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Reason for the nomination:
This file was initially tagged by Rlandmann as Copyvio (copyvio) and the most recent rationale was: image source states that "All Photographs Appear Courtesy of the Topeka Capitol Journal" (Kansas newspaper). So although this was found on a .gov website, this is not a public domain image, and the "Author" field here is patently wrong.
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This image is in the public domain because it was stored on the web servers of the U.S. National Weather Service. NWS-created images are automatically public domain in the U.S. since the NWS is a part of the U.S. government. However, the NWS sites also host non-NWS images which have been submitted by individuals: these are generally shown as "Courtesy of ...". Such images have explicitly been released to the public domain by the copyright owner as part of the upload process.
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