Aerial Photographs of Wild Assateague Island Ponies

The aerial photographs captured a once a year scene as the ponies were moved down Virginia's Assateague Island beach from the northern corral to the southern corral in preparation of the 2009 Chincoteague Pony Swim, Penning and Auction. This was the first ever aerial coverage of his famous event, which was approved after extensive permitting process by the National Park Service and Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge.

The wild ponies are the property of the Chincoteague Volunteer Fire Company whose famous "saltwater cowboys" round up the horses annually during the Pony Penning on the last Wednesday and Thursday of July. The ponies swim across Assateague Channel at slack tide on Wednesday, then auctioned off on Thursday. This "pony swim" is the highlight of the summer season on Chincoteague Island.

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