An Atlas of Virginia, second edition, was published by the Virginia Geographic Alliance in 2002.
It was produced by Laurence W. Carstensen, Robert W. Morrill, and Joseph D. Enedy of the Virginia Geographic Alliance and made possible by grants from the Virginia Geographic Alliance, the Virginia Department of Education, and the National Geographic Society. The following photographs appeared on a CD that accompanied the Atlas.
Major categories are set up as separate “albums,” available in the boxes below. You may view each album as a slideshow or as a set of thumbnails, which can be enlarged by clicking on the photo.
Foothills and parallel ridges of the Ridge and Valley region
South Fork of the Shenandoah River Valley within the Great Valley of Virginia
Early Fall along the western edge of the Blue Ridge Mountains and in the Ridge and Valley region
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Sign for Endless Caverns along the west side of the Massnutten Mountains of the Ridge and Valley region
Sinkhole in valley floor north of Harrisonburg
Sinkhole in a pasture north of Harrisonburg
Volcanic plug in the distance, west of Harrisonburg
Burke’s Garden in Tazewell County
Overlooking the Burke's Garden agricultural valley in southwest Virginia
Late Fall along a ridge line of the Ridge and Valley of southwest Virginia in Montgomery County
Ridge and Valley in southwest Virginia with parallel ridges separating narrow valleys
Ridge and Valley topography
Small agricultural valley within the Ridge and Valley region
One of many old metal smelting furnaces close to ore sources in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Augusta County
Furnace of stacked limestone with fire chamber in Augusta County
RV18 Dairy farm in central Shenandoah Valley with Massnutten Peak in background
