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"This mother duck is going to be mighty busy with her 13, yes--13! baby ducklings," wrote Judy Adcock. "This is in our son's backyard pond in Plant City, Florida."
"This mother duck is going to be mighty busy with her 13, yes--13! baby ducklings," wrote Judy Adcock. "This is in our son's backyard pond in Plant City, Florida."
April 14, 2021

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.

"A group of us (the Georgia Peaches) climbed high on the island of Stromboli, Sicily," wrote Virginia Pasquarelli. "We got lots of shots of fire and smoke erupting from the volcano, but this one, with its single flame rising into the night sky is my favorite."
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Richard Criswell of Monroe shared this picture of bicycle riding in Savannah.
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"During our February 2020 expedition to Antartica, we visited Neko Harbor on our way to the South Shetland Islands. Disembarking in Neko Harbor enabled us to land on Antarctica’s mainland. Our timing was very good for whale sightings while exploring the bay in Zodiacs," wrote Rod Smith. "The weather had been quite warm this season - melting upper layers of snow & exposing an algae that turns the snow a reddish color. Sometimes called blood-red snow. You can also see other colored algaes in the layers exposed to sunlight."
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