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Obtaining free images

A picture is worth a thousand words - but what if you don't have any?

Searching on the web you may find sites which offer free images, always be careful to check the small print to confirm that you may use the resources for your particular use.

Always include copyright information and a reference to the site where you downloaded the image if requested.

Here's a selection of some of the sites we've used in the past:

• General
• Hazards and disasters
• Nature/conservation/farming
• Locations
• News
• Space
• Trade

Let us know if there are any other sites that you can recommend.

General

Aarinfreephoto.com
http://aarinfreephoto.com/

Alaska Image Library
http://images.fws.gov/default.cfm?  ¬
library_id=r7&CFID=250252&CFTOKEN=83630753

AMG media
www.amgmedia.com/freephotos/index.html

Bigfoto
www.bigfoto.com/

The Bureau of Land Management
www.photos.blm.gov/

ChristopherHolt.com
www.christopherholt.com/subjects/free-pictures.htm

DHD Photo Gallery
www.hd.org/Damon/photos/

Foto4 - seek permission first.
www.foto4.com/

four bees
www.fourbees.com/

Freeimages.co.uk
www.freeimages.co.uk/

FreeMediaGoo.com (Use Internet Explorer)
www.freemediagoo.com/

Freephotographs.net
www.free-photographs.net/

Free Stock Photos
www.freestockphotos.com/

Free Stock Photos
www.free-stock-photos.com/

Free Stock Photos
www.freestock.co.uk/

Geek Philosopher
http://geekphilosopher.com/MainPage/photos.htm

Get the pixel
www.getthepixel.com/

Image after
www.imageafter.com/

ImageCase
www.imagecase.com/

Images of the World
www.imagesoftheworld.org/

Intuitivmedia.net
www.intuitivmedia.de/

Istockphoto
www.istockphoto.com/

Kepek.creart.hu
http://kepek.creart.hu/

Library of Congress
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pp/pphome.html

morgueFile
www.morguefile.com/

NASA
www.nasa.gov/gallery/photo/

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration photo library
www.photolib.noaa.gov/

Photo.net
www.photo.net/stock/

Picstyle
www.picstyle.de/

Picturestation
www.picturestation.net/start/

Pixelperfect digital (Use Internet Explorer)
http://ppdigital.com/

Stock.kriegsnet
http://stock.kriegsnet.com/

stock.xchnge
www.sxc.hu/

USDA - US Department of Agriculture
www.usda.gov/oc/photo/opclibra.htm

USDoD - US Department of Defense
www.defenselink.mil/photos/

USGS - US Geological Survey
http://interactive2.usgs.gov/learningweb/fun/image.asp

US National Archives
www.nara.gov/nara/searchnail.html

WebCreationZ
www.webcreationz.co.uk/imagearchive.php

Hazards and disasters

Selected Sources ... images of Hazards and Disasters - List of sites which offer images of storms, tornadoes, earthquakes, floods etc. Not all of these sites offer free images.
www.colorado.edu/hazards/sites/photos.html

USDOE - US Department of Energy - lots of pictures of bombs/explosions
www.nv.doe.gov/news%26pubs/photos%26films/atm.htm

Nature/conservation/farming

Amara Conservation - African wildlife and conservation work.
www.amaraconservation.org/photos/

Brazilian Nature
www.megavision.com.br/freephotos/

edenpics
www.edenpics.com/

Exzooberance
www.exzooberance.com/free%20animal%20pictures.htm

Farmphoto.com - livestock, equipment, and other farm-related.
www.farmphoto.com/

Imagine Animals - Endangered species.
http://imagineanimals.com/download/

Monteverde Costa Rica info - Rainforest, animals.
www.monteverdeinfo.com/photo_gallery.htm

The Pet Professor
www.thepetprofessor.com/secFreePhotos/welcome.asp

Purdue University animal sciences - Dairy farming.
www.ansc.purdue.edu/dairy/graphics/pclipart.htm

Rainforest Action Network - Indigenous people, actions.
www.ran.org/ran_campaigns/newsroom/photos.html

The Tiger Foundation - Tigers.
www.tigerfdn.com/Tigers_Interactive/dlig1.htm

United States Department of Agriculture - Plants, insects, animals, crops, lab
research, and various illustrations related to food.
www.ars.usda.gov/is/graphics/photos/

Wildlife Pictures Online
www.wildlife-pictures-online.com/

Location

Lexicorient - Morocco
www.lexicorient.com/morocco/_photos.htm

Northern sights - Northern England (view using Internet Explorer)
www.northernsights.co.uk/index.htm

Virtual Australia - 3 images only (view using Internet Explorer)
www.virtualaustralia.com/contact/freeimages.shtml

Virtual New Zealand - 2 images only (view using Internet Explorer)
www.vnz.co.nz/contact/freeimages.shtml

USAID in Africa Photo Gallery
www.dec.org/partners/afr/photogallery/

News

WirePix - US bias
www.wirepix.com/newsphotos/index.php3

Space

Earth from space
http://earth.jsc.nasa.gov/

Hubble Space Telescope Public Pictures
http://oposite.stsci.edu/pubinfo/pictures.html

Trade

The Fairtrade Foundation photo library
www.fairtrade.org.uk/mediaphotos.htm