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[edit] Blowing Rock, North Carolina

Blowing Rock is a rocky outcropping, at the town of Blowing Rock, North Carolina, above a gorge in Caldwell County, in the northwest of that state. The prevailing wind blows through the gorge toward Blowing Rock. There, at the end of the gorge, the wind's path of least resistance is up the steep slopes surmounted by the outcropping, resulting in a nearly vertical wind, typically quite strong, accounting for "Blowing" as part of the spot's name.
Blowing Rock is a rocky outcropping, at the town of Blowing Rock, North Carolina, above a gorge in Caldwell County, in the northwest of that state. The prevailing wind blows through the gorge toward Blowing Rock. There, at the end of the gorge, the wind's path of least resistance is up the steep slopes surmounted by the outcropping, resulting in a nearly vertical wind, typically quite strong, accounting for "Blowing" as part of the spot's name.
Reason
fills all the creteria of a feature picture
Articles this image appears in
North Carolina, Blowing Rock, Land Feature, Blowing Rock, NC, Caldwell County, NC
Creator
Zainub Razvi
  • Support as nominator — Zainub 17:18, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Oppose ENC value is a bit lacking, sure there are some mountain ranges but they are indistinct and not particularly notable. Overexposed haze in background is distracting. Lighting is pretty uninteresting and overall it isn't very eye-catching. sorry -Fcb981 03:47, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Oppose Per Fcb981. 8thstar 04:26, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment. Although the caption is quite detailed, it is actually unclear exactly where in the photo Blowing Rock is. Are we standing on Blowing Rock, looking out, is it somewhere else in the picture, or what? The image summary seems to suggest that we are probably on Blowing Rock ("This picture was taken from the Blowing Rock Park, and shows the Blue Ridge Mountains in the foreground and the Great Grandfather Range in the extreme background"), and if so, the caption should be clear on this. --jjron 08:06, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Oppose, sorry don't see much encyclopedic value here. --snowolfD4 ( talk / @ ) 15:39, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

Not promoted --Peter 05:06, 27 July 2007 (UTC)