This is the headwaters bog for a primary tributary to Big Run on Backbone Mountain. The trees in and immediately around the bog are spruce, Picea rubens, including these drowned snags. I think beavers are still active here. You can see a large lodge left of center here. The bog is also home to lots of carnivorous pitcher plants, (Sarracenia purpurea I believe). They have plenty to eat here!

I don’t know much about bogs, but I believe this bog is quite different from the Canaan Mountain bogs. Yes, I’m sticking my neck out here, but I believe this one was at one time a shallow lake or large beaver pond that has over time sedimented and formed a matt of vegetation. Unlike the Canaan Mountain bogs that are clearly on a slope, this bog appears to be flat. It also has more water under it and there are some areas of open water. It feels different.

80-200mm Zeiss Vario-Sonnar CY, Nikon 800e, Lr4, Ps CS6.