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A selection of book illustrations, photos, drawings, and other images from across the Smithsonian Libraries.

A set of digital collections containing images from items in the University's Special Collections, the Richard F. Brush Art Gallery, along with faculty and student scholarship.

The NOAA Photo Library collections reflect NOAA’s broad mission of advancing science “from the bottom of the ocean to the surface of the Sun.” Images within the NOAA Photo Library are contributed by NOAA staff and help depict NOAA’s work to explain and interpret our changing environment. The collection includes thousands of weather and space images, hundreds of images of shores and coastal seas, and thousands of marine species images ranging from whales to the most minute plankton.

This Image Gallery, provided by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), is a collection of more than 30,000 photographs, scientific images, and videos related to renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies, along with photos and videos documenting life at the laboratory. NREL is the U.S. Department of Energy's primary national laboratory for renewable energy and energy efficiency research and development.

The Earth Observatory’s mission is to share with the public the images, stories, and discoveries about the environment, Earth systems, and climate that emerge from NASA research, including its satellite missions, in-the-field research, and models.

Most materials published on the Earth Observatory, including images, are freely available for re-publication or re-use, including commercial purposes, except for where copyright is indicated. In those cases you must obtain the copyright holder’s permission; we usually provide links to the organization that holds the copyright.

NASA's new image library consolidates imagery spread across 60 collections into one searchable locations. Users can embed content in their own sites and choose from multiple resolutions, including the original size, to download. Users can see the metadata associated with images, including EXIF/camera data on many images.

The NSSDCA Photo Gallery is intended to fulfill two different purposes. The first of these is to provide access to some of the more popular NASA images available to the public. Historically, NSSDCA filled hundreds of requests per year for thousands of photographs, but many of the same images are requested time and again. Many (if not most) of these are provided in the Photo Gallery.

Visible Earth serves as a clearinghouse for thousands of satellite-derived images, animations and data visualizations. Its database is searchable, and can be browsed by name of satellite or sensor, geographic region, type of phenomena and other groupings.

National Image Library is a searchable collection of selected images, historical artifacts, audio clips, publications, maps and videos. The Images collection is a selection of digital still images which are the very best visual representation of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service mission - "working with others to conserve, protect and enhance fish, wildlife, and plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people".

Explore 888,506 items digitized from The New York Public Library's collections. This site is a living database with new materials added every day, featuring prints, photographs, maps, manuscripts, streaming video, and more.