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Latitude:41.8371793
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Sunset Time Today:7:02:29 PM
Daylength Today:12h 27m 40s
Sunrise Time Tomorrow:6:35:49 AM
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Feb 1, 2026 7:07:10 AM 5:06:56 PM 9h 59m 45s
Mar 1, 2026 6:30:29 AM 5:42:17 PM 11h 11m 47s
Apr 1, 2026 6:38:08 AM 7:17:13 PM 12h 39m 4s
May 1, 2026 5:51:16 AM 7:50:17 PM 13h 59m 0s
Jun 1, 2026 5:21:49 AM 8:21:12 PM 14h 59m 22s
Jul 1, 2026 5:21:47 AM 8:32:34 PM 15h 10m 47s
Aug 1, 2026 5:46:22 AM 8:13:34 PM 14h 27m 12s
Sep 1, 2026 6:18:29 AM 7:29:57 PM 13h 11m 28s
Sep 16, 2026 6:33:47 AM 7:04:14 PM 12h 30m 27s
Sep 17, 2026 6:34:48 AM 7:02:29 PM 12h 27m 40s
Oct 1, 2026 6:49:16 AM 6:37:56 PM 11h 48m 40s
Nov 1, 2026 7:24:35 AM 5:49:49 PM 10h 25m 13s
Dec 1, 2026 7:00:41 AM 4:24:22 PM 9h 23m 40s

Sunrise & Sunset Photos

Dawn Ornaments by Carl's Captures, Sunrise, Prairie Landing Golf Club, West Chicago

Nikon D5100, Tamron 18-270, ISO 180, f/8.0, 38mm,
Dawn Ornaments by Carl's Captures
Mile Post 24.30 by Carl's Captures, Metra Union Pacific West Line Train 500, bound for Chicago, kicks up a light dusting of snow as it s
Mile Post 24.30 by Carl's Captures
Mile Post 28.25 by Carl's Captures, A westbound freight train winds its way through Winfield, Illinois in early morning light at Mile Po
Mile Post 28.25 by Carl's Captures
Mile Post 27.75 by Carl's Captures, UP3864 rounds the curve just after sunset at Mile Post 27.75 of the Union Pacific Geneva Subdivision
Mile Post 27.75 by Carl's Captures
A Beam Come True by Carl's Captures, I recently witnessed the most amazing sunrise. After first noticing this spike of light beaming from
A Beam Come True by Carl's Captures
Losing Track by Carl's Captures, Retired CB&Q Caboose 14351, St. James Farm, Warrenville

Nikon D5100, Tamron 18-270, ISO 100, f/
Losing Track by Carl's Captures
Hierarchy of Reeds by Carl's Captures, Sunrise, Lincoln Marsh, Wheaton

Nikon D5100, Tamron 18-270, ISO 140, f/8.0, 18mm, 1/250slincolnmars
Hierarchy of Reeds by Carl's Captures
Swish by Carl's Captures, Sunrise, Northside Park, Wheaton

Nikon D5100, Tamron 18-270, ISO 400, f/10.0, 220mm, 1/4000smorning
Swish by Carl's Captures
Some Skies Have All the Luck by Carl's Captures, The first light of day radiates with drama above the former DuPage County Courthouse in Wheaton, Ill
Some Skies Have All the Luck by Carl's Captures
Mile Post 24.84 by Carl's Captures, As dawn lights up the eastern skies, a westbound Union Pacific freight train lights up the rails in
Mile Post 24.84 by Carl's Captures
Why Do Foals Fall in Love by Carl's Captures, Here's a look at the picturesque pastures of St. James Farm, a historic equestrian estate which is o
Why Do Foals Fall in Love by Carl's Captures
Mile Post 25.50 by Carl's Captures, An eastbound unit train passes through Wheaton just after sunset at Mile Post 25.50 on the Union Pac
Mile Post 25.50 by Carl's Captures
Mile Post 30.30 by Carl's Captures, As the sun sets in the West, an eastbound Union Pacific freight train approaches a set of "diam
Mile Post 30.30 by Carl's Captures
Into The Wild by Hoist!Man, I'm certainly no Botanist, far from it. These could be wild flowers, could be weeds. But the light,
Into The Wild by Hoist!Man
Mile Post 15.90 by Carl's Captures, An eastbound "hotshot" intermodal train rounds the curve at the Maple Avenue grade crossin
Mile Post 15.90 by Carl's Captures
Mile Post 25.50 by Carl's Captures, A long loaded coal train waits for signal clearance at Mile Post 25.50 of the Union Pacific Railroad
Mile Post 25.50 by Carl's Captures
Mile Post 25.26 by Carl's Captures, An outbound Metra Union Pacific West Line train passes under the Prairie Path and Manchester Road br
Mile Post 25.26 by Carl's Captures
Arbor-geddon by Carl's Captures, Morning breaks with theatrical flair at Lincoln Marsh in Wheaton. 

