Sunlight streaming through the forest canopy hits a fallen leaf lying on the bank of Forge Coalen Ground Branch stream.

---

Early fall leaves in clear flowing streams.

---

Size: 4608px × 3456px
Location: Great Smoky Mountains National Park, TN, USA
Photo credit: © Thomas Schirtz / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

Keywords: autumn, bottom, branch, cades, coalen, color, contrast, countryside, cove, creek, dramatic, early, earth, environment, exploration, exploring, fall, fallen, floating, floor, forest, great, green, ground, high, hiking, late, leaf, leaves, light, lighting, mountains, national, natural, nature, outdoors, park, parsons, peaceful, reflections, road, rocks, scenic, seasonal, serene, serenity, smoky, stream, streambed, subdued, submerged, summer, tennessee, textures, tranquil, walk, wandering, water, wild, wilderness, woodlands, woods