Assateague Horse Sleeping, Assateague Island National Seashore, Maryland

An Assateague horse (Equus caballus), also known as a Chincoteague pony, takes a nap on a sand dune in the Assateague Island National Seashore, Maryland. About 300 wild — technically feral — ponies roam Assateague Island on the Atlantic coast. There is some dispute as to how the ponies ended up on the island. Some researchers believe the ponies are survivors of the wreck of a Spanish galleon, La Galga, which sank just off the coast in 1750; the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service believes they are descendants of horses owned by early colonial settlers.

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An Assateague horse (Equus caballus), also known as a Chincoteague pony, takes a nap on a sand dune in the Assateague Island National Seashore, Maryland. About 300 wild — technically feral — ponies roam Assateague Island on the Atlantic coast. There is some dispute as to how the ponies ended up on the island. Some researchers believe the ponies are survivors of the wreck of a Spanish galleon, La Galga, which sank just off the coast in 1750; the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service believes they are descendants of horses owned by early colonial settlers.