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Midwestern landscape with soybean field and edged by forest; interesting sky in background
Lightning streaks across the sky during a thunderstorm over the Midwest.
A Spooky, Foggy Road in the Rural Midwest During Fall
Small blue lake in northern Minnesota on a balmy summer afternoon
Aerial views of Wisconsin and Minnesota landscapes, roads, and farmland.

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Bright impressionistic multicolored abstract of city lights -- many small solid squares with predominance of very light yellow -- with reflections of river below skyscrapers at nightImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/bright-impressionistic-multicolored-abstract-city-lights-341322083">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Multicolored abstract of city lights -- all small, solid squares -- with reflections of river below skyscrapers at nightImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/multicolored-abstract-city-lights-small-solid-341322089">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
White-edged hosta in spring gardenImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/whiteedged-hosta-spring-garden-104912126">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>
Summer landscape in western South Dakota: small rippled lake, fringed with tall reeds, in middle of field of hay under light blue skyImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/summer-landscape-western-south-dakota-small-81136951">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>
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-116444332">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>
Winter at a glance: Roof with cedar shakes and snowImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/winter-glance-roof-cedar-shakes-snow-129351668">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Closeup of spring garden floral arrangement in large earthenware potsImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/closeup-spring-garden-floral-arrangement-large-141542017">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Haven for retired horses: Shaded paddock, enclosed by long weathered fence with iron gate, at a public equestrian center in spring, northern IllinoisImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/haven-retired-horses-shaded-paddock-enclosed-274307999">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>
Variety of ground cover in spring garden, with white-edged hosta the showiestImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/variety-ground-cover-spring-garden-whiteedged-101707636">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Detail of neoclassical design on skyscraper (originally a bank, designed by Daniel Hudson Burnham in 1911) in the financial district of downtown ChicagoImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/detail-neoclassical-design-skyscraper-originally-bank-90444811">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Nature abstract: Green algae covering much of river surface late in summer, northern IllinoisImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/nature-abstract-green-algae-covering-river-152700377">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Urban abstract: Angled windows reflect pillars of contemporary institutional building in ChicagoImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/urban-abstract-angled-windows-reflect-pillars-115876753">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Wintry crossing in woods: Footbridge across a stream covered with snow in a winter snowstorm, with a fallen tree in foreground, in northern Illinois, USA, at the start of JanuaryImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/wintry-crossing-woods-footbridge-stream-covered-229965247">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Symmetry of love: Rows of white folding chairs on lawn before a wedding ceremony in summerImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/symmetry-love-rows-white-folding-chairs-310347065">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Footbridge over stream in winter woods, northern IllinoisImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/footbridge-stream-winter-woods-northern-illinois-133085768">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Common milkweed (botanical name: Asclepias syriaca), also known as butterfly flower and silkweed, growing abundantly in prairie, summer in northern Illinois.Image used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/common-milkweed-botanical-name-asclepias-syriaca-144715564">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>
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>
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>
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>
Abstract maritime study: Pointillist view of masts and rigging of beached sailboats in the foreground, with sailboats performing maneuvers during a sailing class on Lake Michigan beyondImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/abstract-maritime-study-pointillist-view-masts-270547580">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Winter at a glance: River with snow and ice framed by trees in foreground after a blizzard early in March, Oak Brook, IllinoisImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/winter-glance-river-snow-ice-framed-143963515">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>
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>
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>
Garden arrangement in springImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/garden-arrangement-spring-143080405">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Public golf course on a winter day without snow, northern Illinois: Bend in stream reflecting bare trees by footbridgeImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/public-golf-course-winter-day-snow-91960172">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Skyline of Chicago, near Lakeshore Drive, contrasting park pavilion and nearby skyscrapers on an overcast morning in OctoberImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/skyline-chicago-lakeshore-drive-contrasting-park-115598461">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>
Magical moment at dawn: Silhouettes of a row of bare trees reflected along the Galien River, April in southwestern MichiganImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/magical-moment-dawn-silhouettes-row-bare-187304528">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Prairie grass at top of hillImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/prairie-grass-top-hill-33528268">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Purple-flowered common periwinkle (botanical name: Vinca minor 'Atropurpurea'), without flowers, early summer in northern IllinoisImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/purpleflowered-common-periwinkle-botanical-name-vinca-143868748">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Promise of peaceful illumination: Rays from rising sun light up morning mist over a quiet river early in northern springImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/promise-peaceful-illumination-rays-rising-sun-229966648">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Muskets with bayonets stacked together in Union camp at reenactment of battle in American Civil War (1861-1865), Lombard, Illinois (selective focus)Image used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/muskets-bayonets-stacked-together-union-camp-147891488">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Single path of footprints across snow joins many others in the distanceImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/single-path-footprints-snow-joins-distance-46612333">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Yellow golf ball in snow on ledge in winter (selective focus)Image used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/yellow-golf-ball-snow-ledge-winter-126819311">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
A way to serenity, in black and white: Footbridge covered with snow in winter woods, northern IllinoisImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/way-serenity-black-white-footbridge-covered-133085777">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Autumn scenic on a horse farm in northern Illinois: Leaves of maple tree changing color over paddock on public horse farm in Warrenville, Illinois, USA, at end of OctoberImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/autumn-scenic-horse-farm-northern-illinois-90054679">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Contemporary architectural abstract: Dynamic detail of state university building in Chicago Loop on overcast dayImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/contemporary-architectural-abstract-dynamic-detail-state-115876750">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Vintage ironwork on winding staircase at front entrance to buildingImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/vintage-ironwork-winding-staircase-front-entrance-114662926">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Split rail fence in woodsImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/split-rail-fence-woods-86681533">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Simple sign hanging outside old brick building with antiques shopImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/simple-sign-hanging-old-brick-building-54356362">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Damage from severe storm: cracked tree and tilted power pole on lawn of public school about 36 hours after a tornado touched down on the first day of summer in Downers Grove, Illinois, 2011Image used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/damage-severe-storm-cracked-tree-tilted-79803451">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Assortment of terra cotta flowerpots and plant pots outside a greenhouse in springtimeImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/assortment-terra-cotta-flowerpots-plant-pots-126722303">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Fields of Iowa seen from 20,000 feet or higher in JanuaryImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/fields-iowa-seen-20000-feet-higher-69023623">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Corn plants with tasslesImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/corn-plants-tassles-51721786">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>

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