Corner on Corn! by auntietk
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I grew up playing a card game called PIT. It's fast paced, fun, boisterous, loud, and high energy. You try to collect all the cards of one type, and when you've got them, you yell, "Corner on Corn!" Or wheat, or flax, or whatever you happen to have collected.
Looking for a title for this image, that card game came back to me and I couldn't shake it!
This image is of corn silos in Iowa, but it could have just as easily been Illinois, South Dakota, Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri ... you get the idea. We saw a LOT of corn and a lot of corn silos.
Another shot out the car window, probably doing about 75mph. You can always tell the out-the-window shots, because the grass along the side of the road is blurry.
If you need some scale for these silos, check out the lower right-hand corner of the complex. That little garage-looking part is where they load the corn into big hopper trucks (or possibly rail cars) to ship the grain out.
I'm not kidding. We saw a LOT of corn!
Comments (23)
junge1
Great shot Tara. At 75mph out the car window? You did one hell of a good job centering the picture. Nice midwestern scene. No wonder they call it the bread basket, or corn basket? of the world. Something like that. BTW - you got about 2/3 of our annual total in a 24 hr. period.
Chipka
This looks like the part of Illinois I had the pleasure of visiting yesterday...the part of the state with really, terribly scary, utterly spooky old country western music zapping out of antennas sharing property with little white shacks--Radio Stations, as seen in movies like O Brother Where Art Thou? You know, the kinds of radio stations the size (and overall shape of an outhouse on steroids? The silos I saw were all responsible for feeding trucks, more so than trains. They were uniformly silo-ish, like these. They were big. They reminded me that there are some very necessary parts of the state, that also happen to be very spooky. So much of our food comes from really spooky places! And you've captured that perfectly. I love the fuel tank shape of these silos: I keep expecting a few of them to start venting condensation from the liquid oxygen fuel propellant responsible for sending guys to the moon. Brilliantly seen and captured. Nice!
wysiwig
And then the mighty engines ignited and they flew off into space! In my trip across the country it seemed the entire states of Nebraska and Iowa were completely covered in corn fields. I don't remember seeing one silo, however. Nice capture, especially at 75 mph.
durleybeachbum
ENCORNOMOUS! Or is what you call corn actually wheat? Never mind, a quite amazing catch at that speed and they are very shiny..I like shiny.
fallen21
Amazing capture!
awjay
wowwwww,,,,,superb
bmac62
Ooooo, nice. I recall these as we rocketed past but I have no idea where they were (Iowa you say)...or where we were for that matter;-) I love these road shots, even though I don't think you did at the time. This sets the tone for most of what we saw for days in the midwest. Very true to life on the Great Plains. First class!
jayfar
I suppose you could say the pic is a corny one or a bit grainy but it is actually an amazing pic!!!
dakotabluemoon
Superb capture and i am always getting pics when driving by but this one came out really good.
jophoto
Nice shot!
Blush
Great capture Looks like a few silos here in our little burg Hug Susan~
jocko500
they all look new too. wonder if they going to feed the people of going to make fuel?
barbdennist
I love the game of PIT! I haven't played it in years and you are quite right about it being loud and noisy. I'm going to see if we still have the game because my grandkids would love a reason to shout and not get in trouble for it. And you and Bill are like Ken and I. He drives, I roll down the window and freeze us out trying to get the perfect shot at 75 mph. Maybe we need to travel in warmer weather. Happy Thanksgiving to you both.
helanker
Impressive constructions :-) Excellent capture too :)
MrsRatbag
LOL, I know what you mean about a LOT of corn; I've done that drive so many times I can't even count them. But what a great all-American scene and shot!
bobrgallegos
Very wonderful shot of this rural landscape and grain silo!!! Especially at 75 MPH!!
Faemike55
Fantastic capture and nice and interesting reference
RodS
Well, there's quite a few bowls of corn flakes there, that's for sure! Nice one Tara! I used to service a couple copiers in the big Bunge elevator in Atchison a few years back. You wouldn't believe the grain dust I had to clean out of those things...... It always made me just a little nervous going in there with high-voltage coronas and all that airborne dust.... I think this is the elevator that exploded a few weeks ago...
0rest4wicked
PIT!, Hmm, can't say as ever hearing of that one. A classic midwest scene!
cfulton
Hmm, I am inspired to 'wheat' out my shots of silos - and the plastic 'sausages' they use now! So clean and shiny - must be new! Clive
sharky_
Those are huge... Aloha
moochagoo
A very classical view. Well done !
cannonn
very very wonderful