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Florida's state bird is the mockingbird.
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The orange blossom is the state flower of Florida.
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The American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) is found in much of...
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The Intracoastal Waterway (right) at Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
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The Suwannee River near Chiefland, Florida.
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Everglades National Park, Florida.
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Cypress trees in Lake Bradford, Tallahassee, Florida.
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A waterspout off the Florida coast, photographed from the air.
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Extensive flooding in Key West, Florida, following Hurricane Georges, September 1998.
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Freshwater marsh with saw grass, palms, and cypress trees, in the Everglades, southern...
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Two white ibises (Eudocimus albus) in Florida.
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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
Riverfront and skyline of Jacksonville, Florida.
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Bridge of Lions, spanning the Matanzas River, St. Augustine, Florida.
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Liftoff of the New Horizons spacecraft aboard an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral...
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Landis Hall, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida.
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Castillo de San Marcos National Monument, St. Augustine, Florida.
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The Cà d'Zan mansion, formerly the home of John and Mable Ringling, in Sarasota,...
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Drivers competing in the Daytona 500 at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona...
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Hernando de Soto in Florida, 16th-century engraving by Theodor de Bry.
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Os-ce-o-lá, The Black Drink, a Warrior of Great Distinction, oil on canvas...
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Troops stationed at Tampa Bay, Florida, during the Second Seminole War.
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Workers at the Tierra del Lago Cigar Co., Tampa, Florida, 1909.
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Key West, Florida, the southernmost city in the conterminous United States. The city,...
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Art Deco buildings in the South Beach section of Miami Beach, Florida.
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Strong winds from Hurricane Dennis, which struck Florida in June 2005.
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