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Midwest corn landscape transformation
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Corn drastically changes the landscape in the Midwest during the summer. This first image is the scene around my town's welcome sign, taken during the winter:
And this is what it looks like in mid-summer (taken this afternoon):
It will stay that way until sometime between late September and November when the harvest takes place. Until then, I just have to use soybean fields for my storm chasing views.
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