Fewer than 1 million people live in Delaware, the second-smallest state in America by area. The region is primarily coastal: The state’s entire eastern border is formed by the Delaware River and Delaware Bay. Below are a few glimpses of the landscape of Delaware and some of the wildlife and people calling it home.
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The silhouette of Delaware Breakwater East End Light, photographed at sunset from Cape Henlopen State Park in Lewes, Delaware #
A flock of red knots take flight in Delaware's Mispillion Harbor. #
A thunderstorm passes over the city of Lewes by Rehoboth Beach, bringing dark clouds to the sky above a historic church and cemetery on August 19, 2019. #
The skyline of the city of Wilmington, viewed from the banks of the Christina River, on June 15, 2019 #
A view of colorful lights on the pathway, during the 2018 Firefly Music Festival in Dover, Delaware, on June 15, 2018 #
A river otter emerges from a pool filled with vegetation at Bombay Hook National Wildlife Reserve. #
The “Needle’s Eye” folly, photographed on July 9, 2018, at the Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library, an American estate and museum in Winterthur, Delaware. #
A stone wall in a park with autumn trees in the background, photographed near Rockland, Delaware #
A snowy owl stands on the sand dunes at Cape Henlopen. #
Corn fields and farms, near Smyrna, Delaware #
Row houses in New Castle, Delaware. The city was first settled by Europeans in 1651, by the Dutch West India Company. #
The Fourteen Foot Bank Light, built in 1886, stands in Delaware Bay. #
A brother and sister emerge from a crashing wave along Bethany Beach. #
People enjoy beach activities at Cape Henlopen State Park on June 18, 2011. #
Delaware Legislative Hall, the state capitol building, stands in Dover. #
A barn and silos stand in rural Delaware. #
People canoe in Trap Pond State Park in Laurel, Sussex County, Delaware, on September 1, 2018. #
The Kalmar Nyckel, a modern replica of the ship that brought Swedish settlers to North America in 1638, photographed at dusk in Lewes, on September 3, 2014. #
A snowy trail through the woods, photographed near Brandywine Creek on the Delaware-Pennsylvania state line. #
A seal rests on the sand on Bethany Beach in the winter. #
A city street remains unplowed following a blizzard on January 25, 2016, in Wilmington. #
The Parson Thorne Mansion stands in the city of Milford, Delaware. The 1735 house, also known as Silver Hill, is a five-bay, center-hall brick dwelling that was the home of Delaware Governor William Burton and the boyhood home of U.S. Senator and U.S. Secretary of State John M. Clayton. #
Housing along Brandywine Creek in Wilmington, Delaware #
Salt marsh at Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, near Smyrna #
In Little Creek, Delaware, Steve Bennett collects male horseshoe crabs from the shore during the last weeks of the May-June spawning season, on June 13, 2014. These crabs will be sold as fishing bait, not sent to a lab for bleeding, although some collectors do have contracts with labs. #
Workers harvest pumpkins in a field in Wyoming, Delaware. #
An aerial sunset view of Dewey Beach, near Rehoboth, on a busy weekend in the summertime. #
A storm cloud rises over downtown Rehoboth Beach on September 6, 2018. #
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