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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>
Ornate handrail of wrought iron along curved staircase to main entrance of public museumImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/ornate-handrail-wrought-iron-curved-staircase-101944825">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Storm clouds in summer: Ragged wind-driven dark clouds move in quickly to obscure large white billows before sunset, for meteorological themes of instability and rapid changeImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/storm-clouds-summer-ragged-winddriven-dark-298190213">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>
Mammatus clouds over northern Illinois on a warm evening in JuneImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/mammatus-clouds-northern-illinois-warm-evening-32408845">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Seed capsules of love-in-a-mist (botanical name: Nigella damascena), also known as devil-in-the-bush, a Mediterranean garden plant in the buttercup family, on a bright summer afternoon in IllinoisImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/seed-capsules-loveinamist-botanical-name-nigella-143944090">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
American flags with sun flare and long shadows early on an autumn morning three days before the Veterans Day federal holidayImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/american-flags-sun-flare-long-shadows-336740558">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>
Garden study in pink and light green: Clumps of rock cress (most likely botanical name: Arabis blepharophylla or Arabis caucasica) surrounded by light green ground cover in spring, Wheaton, IllinoisImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/garden-study-pink-light-green-clumps-104645525">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Marker at mile 5 by gravel path across prairie preserve for joggers, bicyclists, and hikers in west suburban Chicago, USA, in summerImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/marker-mile-5-gravel-path-prairie-308179907">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>
Racetrack infield with continuous white fence and line of trees on late summer afternoon at equestrian training centerImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/racetrack-infield-continuous-white-fence-line-60133432">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>
Donation box at large community gardenImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/donation-box-large-community-garden-151820921">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Quiet avenue of trees after a snowstorm: An aspect of winter more agreeable to many than what they often see on newscastsImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/quiet-avenue-trees-snowstorm-aspect-winter-340735646">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Architectural symmetry: Interior view of columns, windows, and light fixtures along hallway of state universityImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/architectural-symmetry-interior-view-columns-windows-96720865">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>
Profusion of flowers in summer gardenImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/profusion-flowers-summer-garden-111156755">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Display of many American flags (for observation of a federal holiday) with long parallel shadows early in the morningImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/display-american-flags-observation-federal-holiday-336784403">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>
Row of wind turbines, part of windfarm in rural Illinois, in winterImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/row-wind-turbines-part-windfarm-rural-46612327">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Spring at a glance: Detail of formal garden with pink flowering Eastern redbud (botanical  name: Cercis canadensis) and trimmed shrubs, northern Illinois in AprilImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/spring-glance-detail-formal-garden-pink-99512543">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Magic hour on a fall afternoon: Hillside with tall grass and other prairie plants in swathes of light and shadow, with pattern of high clouds glowing softly in blue sky, near sunset in mid OctoberImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/magic-hour-fall-afternoon-hillside-tall-345349952">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Display of many American flags for observation of Veterans Day, with long parallel shadows and bare tree in public park on early November morningImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/display-american-flags-observation-veterans-day-336788540">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Moody cloudscape on a summer afternoon, with stormy aspect at left and blue sky at right, for background with motifs of change or transitionImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/moody-cloudscape-summer-afternoon-stormy-aspect-311652017">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Sign on public farm in northern Illinois: "Do not feed anything to the animals"Image used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/sign-public-farm-northern-illinois-feed-153893609">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Winter at a glance, in black and white: Recent tire tracks through snow on ramp to garageImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/winter-glance-black-white-recent-tire-95965054">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Wind turbines in rural Illinois in winterImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/wind-turbines-rural-illinois-winter-46600750">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Volatility at a glance: Uncertainty of weather on a summer afternoonImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/volatility-glance-uncertainty-weather-summer-afternoon-212514763">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Underside of Queen Anne's lace (botanical name: Daucus carota), a weed also known as wild carrot, bird's nest, and bishop's lace, common in the American Midwest and elsewhereImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/underside-queen-annes-lace-botanical-name-108577280">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Stormy sky on a summer eveningImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/stormy-sky-summer-evening-152981855">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Remains of a house hit by a tornadoImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/remains-house-hit-tornado-185442362">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Deepening blue of partly cloudy sky at sunset in summer (hexadecimal sample of clearest area: 080F54), for themes of change, formation, transitionImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/deepening-blue-partly-cloudy-sky-sunset-298523780">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>
Rural dirt road lined with trees and telephone poles by farm fields on overcast spring day in northern IllinoisImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/rural-dirt-road-lined-trees-telephone-50105062">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Multiple tracks of car tires, with a few footprints, in snow on pavementImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/multiple-tracks-car-tires-footprints-snow-24827734">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Boater's view of Chicago skyline in summerImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/boaters-view-chicago-skyline-summer-107638784">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Wind turbines and distant power pylons stand above wintry corn field in northern IllinoisImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/wind-turbines-distant-power-pylons-stand-47110360">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>