Loess Hills
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The Loess Hills are a formation of wind-deposited loess soil in the westernmost parts of Iowa and Missouri, and the easternmost parts of Nebraska and Kansas, along the Missouri River.
Loess Hills east of Mondamin, Iowa.
Snow geese flying in front of the Loess Hills at Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge in the Missouri River bottoms near Mound City, Missouri
A view of the thin ridges that form the "spine" of the Loess Hills
Wildflowers in the Loess Hills
The Union Pacific Missouri River Bridge is a rail truss bridge across the Missouri River between Council Bluffs, Iowa, and Omaha, Nebraska.
The bridge in 2025
The original Union Pacific Bridge around 1909
Union Pacific coal train crossing bridge with Loess Hills in background
Fishermen on the Missouri River facing the Union Pacific Bridge