Video: Rockslide on U.S. Highway 64 in Tennessee

November 11, 2009 rockman Geologic Hazards 1
Frame grabs from a video of a rockslide on US Highway 64 in the Ocoee River gorge in Tennessee on November 10, 2009

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Video Source: Chattanooga Times Free Press.

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