Assateague ponnies swim across the channel during the annual Chincoteague Pony Swim in Virginia.

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Assateague ponnies swim across the channel during the annual Chincoteague Pony Swim in Virginia. The event has occurred since 1925. The event was memorialized in Marguerite Henry's famous children's novel "Misty of Chincoteague,"

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Size: 5288px × 3468px
Location: Chincoteague Island, Virginia, USA
Photo credit: © Richard Ellis / Alamy / Afripics
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