A snapshot of Georgia's Natural Wonders

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A snapshot of Georgia's Natural Wonders

A snapshot of Georgia's Natural Wonders

An alligator snoozes on a sunny bank of the Okefenokee Swamp near Fargo, Ga. The wetland is famous throughout the country.

A piece of driftwood on Cabretta Beach on Sapelo Island, one of the Atlantic Coast's most beautiful, undeveloped beaches.

Wild horses roam the sand dunes along Cumberland Island National Seashore. President Jimmy Carter once called it one of his most favorite places on earth.

A wild pig crosses a sandy lane on Ossabaw Island.

Providence Canyon State Park in Southwest, Georgia is often called the "Little Grand Canyon" because of the beautiful rocks that came from eroded land.

Visitors to Unicoi State Park often make a side trip to nearby Anna Ruby Falls.

Broxton Rocks, a sandstone rock outcrop, is home to hundreds of unusual plant species.

A black-necked stilt eats bugs on the shore of the Altamaha River, which is often referred to as Georgia's Amazon because of the lush, jungle-like growth along the river's banks.

Boys play in the Flint River at Sprewell Bluff State Park.

Amicalola Falls State Park in Dawsonville has the highest waterfall east of the Mississippi.

Davidson-Arabia Mountain Nature Preserve.

Tourists examine the features of one of the wild plants growing in the Ohoopee Dunes State Natural Area near Swainsboro in Emanuel County.

Wild Georgia columnist Charles Seabrook picked what he calls the 35 Natural Wonders of Georgia. Sosebee Cove, known as a "botanist's paradise" because of its rich array of plant life, is one of them. Take a look at some of the others.

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An alligator snoozes on a sunny bank of the Okefenokee Swamp near Fargo, Ga. The wetland is famous throughout the country.

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