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alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) in Florida
American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis). The species is found in...
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Intracoastal Waterway, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
The Intracoastal Waterway (right) at Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
© Joe Viesti/Viesti Associates, Inc.
Suwannee River near Chiefland, Fla.
The Suwannee River near Chiefland, Fla.
Florida News Bureau, Florida Department of Commerce
Florida: Everglades National Park
Everglades National Park, Florida.
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Tallahassee, Florida: Lake Bradford
Cypress trees in Lake Bradford, Tallahassee, Florida.
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waterspout
A waterspout off the Florida coast, photographed from the air.
Dr. Joseph Golden/NOAA Central Library
Mangroves with palms
Mangroves and palms line the Loxahatchee River in southeastern Florida.
Photograph, © George Wuerthner
Everglades
Freshwater marsh with saw grass, palms, and cypress trees, in the Everglades, southern...
Jeff Greenberg/Peter Arnold, Inc.
Florida: white ibis
Two white ibises (Eudocimus albus) in Florida.
Jim Mathisen/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Florida alligator
An alligator basking near a tram full of tourists in Everglades National Park, southern...
Phil Sandlin/AP Images
Big Cypress Reservation in the Everglades, Florida
Aerial view of a reconstructed Seminole encampment at the Big Cypress Reservation...
Robert Kippenberger, Seminole Tribe of Florida, Billie Swamp Safari, Big Cypress Reservation, Everglades, Florida
Jacksonville, Florida
Riverfront and skyline of Jacksonville, Florida.
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St. Augustine, Florida: Bridge of Lions
Bridge of Lions, spanning the Matanzas River, St. Augustine, Florida.
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New Horizons liftoff
Liftoff of the New Horizons spacecraft aboard an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral...
NASA/KSC
Florida State University
Landis Hall, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida.
Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA
Castillo de San Marcos National Monument
Castillo de San Marcos National Monument, St. Augustine, Florida.
Jonathan Zander
Cà d'Zan mansion in Sarasota, Fla.
The Cà d'Zan mansion, formerly the home of John and Mable Ringling, in Sarasota,...
Cliff Harden/Shostal Associates
Hernando de Soto in Florida
Hernando de Soto in Florida, 16th-century engraving by Theodor de Bry.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Second Seminole War
Troops stationed at Tampa Bay, Florida, during the Second Seminole War.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Tampa: cigar workers
Workers at the Tierra del Lago Cigar Co., Tampa, Florida, 1909.
National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division (LC-DIG-nclc-04508)
Key West, Florida
Key West, Florida, the southernmost city in the conterminous United States. The city,...
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South Beach section of Miami Beach
Art Deco buildings in the South Beach section of Miami Beach, Florida.
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Hurricane Dennis
Strong winds from Hurricane Dennis, which struck Florida in June 2005.
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