Terry Evans

Image: Terry Evans interviewed for Esthetic Lens Magazine

Chicago

Evans

Terry Evans was born in the heart of the American prairie, Kansas City, Missouri, spending most of her adult life in Salina before moving to Chicago. It is in Kansas, among the hay bales, grain silos and cultivated fields, that Terry's passion for the great plains was born - a passion that has led her on a photographic journey spanning more than twenty years and countless hours 600 feet above the ground in a single-engine plane.

Most of us know the American prairie through Hollywood films, where endless miles of dry grassland mingle with the occasional tree scattered about, as bales of hay roll across the horizon. But the prairie actually contains 80 species of animals, more than 300 varieties of birds and hundreds of plant species, making it one of America's great ecoregions, stretching from central Canada to the Mexican border, from the Rockies to Indiana, covering more than one million miles.

Before the advent of agriculturists and the invasion of the plow, the prairie was inundated by herds of buffalo, elk and prairie dogs living harmoniously within the grassland. Decades later, the buffalo have disappeared, several plant species are now obsolete, and the tallgrass has been replaced by crop circles and manicured paths. It is this change that Evans has been photographing. When speaking about her photographs, Evans says her images..."show marks that contain contradictions and mysteries which raise questions about how we live on the prairie."

From a small plane and, most recently, from a hot air balloon, Evans continues to explore human mark making (above Chicago's Millennium Park, the suburbs of Cedar Rapids, Iowa) and rotational grazing (above the plains of Oklahoma and New Mexico), revealing an order and structure rarely seen from the ground. In Flight: New Views by Terry Evans shows Evans' continued commitment to the changing prairie and its new inhabitants.

Terry Evans' work is part of numerous private and public collections including The Art Institute of Chicago, The Whitney Museum of American Art (New York, NY), Los Angeles County Museum of Art and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. She has three monographs produced on her work: Disarming The Prairie (Johns Hopkins Press, 1998), The Inhabited Prairie (University Press of Kansas, 1998), and Prairie: Images of Ground and Sky (University Press of Kansas, 1996).

The Steel images are available as 20 x 24" and 30 x 40" pigment prints made in editions of 15 and 10, respectively. Pieces range in price from $3200 to $6500, depending on size and availability.

The Revealing Chicago images are available as 19 x 19", 30 x 30" and 40 x 40" pigment prints made in editions of 15, 10 and 8, respectively. Pieces range in price from $3200 to $8500, depending on size and availability.

The early aerial images are available as 19 x 19" and 30 x 30" chromogenic dye prints made in editions of 15 and 10, respectively. Pieces range in price from $3200 to $6500, depending on size and availability.

The Specimen images are available as 20 x 24" and 26 x 34" Iris prints made in editions of 15 and 5, respectively. Piecesare $4000 each. 

The Ancient Prairies images are available as 30 x 40" and 40 x 50" pigment prints made in editions of 10 and 6, respectively. Panoramic images are available 20 x 60" and 30 x 90" made in editions of 10 and 6, respectively. Pieces range in price from $6500 to $ 10,500, depending size and availability.

Please call: (312) 266-2350 for prices of specific pieces.
Prices are print only unless otherwise indicated.

