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The Averitt Center for the Arts, downtown Statesboro.
The Averitt Center for the Arts, downtown Statesboro.
Credit: Richard and Elaine Chambers

Statesboro is a city in southeast Georgia, United States, and is the county seat and most populous city of Bulloch County.


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Downtown Macon skyline
Downtown Macon skyline
Credit: Soglad2005

Macon is a city located in central Georgia, US. Founded at the fall line of the Ocmulgee River, it is part of the Macon metropolitan area, and the county seat of Bibb County. A small portion of the city extends into Jones County. Macon is the biggest city in central Georgia. It lies near the geographic center of Georgia, approximately 85 miles (136 km) south of Atlanta, hence the city's nickname as the Heart of Georgia.


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Mary Ray Memorial School
Mary Ray Memorial School

The Mary Ray Memorial School is located on Raymond Sheddan Avenue in Raymond, Georgia. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 23, 2013.


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USGS map of Georgia elevations
USGS map of Georgia elevations
Credit: USGS

The geography of Georgia describes a state in the Southeastern United States in North America. The Golden Isles of Georgia lie off the coast of the state. The main geographical features include mountains such as the Ridge-and-valley Appalachians in the northwest, the Blue Ridge Mountains in the northeast, the Piedmont plateau in the central portion of the state and Coastal Plain in the south. The highest area in Georgia is Brasstown Bald which is 1,458m (4,784 ft) above sea level, while the lowest is at sea level, at the Atlantic Ocean.


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CNN Headquarters, Atlanta
CNN Headquarters, Atlanta

Cable News Network, commonly referred to by its initialism CNN, is a major news cable television network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. The network is now owned by Time Warner; the news network is a division of the Turner Broadcasting System. CNN introduced the idea of 24-hour television news coverage, celebrating its 25th anniversary on June 1, 2005.


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Georgia Dome in 2011
Georgia Dome in 2011
Credit: Ken Lund

The Georgia Dome was a domed stadium in the southeastern United States, currently under demolition. Located in Atlanta, Georgia, between downtown to the east and Vine City to the west, it was owned and operated by the State of Georgia as part of the Georgia World Congress Center Authority. Its successor, Mercedes-Benz Stadium, was built adjacent to the south and opened in August 2017.


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Monument to the old steel mill in Atlantic Station
Monument to the old steel mill in Atlantic Station
Credit: Chris Yunker

Atlantic Station is a neighborhood on the northwestern edge of Midtown Atlanta, Georgia, United States comprising a retail district, office space, condominiums, townhomes and apartment buildings. First planned in the mid-1990s and officially opened in 2005, the neighborhood's 138 acres (558,000 m²) are located on the former brownfield site of the Atlantic Steel mill.


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Concourse Corporate Center V and VI at night
Concourse Corporate Center V and VI at night
Credit: Maksim Sundukov

The Concourse at Landmark Center is a real estate development in metro Atlanta's Perimeter Center business district, in the city of Sandy Springs, Georgia, United States. It is a 70 acre planned community with two 34-story office towers, several low-rise office buildings, a hotel, and a health club, all set in landscaped grounds around a man-made lake.


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The Georgia State Capitol Building in Atlanta with the distinctive gold dome.
The Georgia State Capitol Building in Atlanta with the distinctive gold dome.
Credit: Autiger

The Georgia State Capitol, in Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States, is an architecturally and historically significant building. It has been named a National Historic Landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is the main office building of Georgia's government. The offices of the governor, lieutenant governor, and secretary of state are on the second floor, while the General Assembly meets on the third floor from January to April. There are also visitors' galleries and a museum on the fourth floor.


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Old Harbor Light in Emmett Park
Old Harbor Light in Emmett Park
Credit: KudzuVine

The Old Harbor Light, which is also known as the Savannah Harbor Rear Range Light or the Beacon Range Light, is a former aid to navigation in Emmet Park on East Bay Street in Savannah, Georgia.

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Fire tower on the summit of Rabun Bald
Fire tower on the summit of Rabun Bald
Credit: Thomson200

Rabun Bald, with an elevation of 4,696 feet (1,431 m), is the second-highest peak in the U.S. state of Georgia; only Brasstown Bald 4,784 feet (1,458 m) is higher. It is immediately southeast of Sky Valley, Georgia, and is the tallest mountain in the county. An observation tower on the summit provides hikers with views that, on clear days, extend for more than 100 miles (160 km).


