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NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2015

The Milky Way-filled night sky above North Carolina's Elk Falls
As photographed by KEVIN ADAMS

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Night S ky
Where to See, How to Photograph INSID E

Kevin Adams, longtime friend of the magazine, built himself
into the North Carolina waterfalls photographer-see the
books-and has since branched into other specialties, including photographing the night sky.
Inside the issue: Adams contributed not only a night-sky photo
essay for the issue, but also a list of great places to observe and
photograph the night: Blue Ridge Parkway, North Carolina/
Virginia; Highland Scenic Highway, West Virginia; Shenandoah
National Park, Virginia; Great Smoky Mountains National
Park, Tennessee/North Carolina; Pisgah Astronomical Research
Institute, North Carolina; National Radio Astronomy Observatory,
West Virginia.

JULY/AUGUST 2017

Eclipse cover
EAST TENNESS EE

DELI GHTS

INSIDER'S GUIDE TO 12
EXQUISIT E DINING ROOMS

Showing the Prince
a Thing or Two:

FUTURE KING OF BELGIUM
VISITS A WORKIN G MOUNTA IN
FARM 60 YEARS AGO

JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2016

Blue Ridge Parkway near Craggy
Gardens, North Carolina
Photo by JASON PENLAND

Magazine-biz talk: This was not only the first perfect-bound issue, and
the only oversize issue ever, but also what printers call a "film laminate"
treatment, for extra brightness and sharpness.

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Inside the issue: "From my earliest days,
I heard repeatedly that it is better to give
than to receive. I believe that those of
us who live in the Blue Ridge Mountains
are provided many opportunities to serve
others, and by doing so, we have changed
and improved our communities and ultimately enriched our own lives." -Guest
columnist and owner of the Mast General
Stores John Cooper, writing on his support, along with his wife, Faye, of dozens
of non-profits and other civic causes.

The magazine's only "topical" cover to
date, teasing toward the (then-) coming
total eclipse in parts of the coverage area,
a fact that helped the issue become a great
seller on newsstands.
Inside the issue: "It was my first, and so
far, only total eclipse of the sun. It was a
sight I've never forgotten. It was a sight I
want to see again." Writer/astronomer John
Goss, writing about the February 26, 1979
total eclipse, and preparing for the one to
occur on August 21, 2017.
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Mountain Must-Do's

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