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The Illinois state flag waving along with the national flag of the United States of America. In the background there is a clear sky. Illinois is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States
peaceful woman with her pet horses
Downtown Peoria At Dusk With A Clear Sky (Some Corporate Signs Smeared)
Green Corn field with blue sky and sunny day, young corn tree for graphic desing, poster, banner
Old courthouse on a beautiful Autumn afternoon.  Ottawa, Illinois, USA

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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>
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>
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>
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>
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>
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>
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>
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>
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>
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>
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>
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>
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>
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>
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>
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>
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>
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>
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>
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>
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>
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>
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>
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>
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>
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>
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>
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>
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>
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>
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>
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>
Urban magnetism: Row of yachts docked in Burnham Harbor by Soldier Field, home of the Chicago Bears professional football team, along the lakefront on a sunny spring morning in ChicagoImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/urban-magnetism-row-yachts-docked-burnham-293078993">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>
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>
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>
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>
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>