It was while I was on the Appalachia Service Project (ASP) trip in Southeast Kentucky in Fall of 2008 that I came across this scene. The entire trail I walked upon seemed to have powerful streams of light that danced across the leaf covered ground.

The trees were so massive and the canopy of leaves seemed endless. What caught my eye here was the way the light was shining through the trees and how the leaves on the ground seemed to capture the light and hold it. I was also drawn to the erosion beneath the trees exposing the root system. The massive rocks that were nestled in next to the trees seemed to almost support them.