CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The NASA Railroad track borders a creek that often serves as a popular gathering place for alligators and manatees at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The center shares a boundary with the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, which encompasses 140,000 acres that provide a habitat for more than 330 species of birds, 31 mammals, 117 fishes, and 65 amphibians and reptiles. Photo credit: NASA/Daniel Casper
Location Kennedy Space Center, FL
Date April 3, 2014