Explore #72 on December 30, 2024
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter speaking at Illinois College in Jacksonville on October 14, 2014. The 39th president of the United States, shown days after he turned 90, died today at the age of 100. Rest in peace, and God bless, Mr. President.
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Explore #48 on November 23, 2024.
After emptying its load downstream, an empty Illinois River barge is heading north past Havana. During the fall harvest, the Illinois River comes alive with the sight of barges laden with grain, making their steady journey downstream to unload their grain, and upstream to gather their next load. These barges, often linked together in long, impressive formations, glide through the water, propelled by powerful towboats. The river becomes a bustling highway of activity, vital for transporting the bounty of the Midwest's agricultural fields to markets and ports.
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Explore #64 on November 7, 2024.
The dust trail of a combine harvester is particularly noticeable during golden hour when the sun's rays are low, and shadows are long.
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Explore #66 on October 22, 2024
A view of grassed waterways crossing partially harvested fields during the autumn harvest. As seen in this view, the visual impression of Illinois’ agricultural landscapes is one of expansive openness, where the sky meets the earth in an unbroken line, punctuated only by the occasional farmhouse, silo, or grove of trees along waterways.
It is a landscape dominated by monoculture crops, primarily corn and soybeans, which stretch across the horizon in neat, orderly rows, often intersected by tractor paths and grassed waterways, as are prominent in this photo. The area is predominantly flat with gently rolling hills, and the soil is exceptionally rich, thanks to thousands of years of organic matter accumulation from deep-rooted prairie plants. This has made Illinois one of the most productive agricultural states in the United States.
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Explore #47 on October 6, 2024
A view of grassed waterways crossing a field waiting to be harvested. As seen in this view, the visual impression of Illinois’ agricultural landscapes is one of expansive openness, where the sky meets the earth in an unbroken line, punctuated only by the occasional farmhouse, silo, or grove of trees along waterways.
It is a landscape dominated by monoculture crops, primarily corn and soybeans, which stretch across the horizon in neat, orderly rows, often intersected by tractor paths and grassed waterways, as are prominent in this photo. The area is predominantly flat with gently rolling hills, and the soil is exceptionally rich, thanks to thousands of years of organic matter accumulation from deep-rooted prairie plants. This has made Illinois one of the most productive agricultural states in the United States.
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