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Title: Ephraim Bales Cabin in Autumn Canopy
Location: Ephraim Bales Cabin, Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee
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The Ephraim Bales Cabin is situated within a dense canopy of hardwood trees along the Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail, surrounded by a vibrant sea of green foliage interspersed with golden autumn color. The historic log structure appears almost enveloped by the surrounding woodland, its weathered exterior blending into the layered branches and leaves that form a continuous frame around it. Captured during the transition from late summer to early fall, this image illustrates the intimate scale at which early mountain dwellings were constructed within the forest environment, where the boundaries between human habitation and the surrounding natural landscape are inseparable.