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Sunset landscape in Illinois field
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Simple map of the state of Illinois, USA in outline style, black color, gray color
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Scenery of beautiful Millennium Park at the lakefront of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Stunning view of green zone in combination with modern architecture. Aerial perspective.

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Seedpod and seeds of milkweed (genus: Asclepias; unidentified species) early in autumn, field in northern Illinois. Milkweed seeds are dispersed by wind. Image used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/seedpod-seeds-milkweed-genus-asclepias-unidentified-290659382">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Siebold's hosta (botanical name: Hosta sieboldiana 'mira'), early summer in northern IllinoisImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/siebolds-hosta-botanical-name-hosta-sieboldiana-143868754">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Horticulture at a glance: Plants flourish in the controlled environment of a large greenhouse in spring, northern Illinois, USAImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/horticulture-glance-plants-flourish-controlled-environment-192276146">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Large compost bin, made of wood and wire mesh, in a community garden, early summer in Illinois, for themes of environment, recycling, organic fertilizationImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/large-compost-bin-made-wood-wire-312606419">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Greenhouse rows of pink and white begonias in springtime, northern IllinoisImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/greenhouse-rows-pink-white-begonias-springtime-126722312">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Night for nautical day: View of marina and skyline in Chicago, Illinois, USA, digitally altered for nocturnal effectImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/night-nautical-day-view-marina-skyline-289825886">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Similar floral arrangements in three flower pots in front of museum, spring in northern Illinois, USAImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/similar-floral-arrangements-three-flower-pots-196794017">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Palette of pavement for summer impressionism: Part of a dappled asphalt road through woods in northern Illinois, USA (black and white)Image used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/palette-pavement-summer-impressionism-part-dappled-291359219">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Steel grain silos and control tower above snow in March, central IllinoisImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/steel-grain-silos-control-tower-snow-134194430">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Remains of a house destroyed by a tornado four months earlier in Washington, Illinois, USAImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/remains-house-destroyed-tornado-four-months-185427146">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Blue spruce sedum (botanical name: Sedum reflexum) at end of summer in northern IllinoisImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/blue-spruce-sedum-botanical-name-sedum-129172175">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Floral accents: Pink and white phlox growing in clusters along concrete retaining wall in garden, spring in northern Illinois (selective focus)Image used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/floral-accents-pink-white-phlox-growing-274309298">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Painterly abstract of prairie pothole (a natural depression full of water) reflecting blue sky in springtime, northern Illinois, USAImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/painterly-abstract-prairie-pothole-natural-depression-188091002">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Multicolored abstract of bare tree covered with snow in March, northern Illinois (looks more like spring than winter)Image used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/multicolored-abstract-bare-tree-covered-snow-210558784">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Unidentified hybrid of duranta, an ornamental plant in the verbena family, growing abundantly in greenhouse before transplantation in garden or golf course, spring in northern IllinoisImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/unidentified-hybrid-duranta-ornamental-plant-verbena-274772450">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Prairie landscape in northern Illinois: field of goldenrod near woods in late summerImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/prairie-landscape-northern-illinois-field-goldenrod-113212096">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Automated watering of formal garden in the morning, Wheaton, Illinois, in mid SeptemberImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/automated-watering-formal-garden-morning-wheaton-114151096">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Abundance of shasta daisies (botanical name: Leucanthemum x superbum) in summer garden, northern IllinoisImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/abundance-shasta-daisies-botanical-name-leucanthemum-151316972">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Automotive tire tracks from road salt on asphalt pavement in winter, northern IllinoisImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/automotive-tire-tracks-road-salt-asphalt-134104850">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Charred hillside after a controlled burn in spring, with new growth beginning, in a forest preserve in northern Illinois, USAImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/charred-hillside-controlled-burn-spring-new-274250990">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Baby blue eyes (binomial name: Nemophila menziesii), a spring wildflower native to California (shallow depth of field), growing in a garden in IllinoisImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/baby-blue-eyes-binomial-name-nemophila-195182018">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Pallas primrose (binomial name: Primula pallasii, sometimes identified as Primula elatior subspecies pallasii) blooming together in a flower bed, spring in northern Illinois (selective focus)Image used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/pallas-primrose-binomial-name-primula-pallasii-278440898">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Center pivot irrigation system on farm field in winter, northern IllinoisImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/center-pivot-irrigation-system-farm-field-93067957">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Blood red geraniums (binomial name: Geranium sanguineum 'Ankum's Pride'), also known as bloody geranium and bloody cranesbill, in an ornamental garden, springtime in Illinois, USAImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/blood-red-geraniums-binomial-name-geranium-332089433">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Wooden fence on farm under partly cloudy sky late in summer, northern IllinoisImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/wooden-fence-farm-partly-cloudy-sky-153903620">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Seed pods of garden peas (binomial name: Pisum sativum), August in northern Illinois (foreground focus)Image used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/seed-pods-garden-peas-binomial-name-151990766">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Birdhouse among black-eyed Susans (botanical name: Rudbeckia hirta) in nature preserve , August in northern IllinoisImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/birdhouse-blackeyed-susans-botanical-name-rudbeckia-150424667">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Recycling at a glance: Compost heap, with remains of vegetable and flower garden, beginning to decompose in autumn on a farm in northern IllinoisImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/recycling-glance-compost-heap-remains-vegetable-234318673">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Prairie landscape at sunset in fall, with rain clouds moving in beyond horizon of woods, northern IllinoisImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/prairie-landscape-sunset-fall-rain-clouds-87645037">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Legacy of winter: Row of flagpoles without flags against a partly cloudy sky in spring, northern IllinoisImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/legacy-winter-row-flagpoles-flags-partly-135347171">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Confederate cannon pointing across mock battlefield before reenactment of battle in American Civil War (1861-1865), Lombard, IllinoisImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/confederate-cannon-pointing-mock-battlefield-reenactment-147903458">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Many milkweed plants (genus: Asclepias) with unopened pods in prairie, late summer in IllinoisImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/milkweed-plants-genus-asclepias-unopened-pods-84329179">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Climbing wild rose (botanical name: Rosa setigera) growing in a prairie thicket early in July, northern Illinois (selective focus)Image used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/climbing-wild-rose-botanical-name-rosa-150943829">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Warning notice for hikers and bikers: Red and white sign marks area for fall and early-winter hunting in a state park in northern Illinois, USAImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/warning-notice-hikers-bikers-red-white-254047018">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Prairie trail in winter: Wide paved path winding across a prairie preserve near a housing development on a winter day remarkable for lack of snow in northern Illinois, USAImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/prairie-trail-winter-wide-paved-path-242747071">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Tops of wind turbines against a wintry blue sky in northern IllinoisImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/tops-wind-turbines-wintry-blue-sky-48062857">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Instrument table in surgeons's tent, with bottle of chloroform and amputation saw, at reenactment of American Civil War (1861-1865), Lombard, Illinois (foreground focus)Image used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/instrument-table-surgeonss-tent-bottle-chloroform-147881462">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Spring cuttings: Piles of pruned tree branches arranged for pickup along curved path by woods in a public park, northern IllinoisImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/spring-cuttings-piles-pruned-tree-branches-135522083">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>