The name "Smoky" comes from the natural fog that often hangs over the range and presents as large smoke plumes from a distance. This fog is caused by the vegetation exhaling volatile organic compounds, chemicals that have a high vapor pressure and easily form vapors at normal temperature and pressure.
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Readyville TN
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Lake Ocoee TN
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Lake Ocoee TN
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Haynesville NC
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Aquone NC
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Fontana Dam NC
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Great Smoky Mtns Nat'l Park NC
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Great Smoky Mtns Nat'l Park NC
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Wolf Ford NC
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Upper Hominy NC
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Old Fort NC
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Old Fort NC
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Meat Camp NC
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Meat Camp NC
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Blacklick VA
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Damascus VA
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Konnarock VA
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Konnarock VA
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Mountain City TN
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Shady Valley TN
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Bristol TN
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Watauga TN
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Johnson City TN
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Johnson City TN
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Clinchport VA
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Sneedville TN
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Rutledge TN
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Cades Cove TN
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Knoxville TN
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Lancing TN
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Strunk KY
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Marrowbone KY
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Austin KY
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