in your area?
Linking up with other photographers each Friday from around the world for their skywatch perspective, here. Come join the fun!
6 Comments
Rorybore
we actually do have a dam in my small town. we are right on a big river that flows quite fast into the bigger Ottawa River. I can’t wait until summer time to go photography it with my Canon. The local beach we go to is further up the river and just beautiful. and clean water – although my American friends might find the 70 degree temperatures even in hot summer a bit daunting! 🙂
gorgeous country and pictures you always capture.
Cathy Kennedy
I would like to visit Canada. It’s beautiful country from the photos I have seen. Are you saying your temps are 70° in the summer? That doesn’t sound too bad to me. I am glad you enjoyed my photos!
Leovi
Lovely photos, I like!
Carver
Wonderful shots of the sky and hoover dam.
Anupama
I’ve some shots too… of a dam in Bhopal, capital of Madhya Pradesh, India. But they are not as beautiful as yours!
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Atul Tayade
awesome deep blue colors :). Nice to connect through the a to z challence