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Video: Fun with Falling Rocks

October 31, 2007 rockman Available Resources Comments Off on Video: Fun with Falling Rocks

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A massive rockslide closed a busy interstate route last week near the border between Tennessee and North Carolina in Pigeon River Gorge. This area has had landslide problems in the past. In 1997 a rockslide in the same area closed the freeway for approximately 3 months. (Photo from Landslides Under a Microscope Blog, original source not cited)

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