The Basilica of St. Fidelis, known as the "Cathedral of the Plains," is seen across fields of wheat in Victoria, Kansas. #
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Monument Rocks, a National Natural Landmark, are a group of large chalk formations standing up to 70 feet above the surrounding area, in Gove County, western Kansas. #
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Green hills stretch to the horizon in the Flint Hills of Kansas. #
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Fireworks over Fourth of July weekend on City Lake in Council Grove, Kansas #
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Looking down Southeast 9th Street in Topeka, toward the Kansas State Capitol #
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Winter wheat stands ready to be harvested in a field near McCracken, Kansas, on June 15, 2018. #
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Combines work at twilight during the wheat harvest in Goodland, Kansas. #
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People ride a Ferris wheel at the Sheridan County Fair in Hoxie, Kansas, in July of 2019. #
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An idle oil pumpjack is silhouetted against the setting sun in a field south of Oakley, Kansas, on May 20, 2020. #
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Deer walk through an ice-covered field in rural Kansas, after a storm. #
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A school bus passes a pile of milo at a grain storage facility near Canton, Kansas, on November 10, 2015. The crop is used mainly for feeding cattle and ethanol production. #
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Fans fill the stands of the Kansas Speedway at the start of the NASCAR Hollywood Casino 400 cup series in Kansas City, Kansas, on October 18, 2015. #
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Wind blows drifting snow across the road in front of Buck Creek School near Lawrence, Kansas, on February 5, 2014. The school, built in 1878, is now used as a rural township hall and community center. #
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A girl plays on a frozen lake at a park in Lenexa, Kansas, on January 18, 2018. #
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A view down the brick-paved Broadway Street in Cottonwood Falls, Kansas, looking toward the Chase County Courthouse #
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Stormy skies above fields outside Saint Francis, Kansas #
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A cow grazes in a pasture as wind turbines rise in the distance near Reading, Kansas, on April 27, 2020. #
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Old Dominion performs during the Kicker Country Stampede at Tuttle Creek State Park near Manhattan, Kansas, on June 24, 2017. #
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A rancher burns prairie grasses on the Flying W Ranch near Clements, Kansas, on April 16, 2009. Ranchers in the Flint Hills burn the grasses every spring to help renew the pastures for cattle grazing. #
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Ranchers herd cattle along a gravel road in rural Kansas. #
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Benjamin Haddox from South Coffeyville, Oklahoma, lies in the hay with his Jersey bull calf before judging starts during the Coffeyville Inter-State Fair in Coffeyville, Kansas, on August 14, 2004. #
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A rotary snowplow train approaches snow-clogged Sharon Springs, Kansas. #
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A view of the city of Wichita, along the banks of the Arkansas River. The building at right is Exploration Place, a science museum that opened in 2000. #
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Women dressed in traditional La Calavera Catrina costumes dance during the Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) event held in Emporia, Kansas, on October 27, 2018. #
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In Manhattan, Kansas State Wildcats fans cheer during a game against the Texas Christian University Horned Frogs at Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium on October 19, 2019. #
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Snow geese fly above Hiawatha, in Brown County. #
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A foggy morning view along a Kansas cornfield #
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Americus Days Parade Marshall and Emporia State University President Michael Shonrock; his wife, Karen; and DeWayne Backhus (of ESU) ride on a tractor down Main Street in Americus, Kansas, on June 14, 2014. #
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A great blue heron, silhouetted on Big Salt Marsh, in Quivira National Wildlife Refuge #
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A limestone corner post, strung with barbed wire, stands along a field in rural Kansas. #
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An aerial view of the city of St. Marys, Kansas #
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A tornado touches down near Dodge City, Kansas, on May 24, 2016. #
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A train passes through Emporia, Kansas, on June 19, 2014. #
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A crowd watches the pig races at the Kansas State Fair in Hutchinson on September 15, 2018. #
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Jonny Mendoza and his dog Subi sled down a snowy hill in a park in Kansas City, Kansas, on November 26, 2018, after a winter storm brought blizzard-like conditions to the area. #
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The sun rises behind a small group of bison in the Maxwell Wildlife Refuge in central Kansas. #
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