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Lake Allatoona in Red Top Mountain State Park
Lake Allatoona in Red Top Mountain State Park
Credit: Thomson200

Lake Allatoona (rarely called Allatoona Lake, its government name) is a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reservoir in Georgia, located in northwestern metro Atlanta. The lake is mostly in southeastern Bartow County and southwestern Cherokee County. Red Top Mountain State Park is located on its shores, on the peninsula between the Etowah and Allatoona arms of the lake.


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Near the top of Blood Mountain
Near the top of Blood Mountain
Credit: Allen Lyons

Blood Mountain is the highest peak on the Georgia section of the Appalachian Trail and the sixth-tallest mountain in Georgia, with an elevation of 4,458 feet (1,359 m). It is located on the border of Lumpkin County with Union County and is within the boundaries of the Chattahoochee National Forest and the Blood Mountain Wilderness. There are several waterfalls, hiking trails and other recreational areas in the vicinity.


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Tybee Island Lighthouse and keeper's house, Tybee Island, Georgia, U.S.
Tybee Island Lighthouse and keeper's house, Tybee Island, Georgia, U.S.
Credit: Bubba73

Tybee Island is a city and barrier island located in Chatham County, Georgia, 18 miles (29 km) east of Savannah, United States. The name Tybee Island is used for both the city and island.


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Dougherty County Public Library, Albany
Dougherty County Public Library, Albany
Credit: Mjrmtg

Albany is a city in the U.S. state of Georgia, and is the seat of Dougherty County. Located in southwest Georgia, it is the principal city of the Albany, Georgia metropolitan area.


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Lake Trahlyta, Vogel State Park
Lake Trahlyta, Vogel State Park
Credit: Thomson200

Vogel State Park is a 233-acre (0.94 km2) or 94 hectares state park located at the base of Blood Mountain in the Chattahoochee National Forest. It became one of the first two parks in Georgia when it founded a state park system in 1931. Much of the park was constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the 1930s.


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The Summerville campus at Augusta University
The Summerville campus at Augusta University
Credit: GRUcrule

Augusta University is a public academic health center with its main campus located in Augusta, Georgia, United States. It is one of the four public research universities in the University System of Georgia (USG). Augusta University comprises nine colleges and schools.


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Rocktown, Pigeon Mountain, Georgia
Rocktown, Pigeon Mountain, Georgia
Credit: Mark Alan Robison

Rocktown is a free face rock climbing area consisting of an outcropping of sandstone boulders on the Appalachian Plateau in northwest Georgia. It comprises several acres of large sandstone boulders; the average size is 30 to 40 feet (9.1 to 12.2 m) high. Every boulder has its own unique features, all with great foot and hand holds and very popular with climbers.


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CSU Clock Tower in the evening
CSU Clock Tower in the evening

Columbus is a city in the U.S. state of Georgia and the county seat of Muscogee County, with which it is consolidated. Columbus is directly to the east across the Chattahoochee River from Phenix City, Alabama. Situated at the heart of the Chattahoochee Valley, Columbus is Georgia's second-largest city and fourth-largest metropolitan area.


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The U.S. Navy ballistic missile submarine, USS Tennessee (SSBN 734), returns to Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Ga., Feb. 6, 2013.
The U.S. Navy ballistic missile submarine, USS Tennessee (SSBN 734), returns to Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Ga., Feb. 6, 2013.
Credit: U.S. Department of Defense

Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay is a base of the United States Navy located adjacent to the town of St. Marys in Camden County, Georgia, in southeastern Georgia, and 38 miles (61 km) from Jacksonville, Florida. The Submarine Base is the U.S. Atlantic Fleet's home port for U.S. Navy Fleet ballistic missile nuclear submarines armed with Trident missile nuclear weapons. This submarine base covers about 16,000 acres (6,400 hectares) of land, of which 4,000 acres (1,600 hectares) are protected wetlands.

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A scrimmage at Falcons training camp
A scrimmage at Falcons training camp
Credit: Thomson200

The Atlanta Falcons are a professional American football team based in Atlanta, Georgia. The Falcons compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) South division. The Falcons joined the NFL in 1965 as an expansion team, after the NFL offered then-owner Rankin Smith a franchise to keep him from joining the rival American Football League (AFL). The Falcons' current home field is Mercedes-Benz Stadium, which opened in time for the 2017 season; the team's headquarters and practice facilities are located at a 50-acre site in Flowery Branch, Georgia.

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