A painted turtle basks in the warm spring sunshine. He is perched on the exposed part of a submerged log in a weedy swamp.

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Size: 4186px × 2790px
Location: Horicon Marsh, WIsconsin USA
Photo credit: © Jennifer Tepp / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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