
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A baby alligator is unconcerned that water saturates the ground and space shuttle Atlantis is unable to land at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center to conclude the STS-125 mission, the aftermath of thunderstorms in the vicinity of the Shuttle Landing Facility. Alligators can be spotted in the drainage canals and other waters surrounding Kennedy. The center shares a boundary with the Merritt Island Wildlife Nature Refuge, which is a habitat for more than 310 species of birds, 25 mammals, 117 fishes and 65 amphibians and reptiles. Photo credit: NASA/Glenn Benson
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May 22, 2009
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Kennedy Space Center, FL
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