Ridge after ridge
Blue Ridge Mountains · 29 November 2025
Layer upon layer of forested ridgeline fading from green-black in the foreground to pale blue at the horizon.
The haze that gives the range its name is real. The trees themselves produce it, releasing volatile compounds - isoprene, mostly - that scatter blue light the same way water vapour does, and on a warm still day the Blue Ridge is blue because the forest is breathing.
Birds, insects, plants and other wildlife, mostly from Brooklyn, with some from further afield.
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