Pictures taken on September 12, 2007 from across central east Tennessee showing the drought of 2007

View of Cherokee Lake looking upstream from US Highway 25E bridge in Bean Station, Grainger County, TN. The lake normally is not this low until about February, if then.

View of Cherokee Lake from the top of Clinch Mountain, Grainger County, TN.

Corn field near the Nolichucky River near Lowland, Hamblen County, TN. The corn in most fields is a total loss this year.

Dead grass at the observation point on Clinch Mountain, Grainger County, TN.

View of Douglas Lake from middle of a boat ramp in Cocke County, TN. The ramp is completely out of the water.

This boat ramp on Douglas Lake, Cocke County, TN is 330 feet long and is completely out of the water.

View from middle of boat ramp on Douglas Lake, Cocke County, TN looking up toward boat docks.

View looking across Douglas Lake, Cocke County, TN toward boat docks completely out of the water. The distance is approximately a half mile.

Douglas Lake with English Mountain in the background. The distance to the opposite shore is about 3 miles.

Dying trees on a hillside at Lowland, Cocke County, TN.

Dying brush on Clinch Mountain, Grainger County, TN.

The Nolichucky River at Lowland, Cocke/Hamblen County line, TN. Notice the drying trees under stress, even at waterline.

A close-up of the stressed trees on the Nolichucky River, Cocke/Hamblen County line, TN.

A wetland in Morristown, Hamblen County, TN. This is a stopover for migratory birds of all kinds. Even the cattails are dying.

A close-up of the bottom of a wetland in Morristown, TN. The cracks in the mud are between 12 and 15 inches deep.

Dying cattails in the wetland.