Tennessee is the 16th most populous state in the nation, home to more than 6.8 million people. The landscape ranges from the Appalachian Mountains in the east to the Mississippi River, which makes up its western border. From Memphis to the Great Smoky Mountains, here are a few glimpses of the landscape of Tennessee and some of the wildlife and people calling it home.
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Thunderstorms pass over spring colors in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, seen from Morton Overlook in eastern Tennessee. #
Rodney Atkins performs at the Seventh Annual Music City Gives Back concert in downtown Nashville on June 5, 2017. #
On Memorial Day, young adults gather for an afternoon of fun at Twisted Falls (also known as Twisting Falls) in Carter County, Tennessee, on May 28, 2012. #
Fireflies gather in the Great Smoky Maintains National Park. #
Jeff Arnett, the master distiller at the Jack Daniel's Distillery in Lynchburg, Tennessee, tests the aroma of whiskey taken from an aging barrel in one of the barrel houses at the distillery on May 20, 2009. #
A view of downtown Gatlinburg and the surrounding Smoky Mountains #
Motorcycles crowd in front of the taverns and cafés on Beale Street during a weekly Bike Night in Memphis, Tennessee. #
A sculpture of Rosa Parks, photographed inside a bus, part of an interactive exhibit in the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis #
Lindon Demery carries an American flag into the arena before the start of competition at the Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo on March 31, 2017, in Memphis, Tennessee. #
Cypress trees with autumn colors stand in Lake Reelfoot in northwestern Tennessee. #
The historic Customs House Museum and Cultural Center stands in Clarksville, Tennessee. #
The 256-foot waterfall at Fall Creek Falls State Park in Spencer, Tennessee #
Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder perform during Bluegrass Underground at the Cumberland Caverns on May 22, 2010, in McMinnville, Tennessee. #
A black bear cub plays in Cades Cove, part of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. #
A treetop skywalk, photographed at Gatlinburg's Anakeesta theme park #
The Titanic Museum, a tourist attraction in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, photographed on January 9, 2014. The museum has more than 400 artifacts directly from the ship and its passengers, a replica of the Grand Staircase and third-class hallways, and an iceberg that visitors can touch. #
A view of downtown Nashville and the Cumberland River, seen from John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge #
Carrie Underwood performs in front of the Parthenon in Nashville's Centennial Park during the 2019 CMT Music Awards on June 5, 2019. #
Kudzu envelops trees and ground cover beside a road in rural Tennessee. #
The barn at Noah Ogle Place in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Noah Ogle Place is a homestead consisting of several buildings originally built in the 1880s, and is now part of the park, and on the National Register of Historic Places. #
Cannons stand in Duncan Field at Shiloh National Military Park, a park set aside to preserve the Civil War battlefields of Shiloh and Corinth. #
An aerial view of downtown Chattanooga and the Tennessee River #
The Hunter Museum of American Art, as seen from the Walnut Street pedestrian bridge in Chattanooga on June 19, 2015. The switchbacks at lower right are part of the Tennessee Riverwalk. #
The start of the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway on August 19, 2017, in Bristol, Tennessee #
A misty photograph of Cades Cove Road in eastern Tennessee #
A coyote hunts for breakfast in Cades Cove. #
A barn, photographed near Sparta, Tennessee #
An aerial view of a neighborhood in Jackson, Tennessee #
A fan takes a photo of herself at the Meditation Garden, where Elvis Presley is buried alongside his parents and grandmother, at his Graceland mansion on August 12, 2017, in Memphis. #
The Golden Sunsphere, built for the 1982 World's Fair, stands in World's Fair Park in downtown Knoxville, photographed on October 9, 2019. #
An interior view of the Delta Atrium in Nashville's Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center, seen on February 27, 2018 #
The band Exclusive performs at Silky O'Sullivan's on Beale Street in Memphis on June 23, 2018. #
The Memphis Tigers celebrate their victory with fans against the UCLA Bruins on September 16, 2017, at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee. #
An autumn landscape, photographed around the campus of Milligan College, in the city of Elizabethton, on October 18, 2012 #
Light from the setting sun shines through a snow-covered forest in Roan Mountain. #
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