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Heavy snow in Blackwell Forest Preserve near Warrenville.
Gib Van Dine of West Chicago
This scene was capture on a very cold afternoon in December 2017 at the Morton Arboretum.The image to me shows the frigid cold of the day and that the bright sun shine through the trees could not over come it.
Dennis Swanner of West Chicago
A boat departs at sunrise outside of Paris along the Seine River in November.
Iris Cooley of Hawthorn Woods
I winter in Brooksville, Florida on a small lake. This was our sunset the other day.
Cathy Godfrey of Wheaton
A snow-covered squirrel is caught in a storm on the hunt for food.
Cindy Spudich of Lake Zurich
A couple walks through a covered bridge near Groveland, Ind. in December 2016.
Mike Stone of Round Lake Beach
A view under the Wabash Avenue Bridge of snow covered patches of ice floating on the Chicago River on December 29 in Chicago.
Ken Simpson of Arlington Heights
The Cactus Garden is lit up at the Chicago Botanic Garden in Glencoe on December 23.
Charlene Comin of Buffalo Grove
The sun sets on the sand dunes in the Sahara Desert, Morocco on October 5.
Adriaan Sachtler of Des Plaines
This picture was taken last September at Custer State Park, South Dakota. The scattered bison herd is rounded up each fall for tagging and an auction of some stock to keep the herd size manageable. These cowboys were rounding up a small group of bison, and bringing them to the larger herd. When the herd is all together there are about 1300 bison, and it's quite a sight.
Milton Hoskins of Hampshire
Our recent cold spell reminded me of last January's very frigid weather. This photo of window frost at our house was taken back then using my macro lens. I also set the camera to tungsten white-balance, which turned the white daylight a cooler shade of blue, which better matched my feelings on that very cold day.
Mike Weimer of St. Charles
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