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Nebraska, 2004

A pair of workers halts haying in the Sand Hills to watch with concern and awe as rolling thunderheads fill the afternoon sky.

These photos are from the new National Geographic book Greatest Photographs of the American West: Capturing 125 Years of Majesty, Spirit, and Adventure, available now.

Buy a print of this photo

Photograph by Jim Richardson, National Geographic

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