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51st Street bridge over Lake Shore Drive, May 21, 2003
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A Small Central Illinois Prairie, May, 2018
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Acid Rinse, Cleveland, July 12, 2006
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Another Indiana Prairie, January, 2018
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Backyard Pools, Frankfort Square, Will County, September 17, 2003
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Ball Games, Baseball Diamonds in Calumet Park, May 12, 2003
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Basic Oxygen Furnace, Indiana Harbor, August 2, 2006
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Bison at Maxwell Game Preserve, Roxury, Kansas, December, 1981
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Black Oak Savanna, Pembroke Savanna, Near Hopkins Park, Kankakee County, Illinois, October 23, 2003
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Blast Furnace Building Entry, Indiana Harbor, April 13, 2007
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Blast Furnace Room Ceiling, Indiana Harbor, April 13, 2007
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Blast Furnace, #13 Blast Furnace, U.S. Steel Gary Works, Gary, Indiana, December 30, 2003
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Bur Oak, October, 2020
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Bur Oak, Wooded Island, February and March, 2019
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Burning, April, 1994
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Charger, Basic Oxygen Furnace, Indiana Harbor, August 31, 2006
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Chase County Cattle Paths, March, 1994
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Chase County, July, 2009
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Cleveland Interior, Casting Building, Cleveland, July 12, 2006
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Coal, Indiana Harbor, May 17, 2006
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Coming into Greenland, 2008
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Control Room, Basic Oxygen Furnace, Indiana Harbor, August 31, 2006
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Conveyors, Raw Materials, Indiana Harbor, April 2, 2007
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Countryside Landfill, Grayslake County, August 24, 2003
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Cracked Ladle, Indiana Harbor, March 9, 2006
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Day, November, 2020
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Disko Bay, 2008
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Disko Bay iceberg path between, 2008
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Disko Bay iceberg rippled water, 2008
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Disko Bay iceberg with Bird, 2008
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Douglas Park, Chicago, March 13, 2004
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Dropping Coils, Indiana Harbor, April 6, 2006
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Dune and Swale, Indiana, September, 2018
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Earth Quilt, Central Kansas 1, April, 2017
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East of Crosby, North Dakota, October 15, 1997
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East of Great Falls, Montana, September 28 , 1999
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Fairy ring of mixed grasses and brome, with daisy fleabane blooming outside the ring, fent's Prairie, June, 1979
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Fall Bur Oak, 2019
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Fent's Prairie, near Salina, Kansas, Late May, 2018
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Fent’s Prairie, Central Kansas, January, 2019
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Field and Road, Sioux City, Iowa, 2000
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Field Museum, Drawer of Cardinals, various dates, 2001

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Field Museum, drawer of Meadowlarks, various dates, 2001

sold out

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Field Museum, Echinacea, 1899, 2001
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Field Museum, Ivory Billed Woodpeckers, 1872, 1874, 2001
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Field Museum, Ravens, 1871 , 2000
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Field Museum, Sandhill Crane, 2001
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Field Museum, Trumpeter Swan, 1916, 2001
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Field Museum, Trumpeter Swan, North Dakota, 1891, 2001

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Filling Iron Bottle, Cleveland, July 13 , 2006
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Flaming Torpedo Car, Indiana Harbor, March 9, 2006
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Flora of Kansas, False Indigo, 1886 , 2000
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Flora of Kansas, White Daisy, 2000
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Glacier grid - detail, 2008
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Golf Course Made from Landfill, Calumet, Illinois, May 13, 2003
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Graphite, Indiana Harbor, April 27 , 2006
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Hayfield, Nebraska Sand Hills, 1998
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Helianthus, 1905, 2000
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Helianthusannus, 1899, 2000
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Hood at Blast Furnace,Cleveland, July 13 , 2006
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Hood, Blast Furnace, Burns Harbor, April 26 , 2006
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Hood, Blast Furnace, Burns Harbor, April 26 , 2006
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Ice Fjord leading to Jakobshavn Glacier, 2008
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Ice Fjord leading to Jakobshavn Glacier #1, 2008
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Ice Fjord leading to Jakobshavn Glacier #2, 2008
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Ice Fjord leading to Jakobshavn Glacier #3, 2008
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Ice Fjord leading to Jakobshavn Glacier #4, 2008
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Ice Fjord leading to Jakobshavn Glacier #5, 2008
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Ice Fjord leading to Jakobshavn Glacier #6, 2008
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Ice Fjord leading to Jakobshavn Glacier #7, 2008
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Ice Jetty, Lakefront Near Downtown Chicago, Cook County, January 29, 2004
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Idle, Basic Oxygen Furnace #4, July 18, 2006
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Indiana Prairie, December, 2017
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Indiana Sand Dunes, 2001
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Industrial Area Near Gary, Indiana, Smoke, 2001
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Inland Beach, Humboldt Park, Chicago, June 29, 2004
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Inputs, Conveyer and Material Storage Area, Ispat Inland, Inc. (Steel Company), East Chicago, Indiana, July 30, 2003
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Interstate 35 in the Flint Hills, April, 1994
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Iron Ore, Indiana Harbor, May 8, 2006
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Konza Prairie, June, 1982
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Lake Michigan, Beach and Dogs, Chicago, July 23, 2003
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Limestone and Cart, Indiana Harbor, April 27 , 2006
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Limestone and Conveyors, Indiana Harbor, April 2, 2009
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Limestone Quarry, Southeast Kansas, March, 2009
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Looking south from Highway 2, near White Earth, North Dakota, October 15, 2011
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Markham Prairie, March, April and June, 2018
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Migrating Snow Geese South of Regina, Saskatchewan, 1999
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Millennium Park, Opening Night, Downtown Chicago, July 16, 2004
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Mountaintop removal coal mining in eastern Kentucky #2, October 22, 2009
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Mountaintop removal coal mining in eastern Kentucky, October, 2009
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Night, April, 2020
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North Avenue Beach, Chicago, June 24, 2003
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North of Great Falls, Montana, September 28, 1999
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Northwest of Santa Fe, N.M., Red Car, 2002
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Oak Street Beach, Chicago, April 27, 2004

