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Long-exposure waterfall over mossy boulders – Antique Print

Long-exposure waterfall over mossy boulders — historic image
Long-exposure waterfall over mossy boulders. Historic image from the Blue Ridge Parkway collection.

(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

Description

This rare historic image captures Long-exposure waterfall over mossy boulders in remarkable detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.

The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. Perfect for a home, office, library or classroom wall, and a gift with a story behind it. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.

Long-exposure waterfall over mossy boulders

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The Blue Ridge Parkway runs for hundreds of miles along the crest of the Appalachians, and its waterfalls are often reached by short trails from roadside pullouts. This picture uses a long exposure to smooth moving water into a silky white band that spills over moss-covered boulders, a look that slows the flow to a soft veil. The Parkway was begun in the 1930s as a Depression-era public works project and was built to showcase the mountain scenery of Virginia and North Carolina. Long-exposure views like this one have become a familiar way to show how the region's streams and rock faces look when the water is given time to blur.

Original scan4,256 × 2,832 px · prints to 14 × 9 in at 300 dpi
Reference3029032802_47c15a9b53_o Skinny Dip Falls top detail billrhodesphoto

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