I See the Light
by Lisa Soots
Title
I See the Light
Artist
Lisa Soots
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
View of the sun going down behind Watauga Lake in Tennessee.
Watauga Lake, nestled in the Appalachian Mountains and the Cherokee National Forest in northeastern Tennessee, enjoys the most stunningly beautiful lake and mountain views in the 'Volunteer State'. Started in 1942 and finally dammed on the last day of 1948, Watauga Lake is the TVA's highest-elevated reservoir in Tennessee. Surrounded by densely forested mountains in the "high country", Watauga Lake sits 1,959 feet above sea level at "full pool" (full summertime elevation).
ames Mooney, an American anthropologist, said that that the meaning of Watâ'gi (commonly misspelled Watauga, Watoda, Wattoogee, and Whatoga) has been lost (Myths of the Cherokee, 1900). However, there are several conjectured meanings of "Watauga" that you can find online: "beautiful waters", "clear waters", "whispering waters", "running waters", "falling waters", "foaming at the mouth", "village of many springs", "broken waters", "river of plenty", and more. Regardless of its true semantic origins, most visitors agree that Watauga Lake is all of the above.
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August 14th, 2020
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Brian Tada
Absolutely spectacular lighting, perspective, colors and composition in this stunning and magnificent scenic portrait, Lisa! Breathtakingly awesome! F/L
Kathi Isserman
CONGRATULATIONS! Your FANTASTIC image has been FEATURED on the home page of "SHOWCASING THE SOUTH” L Please add the photo to the 2021 “FEATURED IMAGE ARCHIVE THREAD.” Thank you for participating in the group.