Open Source Media Links
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Site |
Description |
| Stock |
MorgueFile |
Open submission website |
| Image Base |
Browse though ‘main categories’ link |
| SXC |
Stock Exchange - more like a large stock photo site. Each image has its own license |
| Unprofound |
Paid for by donations, fair selection, can sort by color of picture |
| OpenPhoto |
A little artsy, must register to download. Creative Commons license |
| ImageTemple |
Community sharing site |
| FreePhotosBank |
Very extensive selection |
| Image Base |
Browse though ‘main categories’ link |
| SXC |
Stock Exchange - more like a large stock photo site. Each image has its own license |
| Unprofound |
Paid for by donations, fair selection, can sort by color of picture |
| Open Photo |
A little artsy, must register to download. Creative Commons license |
| ImageTemple |
Community sharing site |
| Free Photos Bank |
Very extensive selection |
| Creative Commons |
Searches several open source media sites for creative commons licenced works |
| Wikimedia |
a database of over 14 million freely usable media files to which anyone can contribute |
| Every Stock Photo |
Aggregates several stock photo sites, includes royalty free |
| ImageAfter |
Architecture, art, nature and other miscellaneous images |
| Free Graphics World |
Web graphics like buttons and tabs |
| Internet Archive |
The 'Internet Library'; hosts historical collections, text, audio, video, software and archived web pages. |
| Open Stock Photography |
Searches Wikimedia |
| Free Foto |
A smallish site of stock images. Requires back link attribution. |
| Kave Wall Stock |
Low-res images are free; must pay for the high-res |
| Free Stock Photography |
Small bank of random images. |
| Stock Vault |
Medium sized archive of non-commercial images from users, paid for by advertising on the site. |
| Free Digital Photos |
Low-res images are free; must pay for the high-res |
| Cepolina Photo |
Travel images available in 6 sizes, large list of categories |
| Turbo Photo's Free Stock Images |
Turbo Photo has high res images for sale |
| Unsplash |
Free (do whatever you want) hi-resolution images |
| Pexels |
Creative Commons image search |
| Science |
Mars Global Surveyor |
Lots of images of Mars from satellites and rovers. |
| USGS |
United States Geological Survey |
| USDA |
United Stated Department of Agriculture |
| USDA Plants |
Search for specific plants |
| NIX |
NASA Image Exchange |
| GRIN |
Great Images in NASA |
| JPL |
Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| HubbleSite |
Hubble Space Telescope images |
| NOAA Photo Library |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration weather gallery |
| NRCS |
Natural Resources Conservation Service |
| NSF |
National Science Foundation Multimedia Gallery |
| USFWS |
US Fish and Wildlife Service's National Digital Library |
| National Maring Sanctuaries |
Video and high-res stills on underwater life |
| Smithsonian Collections Search Center |
Publicly available images, audio and video from the Smithsonian. |
| Cascades Volcano Observatory |
USGS archive of volcanos |
| Earth Science World Image Bank |
Non-commercial earth science images |
| Blue Cloud Abbey Native American Photograph Collection |
In search of historical photographs to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Lewis and Clark expedition, the USGS went to the Blue Cloud Abbey in Marvin, S.D. The USGS uncovered 337 glass plate negatives featuring Native Americans from the late 1800s to early 1900s. |
| DOI: BLM National and State Library |
Department of the Interior: Bureau of Land Mangement. This web site contains a photo library of BLM digital images. It was designed to provide a service to other federal agencies, the general public and non-profit organizations |
| History |
FEMA Photo Library |
Non-copyright material. Largely disaster and government related |
| CSU WorldImages |
Education and non-profit licensed images by continent, topic, chronological order, country, style, medium. |
| Discover Yale Digital Content |
Yale''s collections of art, natual history, books, and maps. |
| National Archives Archival Research Catalog |
Historical images of American history |
| National Jukebox |
Historic audio from the Library of Congress |
| Voice from the Dust Bowl |
Library of Congress collection of life during Dust Bowl |
| National Archives |
Millions of images, audio and video as well as historic records. |
| Maps Etc |
Educational Technology Clearinghouse's collection of historic maps. Use up to 25 in non-commercial or educational projects. |
| CIA World Factbook |
Maps, flags and facts on all countries |
| American Indians of the Pacific Northwest |
Library of Congress and University of Washinton Libraries. This digital collection integrates over 2,300 photographs and 7,700 pages of text relating to the American Indians in two cultural areas of the Pacific Northwest, the Northwest Coast and Plateau. |
| US Army Heritage and Education Center |
Audio, Video and images related to US miliary history |
| Naval Images |
Mostly low-res naval images |
| Army Media |
Historic and modern media |
| Air Force |
Historic and modern media |
| Photos of the Great War |
WWI image archive. |
| US Army Center of Milary History |
Images, art and history of US military |