Change is natural. Change happens all the time. The Great Smoky Mountains’ Blue Ridge Parkway construction remnants reveal evidence of at least six billion years of change. Along the roadway are exposed mountain rocks clearly showing the layers of time. Read more here. Copyright 2024 Pamela BreitbergMuch of the Smoky Mountains is metamorphic rock, consisting of quartzite and shale. Some are the igneous rock, granite. This mountain range is the result of the movement of tectonic plates before and after Pangea (when the continents were one). These mountains missed being molded by the ice age. They changed primarily in recent time from weather events. The power of nature, as many have witnessed recently in this area can be sudden or extremely slow. Either way, the power of nature is most humbling. Copyright 2024 Pamela Breitberg
