Okefenokee Swamp-Blackwater Country, April, 1992 National Geographic Magazine
A mysterious aura surrounds the Okefenokee Swamp also known as "Land of the Trembling Earth." One of the more remote regions of the American South, alligators and Florida panthers hide in the shadow. People of rural Georgia and Florida have a rich culture seeped in tradition. Their lives are filled with family reunions, beauty contests, canoeing, fishing and simples ways of life. Wetlands landscapes create rivers that flow to the sea abundant with fish and bird life.
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An American alligator suns in shallow,...
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Evening light falls on a bald Cypress tree...
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Campers take refuge in a cabin adorned with an...
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Looking out for a lost cow, elderly bachelor...
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Elderly bachelor William McKinley Crews has...
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Fire fighters carefully watch flames and smoke...
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A soldier puts his hat over his heart in prayer...
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Dressed in white ruffles, a young Southern...
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Reflected in the mirror while shaving, elderly...
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Bald cypress trees grow on small islands in...
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Hundreds of cows cool in water on daries along...
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Canoers paddles through Chesser Prairie thick...
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Russ Colson prepares to go fishing for the...
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Children jump into the St. Mary's River from a...
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Fishermen pull mullet from a net as they fish...
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Morning fog rises off the Suwannee River. The...
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Children lay in a hammock during a family...
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Children are shushed during a prayer at the...
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Candles are lit on the cake and his family...
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A blind American alligator glides through...
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Summer rains come daily in the South. A man...
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Canoes are mirrored reflections in the still...
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A lone motorboat cuts through reflections of...
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Barefoot in summer rains that come daily in...
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Church members are baptised in the Suwannee...
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A camper checks the fire as he cooks for the...
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Fishermen break the still waters of Billy's...
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Efforts are being made to save the endangered...
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Sun sets as summer thunderstorms create a blue...
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Musicians at the Florida Folklife Festival...
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Elderly bachelor William McKinley Crews has...
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A woman with guitar at the family looks through...
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Tuning her guitar backstage, a musician...
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Evening light reflects warm rays of the setting...
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Efforts are being made to save the endangered...
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Florida's sandhill cranes are a threatened...
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A raccoon swims across the blue waters of the...
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Warm light reflects cypress trees in still...
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An American alligator hatchling swims near his...
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The rough scales on the back of an American...
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Morning fog rises from the prairies of the...
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A boat glides down black waters of the Santa Fe...
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Towering bald cypress trees are relfected in...
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Still life of a canoe, paddle and water lillies...
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Ornithology students take a break in the heat...
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A boater push poles out into still waters of...
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A rider from the Sheriff's Boys Ranch cools his...
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A young boy on a bicycle rolls through the...
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Teenage friends in lace and ruffles anxiously...
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A young girl anxiously wait backstage for the...
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Evening shadows reflect the last rays of light...
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Sue Colson is an oyster fisnerman in the town...
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A fisherman pulls in his net full of mullet...
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Dark clouds loom as a storm builds over Cat...
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Sun rises through cypress trees in Billys Lake...
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Fire fighters set fires and carefully monitor...
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Flames and smoke fill the forest from a...
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Patterns of fire lines burn at night in the...
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Hungry cats wait by the back screen door to be...
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Elderly bachelor William McKinley Crews has...
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Family members greet one another at the Tatum...
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Howard Gilman at White Oak Plantation with his...
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Florida panther, an endangered species. White...
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Florida panther, an endangered species. White...
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A young Florida panther, an endangered species...
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Florida panther, an endangered species. White...
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Florida Sandhill crane arrives hungry in winter...
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Egrets wait for their parents to bring food to...
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Early morning fog hangs over the horseshoe bend...
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A 12-foot bull alligator glides through...
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Smoke spews from the Gilman Paper Company mill...
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A silver canoe cuts through water lillies in a...
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A logger unloads a truckload of timber at...
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Oil slick from boats creates rainbow...
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Reflections on an American flag at a camp site...
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Muskets are fired after a prayer honoring a...
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After a prayer muskets are fired to honor a...
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Campers bath in spring off of Billy's Island on...
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Head of a sucker mouthed Gulf sturgeon caught...
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Suwannee Cafe is a diner in the town of 695...
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An American alligator hatchling swims near his...
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Storm clouds build behind an osprey nest in a...
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A logger takes a break from the heat while...
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Boys hang out at the water fountain to check...