Georgia, the southernmost of America’s original 13 colonies, is now home to more than 10.5 million residents. Its landscape ranges from Appalachian Mountain vistas in the north to moss-covered maritime forests along the southeastern coast. Gathered here, a few glimpses into the lush, often historic features of Georgia, and some of the animals and people that call it home.
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Live oaks stand in the maritime forest of Cumberland Island National Seashore in southeastern Georgia. #
An aerial photo of Stone Mountain, east of downtown Atlanta, Georgia. The mountain, 1,686 feet high at its summit, is a quartz monzonite dome monadnock and the site of Stone Mountain State Park. The water surrounding the mountain is Venable Lake. #
An aerial view of a large ship passing under the Sidney Lanier Bridge in Brunswick, Georgia, at sunset with a storm approaching. #
The skyline of downtown Atlanta, viewed from above the Virginia Highland neighborhood. #
A great egret flies through Roswell Riverwalk in Roswell, Georgia. #
Tallulah Gorge, in northeastern Georgia, photographed in the autumn. #
An aerial view of Tybee Island, Georgia. Tybee, the easternmost point in Georgia, is a barrier island in Chatham County, near Savannah. #
A starry evening on Jekyll Island, Georgia. #
A wild horse grazes on sea oats in the sand dunes at Cumberland Island National Seashore. #
The St. Simons Island Light guards the deepwater inlet along Georgia's St. Simon island. #
A railroad track runs down the middle of Commerce, Georgia's, main drive. #
A sternwheeler riverboat cruises on the Savannah River on April 29, 2019. #
A statue sits on a tomb in Bonaventure Cemetery in Savannah, Georgia. The names on the tombstone are of Thomas N. Theus and his wife Eliza Wilhelmina. The cemetery was featured in the book and movie Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. #
An aerial view of Savannah, Georgia. #
An aerial view of historic Old Fort Jackson, located on the Savannah River, taken at sunrise. #
An overgrown bus sits in Old Car City, an enormous automobile junkyard in White, Georgia. #
An aerial view of the historic Tybee Island Light, taken at dusk. #
Shrimp boats in moorage at Darien, Georgia. #
A storm takes place over the coast, as seen from Cumberland Island. #
Downtown Athens, Georgia, featuring Athens-Clarke County City Hall. #
A cotton field in rural Georgia. #
The view from Brasstown Bald mountain, the highest mountain in Georgia, with colorful fall foliage. #
A Skyride cable car passes in front of Stone Mountain Summit on March 19, 2019. #
Downtown Atlanta, as seen from the Varsity, a drive-in restaurant and iconic local institution. #
The old Star Hotel in Atlanta, adorned with an enormous alligator, painted by the Belgian artist who goes by the name ROA, in 2011. #
Children and parents are dwarfed by a whale shark as it passes by inside a tank at the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta, Georgia, on March 6, 2012. #
The Clara Meer Gazebo stands beside Lake Clara Meer in Atlanta's Piedmont Park. #
Bald cypress trees stand in Georgia's Okefenokee swamp. #
An alligator rests along a canal in Okefenokee swamp near Folkston, Georgia. #
Wild horses graze near the shore on Cumberland Island. #
An aerial view of the old rail bridge that crosses the Ocmulgee River near Lumber City, Georgia. #
Tourists float down the Oconee river near Milledgeville, Georgia. #
The iconic oak avenue at Wormsloe Plantation, a state historic site near Savannah. #
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