Nikon D5100, Tamron 18-270, ISO
Arbor-geddon by Carl's Captures
Spectacular Sunset by Dave Stargazer, Sun goes down. Skies light up. Crescent moon follows the sun
Purple bathes the tableau. So beautiful
Spectacular Sunset by Dave Stargazer
Mile Post 24.99 by Carl's Captures, A morning Metra train goes past tufts of native prairie grass in Wheaton. When the going gets tough,
Mile Post 24.99 by Carl's Captures
Mile Post 24.70 by Carl's Captures, Sunset light shines on Metra Union Pacific West Line Train 53, with homebound commuters aboard, as i
Mile Post 24.70 by Carl's Captures
Sunny and Shear by Carl's Captures, Main Street, Downtown West Chicago

Nikon D5100, Tamron 18-270, ISO 1000, f/6.3, 250mm, 1/200ssunset
Sunny and Shear by Carl's Captures
Sister Golden Hair by Carl's Captures, A wisp of prairie flora shines at sunset in Wheaton's Lincoln Marsh.

Nikon D7500, Sigma 18-300, ISO
Sister Golden Hair by Carl's Captures
Hierarchy of Weeds by Carl's Captures, Morning light mixes with pond mist at Northside Park in Wheaton.

Nikon D7500, Sigma 18-300, ISO 200
Hierarchy of Weeds by Carl's Captures
Many Are Cold, Fumes Are Frozen by Carl's Captures, The light of daybreak filters through the steamy skyline of downtown Wheaton, the air filled with pl
Many Are Cold, Fumes Are Frozen by Carl's Captures
House of Chill Repute by Carl's Captures, Morning light shines on the frozen facade of Egg Harbor Cafe, a popular breakfast spot in Downtown W
House of Chill Repute by Carl's Captures
gathered to watch the sunset by christiaan_25, pink flowers blue winter sunset sky orange nature colors silhouette clouds evening 98 explore stems
gathered to watch the sunset by christiaan_25
Aluminumation by Carl's Captures, Herrick Lake Forest Preserve ~ Wheaton, Illinois 

Nikon D5100, Tamron 18-270, ISO 250, f/6.3, 270mm
Aluminumation by Carl's Captures
Mile Post 25.60 by Carl's Captures, Manchester Road Bridge, Wheaton

Nikon D7500, Sigma 18-300, ISO 200, f/7.1, 165mm, 1/640sunionpacifi
Mile Post 25.60 by Carl's Captures
100 at Highlands by Moffat Road, Before sunrise early on the morning of November 9, 2017, passengers arrive, buy tickets and board a
100 at Highlands by Moffat Road
And So 4th by Carl's Captures, Field of Honor, Seven Gables Park, Wheaton 

Nikon D7500, Sigma 18-300, ISO 200, f/7.1, 300mm, 1/640
And So 4th by Carl's Captures
Twigged Out by Carl's Captures, Daybreak, Herrick Lake Forest Preserve, Wheaton

Sony DSC-HX1, ISO 125, f/4.5, 5.0mm, 1/250sdawn sun
Twigged Out by Carl's Captures
Shadows & Light I by Conal Gallagher, Shadows & Light Iray sunbeam sunrise daybreak mortonarboretum bench dawn
Shadows & Light I by Conal Gallagher
Lanterns Floating in the Dusk... by Dave Stargazer, ...guiding loved ones back to the spirit world

Each year, toward the end of August, the o-Bon festi
Lanterns Floating in the Dusk... by Dave Stargazer
Morning Rays by Brian Koprowski, I awoke early to check out the Morton Arboretum over the weekend. The Arboretum offered a stunning d
Morning Rays by Brian Koprowski
Absolute Last Light by Don Kalkman, Union Pacific coal empty CPPCD9-29 was rolling west on the Geneva Subdivision minutes before sunset.
Absolute Last Light by Don Kalkman
2 Canadians in the Mist by Seth Oliver Photographic Art, this was shot from last October at the Morton Arboretum in Lake Meadow during a group photo meetup..
2 Canadians in the Mist by Seth Oliver Photographic Art
Early Volting by Carl's Captures, morning skies over Wheaton, my ohm sweet ohm 

