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NASA Images

Caption: Tower Rolls Away. NASA/courtesy of nasaimages.org.

Link: http://www.nasaimages.org/

NASA Images provides public access to NASA's image, video, and audio collections in a single online resource. NASA Images includes press release photos from NASA's numerous space missions, as well as more general images related to space exploration, aeronautics, and astronomy. Unless otherwise noted, all images are free for educational use.

License

NASA imagery is generally not protected by copyright, so you are free to use it "for educational or informational purposes, including photo collections, textbooks, public exhibits and Internet Web pages (personal or otherwise)" (NASA Images, Terms and Conditions). This general permission does not extend to any use of the NASA logo.

Citation Requirements:

The following credit line should be used in connection with the images: "NASA/courtesy of nasaimages.org."

Privacy Concerns:

"If a NASA image obtained from NASAIMAGES.ORG includes an identifiable person, use of the image for commercial or other purposes may infringe that person's right of privacy or publicity, and permission should be obtained from the person depicted in the image."

Searching, Downloading, & Embedding

Searching
  1. The NASA Images homepage contains a search box in the top right corner. Enter your keywords and click "Search."
  2. From the search results page, you can refine your search by using the limiters on the left, or by clicking the "Advanced Search" link that appears underneath the main search box.
Downloading
  1. Mouse over the "Export" icon directly above the image.
  2. Select the image size that you would like to download.
  3. Save the file to your hard drive.
Embedding
  1. Click the "Embed This" link on the main navigation bar at the top of the page.
  2. Copy and paste the embed code into a learning-mangement system, website, wiki, or blog.


Example

Caption: Tower Rolls Away. NASA/courtesy of nasaimages.org.




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