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Wetland walkway for nature lovers: Floating boardwalk across prairie marsh in springtime, Moraine Hills State Park in Lake County, Illinois, USAImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/wetland-walkway-nature-lovers-floating-boardwalk-189297242">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>
List of daily camp rations for Union soldiers, displayed at 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/list-daily-camp-rations-union-soldiers-147890252">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>
Aftermath of violent storm: Pile of brick rubble from a single-family house destroyed by a tornado in IllinoisImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/aftermath-violent-storm-pile-brick-rubble-283709102">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Common milkweed (botanical name: Asclepias syriaca), also known as butterfly flower and silkweed, flowering in prairie in summer, northern Illinois. It is the main source of food for caterpillars.Image used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/common-milkweed-botanical-name-asclepias-syriaca-144709582">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>
Winter sky: Wispy cirrus clouds tattered by high winds late in December, northern Illinois, USAImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/winter-sky-wispy-cirrus-clouds-tattered-242745586">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>
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>
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>
Small-town street scene in Illinois: American flag flapping in breeze by huge painted American flag fading from brick wallImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/smalltown-street-scene-illinois-american-flag-82541863">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Row of white tents in Union camp at reenactment of American Civil War (1861-1865), Four Seasons Park, Lombard, Illinois, on July 27, 2013. Typically, the volunteer actors sleep in such tents at night.Image used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/row-white-tents-union-camp-reenactment-148098224">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Green practice in winter: Three wooden compost bins on a cold day in a public park in northern Illinois, USAImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/green-practice-winter-three-wooden-compost-169930499">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Vintage and representative surgical instruments on display at July 2013 reenactment of Battle of Chickasaw Bayou (1862) in the American Civil War, Wauconda, IllinoisImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/vintage-representative-surgical-instruments-display-july-146396183">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Sunrise at Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IllinoisImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/sunrise-morton-arboretum-lisle-illinois-484935">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>
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>
Serenity after a snowstormImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/serenity-snowstorm-232154266">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>
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>
Autumn at a glance: Brilliantly colored maple leaves in puddleImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/autumn-glance-brilliantly-colored-maple-leaves-120982273">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Pointillist abstract of sunflowers (binomial name: Helianthus annuus) in summer gardenImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/pointillist-abstract-sunflowers-binomial-name-helianthus-209899054">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Pointillized sunflowers (binomial name: Helianthus annuus) in pastel colorsImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/pointillized-sunflowers-binomial-name-helianthus-annuus-209897812">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Autumn at a glance: Brilliantly colored maple leaves in puddleImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/autumn-glance-brilliantly-colored-maple-leaves-117024397">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>
Abstract of geraniums in an ornamental garden in spring, for decoration and backgroundImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/abstract-geraniums-ornamental-garden-spring-decoration-336167942">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Decorative spring abstract: Illustration of geraniums in an ornamental gardenImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/decorative-spring-abstract-illustration-geraniums-ornamental-336167945">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Pointillized summer flower abstractImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/pointillized-summer-flower-abstract-210010759">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Distorted reflections of trees along bank of slow river in springtime -- abstract, background, or seasonal motifImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/distorted-reflections-trees-bank-slow-river-52258735">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Kaleidoscopic abstract of flower bed in summerImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/kaleidoscopic-abstract-flower-bed-summer-210106018">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>