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20th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Drone/Aerial
Combining Corn

A Kansas farmer harvests his corn crop. Fields are terraced to conform to the land contours, catching scarce rain water and minimizing erosion of precious topsoil from runoff. Farmers harvest all day and all night, hoping to get the crops in before hail, rain, or some other disaster strikes.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 09.2021
Date Uploaded: 11.2022
Photo Location: Rural Douglas County, (Lawrence), Kansas, United States of America
Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark III
Copyright: © John English