PHOTO OF THE DAY November 23, 2005  

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Where Homosassa River, Florida
When 1999
Photographer Wes C. Skiles

Crevalle jack (Caranx hippos) are a common sight at the mouth of the Homosassa River, where fresh and salt waters mix as the river spills into the Gulf of Mexico.

(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Unlocking the Labyrinth of North Florida Springs," March 1999, National Geographic magazine)


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