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Florida: Images of the Sunshine State (35 photos)

Florida is the third-most populous state in the nation, home to approximately 21.5 million people. It is also the only one of the 48 contiguous states with a tropical climate, in South Florida, home to thousands of species of plants and animals. Here are a few glimpses of the landscape of Florida and some of the wildlife and people calling it home.

This photo story is part of Fifty, a collection of images from each of the United States.