This view high in the Tennessee 244,000-acre portion of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (over the ridges lie 276,000 more spectacular acres of the park in North Carolina) illustrates how the mountains and park got their name [graphic].

This view high in the Tennessee 244,000-acre portion of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (over the ridges lie 276,000 more spectacular acres of the park in North Carolina) illustrates how the mountains and park got their name [graphic]. Highsmith, Carol M., 1946- photographer. still image Digital photographs Color 2020-2030. gmgpc 2021-11-06. eng Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Heavy fog frequents the range, and the "smoky" effect is especially dramatic when tendrils of fog rise skyward out of the valleys. According to Wikipedia, "This fog is caused by the vegetation emitting volatile organic compounds, chemicals that have a high vapor pressure and easily form vapors at normal temperature and pressure." Credit Line: Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive. America Great Smoky Mountains Great Smoky Mountain National Park Fog in the Smokies Smokies United States Tennessee Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Carol M. Highsmith Archive. https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/highsm.68407 No known restrictions on publication.