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Oil pipeline right of way, Mountrail county, North Dakota, June 6, 2011
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Oil waste dump, Williams County, North Dakota, October 16, 2011
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Paper Slip, Indiana Harbor, August 24 , 2006
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Path to Ice Fjord - detail, 2008
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Platte River, Nebraska, 1990
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Power Lines, Chase County, Kansas, 1994
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Prairie Southeast of Chicago, Early May, 2018
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Prep Area with Dust Rag, Indiana Harbor, November 27, 2006
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Promontory Point, Hyde Park Neighborhood of Chicago, January 29, 2004
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R 3 Roughing, Indiana Harbor, March 3 , 2006
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R3 Roughing #2, Indiana Harbor, March 3 , 2006
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Red Car, 2002
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River, south of Regina, Saskatchewan, October 21, 1996
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Rotational grazing, Chase County, Kansas, November 8, 1996
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Sage, Scribner’s panic grass, and other native grasses, Fent’s Prairie, May, 1979
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Sailboats and Skyscrapers, Chicago, July 23, 2003
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Salmon River, Idaho #1, 2002
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Salmon River, Idaho #2, 2002
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Salmon River, Plane, Idaho #5, 2002
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Salmon River, Smoke, Idaho #4, 2002
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Sand and Trucks, Indiana Harbor, April 2, 2007
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Sand, Indiana Harbor, May 8 , 2006
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Scott’s Appaloosas resting, near White Earth, North Dakota, May, 2011
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Silo, North Platte, Nebraska, 1998
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Six Flags Great America, Gurnee, Lake County, May 21, 2003
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Slag Processing, Indiana Harbor, August 31, 2006
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Smelt Season, Belmont Harbor, Chicago, April 23, 2003
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Smithsonian, Echinacea, 1880, 2000
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Southwest of Santa Fe, N.M., 2002
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Spring Bur Oak, April-May, 2019
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Spring Burning, 1996
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Stairs to Prep Area, Basic Oxygen Furnace, Indiana Harbor, January 15, 2006
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Steel Block, Indiana Harbor, August 24 , 2006
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Steel Mill, ISG Indiana Harbor Blast Furnaces H3 and H4, East Chicago, Indiana, May, 2003
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Suburbs, Housing Subdivision in Buffalo Grove Vicinity, Cook County, May 21, 2003
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Summer Bur Oak, 2019
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Table and Ladle, Coatsville, PA, November 2, 2006
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Terraced Plowing, Saline County, Kansas, 1990
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Three Wheels, Indiana Harbor, March 9 , 2006
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Train North of Matfield Green Chase County, Kansas, July, 2009
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Trampoline, 2002
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Trees and Water, Edge of a Gravel Pit, McHenry County, March 23, 2003
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Two Ancient Prairies, Northern Indiana, July, 2017
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US-Canada border, Montana, October 22, 1996
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View of Smokestack in Burns Harbor, Indiana, Taken from Coast of Chicago, Cook County, July 23, 2003
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Volleyball, North Avenue Beach, Chicago, June 24, 2003
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Waiting, Basic Oxygen Furnace #4, July 18, 2006
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Water Intake, Lake Michigan, July 23, 2003
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Wave Foam, Indiana Sand Dunes in Gary, Lake County, Indiana, December 30, 2003
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West of Bismarck, North Dakota, October 15, 1997
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Willow Tree, August and September, 2018
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Wrigley Field, Sammy Sosa Hitting 564th Home Run, August 10, 2004