Nikon D7500, Sigma 18-300, ISO 200, f/6.3, 18mm, 1/20
Early Volting by Carl's Captures
Sunset MACe by Robby Gragg, BNSF SD70MACe 9748 leads a coal train east through Westmont, IL at sunset.bnsf sd70mace 9748 westmon
Sunset MACe by Robby Gragg
Down the middle by Robby Gragg, The sun sets down the middle of the racetrack in Westmont, IL.sunset westmont bnsf metra racetrack s
Down the middle by Robby Gragg
Memorial Day MMXXII by Jim Frazier, In Flanders Fields

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses row on row,
That mark ou
Memorial Day MMXXII by Jim Frazier
My Side of the Fountain by Carl's Captures, Adams Park ~ Downtown Wheaton, Illinois 

Olympus E-500, Olympus 18-180, ISO 100, f/4.5, 31mm, 1/100
My Side of the Fountain by Carl's Captures
Curved by Kevin Rodde Photography, I've heard of photographers going to crazy lengths to get the shot.  This shot was as far as I'd gon
Curved by Kevin Rodde Photography
Mile Post 25.40 by Carl's Captures, An eastbound freight train passes through Wheaton at sunset.

Mile Post 25.40, Union Pacific Railroa
Mile Post 25.40 by Carl's Captures
The Short-Lived T4 by Don Kalkman, A pair of new Union Pacific SD70ACe T4 were westbound with a hopper train at sunset.

EMD was once t
The Short-Lived T4 by Don Kalkman
Fall Under the Bur Oak by Jim Frazier, Rose Garden
Cantigny Park
Wheaton, Illinois 41.855622, -88.156055

October 29, 2022

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Fall Under the Bur Oak by Jim Frazier
Next Stop, West Chicago by Theresa*, Looking west from the Winfield train station as a late rush hour Metra passenger train winds its way
Next Stop, West Chicago by Theresa*
Square Lake Sunrise by Kevin Rodde Photography, No color tweaking except for white balancelake sunrise canon 6d rodde herricklake forestpreservedist
Square Lake Sunrise by Kevin Rodde Photography
Sunrise by Conal Gallagher, Sunrisesunrise trees
Sunrise by Conal Gallagher
Sunrise at Salt Creek by urbsinhorto1837, Graue Mill in Oak Brook.chicagoland forestpreservedistrictofdupagecounty grauemill illinois light oa
Sunrise at Salt Creek by urbsinhorto1837
Field Of Dreams by Kevin Rodde Photography, trees sun field silhouette fog sunrise fence illinois day baseball foggy sunny fair clear 6d grss do
Field Of Dreams by Kevin Rodde Photography
I Yield by Kevin Rodde Photography, Took this on the way to work the other day. I was struck by the contrasts in this shot - the blue an
I Yield by Kevin Rodde Photography
Numinous by Kevin Rodde Photography, Like the Grand Canyon (obviously to a much lesser degree) the feeling that washed over me during thi
Numinous by Kevin Rodde Photography
A New Beginning by ratulm, Wishing all my Flickr friends a very Happy New Year 2014.

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A New Beginning by ratulm
Behold by Kevin Rodde Photography, It's moments like this that make me feel so blessed in many different ways.sun mist lake reflection
Behold by Kevin Rodde Photography
Sunrise Seat in Snow by Christopher J May, An Adirondack chair at the Morton Arboretum glows in the first light of day on November 1st, 2019. H
Sunrise Seat in Snow by Christopher J May
CN 2140 south in Eola, Illinois on February 29, 2020. by soo6000, A loaded grain train, G88081, runs along the ex EJ&E with a 3 pack of C40-8W's.  All three are e
CN 2140 south in Eola, Illinois on February 29, 2020. by soo6000
Mystical Morninig by Kevin Rodde Photography, sky sun lake reflection sunrise canon reeds glendale heights cirrus 6d rodde eastbranchforestpreserv
Mystical Morninig by Kevin Rodde Photography
Frosty by dscharen, illinoisprairiepath frost bataviajunction chicagoauroraelgin cae sunsetlines aurora illinois
Frosty by dscharen
Spellbound by Kevin Rodde Photography, A magical moment morning at East Branch forest preservetrees sun snow fog sunrise snowy foggy can 6d
Spellbound by Kevin Rodde Photography