Fall has arrived, bringing colorful foliage, crisp mornings and plenty of picture-perfect moments across the state.
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Susan Stevens got this amazing shot of an orange moon rising over Lake Michigan in Chicago. "It was so orange, I thought it was a sunset," she said.
Brittney Collins, of New Lenox, photographed these two praying mantises on a swing set in her backyard. "I love the first one's shadow," she tells us.
Colleen McAbee says she photographed this cornfield "at the edge of a cemetery firing a sun shower" in Clintonville, Wisconsin.
Gloria Lopez called this her "favorite shot of the day" at Independence Grove.
Jim Kresach was enjoying some fall golf at Cantigny in Wheaton.
Jeanine Moore, of Glendale Heights, was at a stoplight when she saw a squirrel eating a snack and grabbed her camera.
Diane M. Wojowski, of Homer Glen, took these early morning photos of a bright moon showing through clusters of clouds.
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