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A setting sun silhouettes the horizon and distant farm buildings and silos.

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A solitary tree stands near a winter farm field along a gravel road.

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Sunlight and clouds silhouette a winter tree in the woods of Southwoods Park in West Des Moines, Iowa.

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Low angle light highlights a fallen autumn elm leaf laying on an asphalt path in Southwoods Park, West Des Moines, Iowa.

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Sunlight and shadow patterns highlight a summer leaf in Southwoods Park, West Des Moines, Iowa.

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Elm leaves in sunlight and shadow, West Des Moines, Iowa.

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A squirrel pauses while passing the photographer in Crestbruck Park, Ankeny, Iowa.

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The east side of the Iowa State Capitol Building at night in Des Moines, Iowa.

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Sunlight and shadow highlight the wood grain texture of a fallen tree in Ankeny, Iowa.

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A squirrel watches the photographer from a pine tree in Ankeny, Iowa.

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Sunlight highlights leaves in Southwoods Park, West Des Moines, Iowa.

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Flower of an anthurium plant, Des Moines, Iowa

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Flower of an anthurium plant, Des Moines, Iowa

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A squirrel pauses on a wooden fence, Ankeny, Iowa.

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Sun highlights a leaf along a footpath, Raccoon River Park, West Des Moines, Iowa

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Ginkgo leaves catch setting sunlight, Woodland Reserve Greenway, Ankeny, Iowa

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railroad crossing warning sign, West Des Moines, Iowa grain added

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Sunset silhouettes a winter tree, Maffitt Lake Reservoir, West Des Moines, Iowa

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A setting sun silhouettes farm silos in Polk County, Iowa, between Ankeny and Alleman, iowa

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a painted lady butterfly dips into a flower, Southwoods Park, West Des Moines, Iowa

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bird, probably a house wren, perches on a dead branch, Southwoods Park, West Des Moines, Iowa

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backlit tree leaf, Southwoods Park, West Des Moines, Iowa

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foggy sunriise, public library pond, West Des Moines, Iowa