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Jacq Marie Jack shared this photo of a gopher tortoise, the only tortoise found east of the Mississippi River and an endangered species, she wrote. "This particular tortoise lives on the banks of the Chattahoochee River opposite Kolomoki Mounds State Park."
Jacq Marie Jack shared this photo of a gopher tortoise, the only tortoise found east of the Mississippi River and an endangered species, she wrote. "This particular tortoise lives on the banks of the Chattahoochee River opposite Kolomoki Mounds State Park."
Nov 3, 2020

Calling amateur photographers!

Have you taken a great picture that you’d like to share with the world? One with action, great lighting and/or interesting subjects? E-mail it to communitynews@ajc.com. Please no selfies, for-profit promotional pics, group shots or anything you wouldn’t want your grandma to see.

Tom Reese of Sandy Springs took this photo of his granddaughter at the High Museum of Art the day after Christmas.

Credit: Tom Reese

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Credit: Tom Reese

Bill York shared this photo of two deer dancing the night away in a forested ballroom near Dacula.
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Ismail Syed submitted this photo he called "Sunrise on the Chattahoochee River December 2019."
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