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Wed, 09/26/2012 - 09:28 — Dave Culver
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  • The time-lapse photos show clouds pass(ing) over Braesch's farmland day after day, at times teasing the grower with the look of storms but offering little relief other than a rare shower and, more often, meaningless spits of water.
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Associated Press / Seattle (WA) Times

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September 26, 2012 | Duane Braesch's cornfields are prime evidence of how unforgiving the elements have been for him and so many others across the Midwest this summer. To demonstrate the hardship, the 79-year-old Nebraska farmer let the Associated Press show the world what he's weathered during the worst U.S. drought in decades.

Using a camera powered by solar panels and mounted on a pole on a mound overlooking Braesch's cornfield near Omaha, AP photographer Nati Harnik chronicled the wilting effects of extreme heat over August and much of September that turned Braesch's crop from a vibrant emerald to a sickly yellow.

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