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A picture perfect day cross country
Senior man paddling a red wooden canoe on a beautiful northern Minnesota lake with a small island at dawn during autumn
Chicago, Illinois, USA on Lake Michigan at dawn.
Ripe golden wheat spikelets on the field in beautiful sunset lights. Selective focus. Shallow depth of field.
Beautiful scenic fall country road

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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>
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>
Follow the leaders: Flock of Canadian geese flying in an imperfect V formation, isolated on whiteImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/follow-leaders-flock-canadian-geese-flying-96190256">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>
Ominous cloud before a storm that never happened: Vertical cloud formation, evocative of a mushroom cloud after a nuclear explosion, hiding the afternoon sun on a spring day in northern Illinois, USAImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/ominous-cloud-storm-happened-vertical-cloud-200564354">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>
Freshwater marsh reeds bending in a breeze, for wetland and other environmental themes such as flood control, wildlife habitat and biologic diversityImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/freshwater-marsh-reeds-bending-breeze-wetland-283635314">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Soybeans in farm field, early September in IllinoisImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/soybeans-farm-field-early-september-illinois-216638737">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>
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>
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>
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>
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>
Closeup of timothy grass (binomial name: Phleum pratense), a member of the grass family, growing in Illinois prairie, early July (shallow depth of field)Image used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/closeup-timothy-grass-binomial-name-phleum-154335878">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>
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>
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>
Neoclassical Ionic columns on historic building in IllinoisImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/neoclassical-ionic-columns-historic-building-illinois-82770742">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>
Buffalo crossing road ahead and in rear-view mirror bring tourist traffic to a standstill along road in Custer State Park, South Dakota, USA, on a summer eveningImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/buffalo-crossing-road-ahead-rearview-mirror-167162552">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>
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>
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>
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>
Lamb's ear (botanical name: Stachys byzantina), an ornamental plant native to Armenia, Turkey, and Iran, often grown for children's gardens and as ground coverImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/lambs-ear-botanical-name-stachys-byzantina-144521156">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>
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>
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>
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>
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>
Giant ornamental onion (botanical name: Allium giganteum), as big as softballs, in mid spring garden, northern Illinois (selective focus)Image used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/giant-ornamental-onion-botanical-name-allium-141548548">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>
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>
Sightlines on Midwestern farm maintained for public education: Wire fence between grassy fields or pasture extending to fence alongside a corn field before windbreak of treesImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/sightlines-midwestern-farm-maintained-public-education-153812885">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Plains meet hills in Midwestern winter as seen from 36,000 feetImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/plains-meet-hills-midwestern-winter-seen-69024031">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>
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>
Lakefront skyline of Milwaukee near end of SeptemberImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/lakefront-skyline-milwaukee-end-september-85324645">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Muddy practice ball by hole on golf courseImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/muddy-practice-ball-hole-golf-course-1127257">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Fisherman by misty lakeImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/fisherman-misty-lake-661412">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>
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>
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>
Pointillism in nature: Green algae covering surface of creek, for texture or background, or concept of overpopulationImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/pointillism-nature-green-algae-covering-surface-110080109">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>
Roof of greenhouse reflected in campus window -- Elgin Community College, Elgin, IllinoisImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/roof-greenhouse-reflected-campus-window-elgin-31883320">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>
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>
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>
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>

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