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Photographs
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Anglo-Australian Observatory (AAO) 
 A "gateway to a unique collection of wide-field astronomical photographs." Choose images by object type (stars, nebulae, galaxies, etc.) or telescope. Each image contains a description and links to related images. Includes essay on innovative photographic techniques. http://www.aao.gov.au/images.html/ Topics: Astronomy, Photograph Collections, Technology Last updated Mar 4, 2004 Astronomy Picture of the Day
"Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer." Includes archive dating back to 1995; searchable, and browsable by subject. From the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html Topics: Astronomy, Photograph Collections Last updated May 2, 2005 Catalog of Spaceborne Imaging: A Guide to NSSDC's Planetary Image Archives
The imaging catalog contains a collection of over 500 images of the solar system bodies, including the sun, earth, moon, planets, and other astronomical objects taken by various space flight missions. The images are browsable by the individual missions, Hubble Space Telescope, and earth-based radar, providing information on the image's location, time, and imaging details. http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/imgcat/ Topics: Astronomy, Geography, Photograph Collections, Technology Last updated Jan 6, 2003 Earth and Moon Viewer
View either a map of the Earth showing the day and night regions at this moment or view the Earth from the Sun, the Moon, the night side of the Earth, above any location on the planet specified by latitude, longitude, and altitude, from a satellite in Earth orbit, or above cities around the globe. Also shows the Moon from Sun, Earth, night side, above formations on the Moon, and as a map. http://www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/ Topics: Astronomy, Maps by Place, Photograph Collections, Scientific Themes Last updated Jan 11, 2007 The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth
A searchable and browsable collection of over 450,000 photographs of earth taken from space beginning in 1961. Browsable through a clickable map. May be searched by multiple criteria including mission, geographic region, latitude, longitude, camera tilt, and camera and film type. Features a cities collection, mission highlights, and the Space Shuttle "Earth from Space" collection. From Earth Sciences and Image Analysis, NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)-Johnson Space Center. http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/sseop/clickmap/ Topics: Astronomy, Photograph Collections Last updated Dec 19, 2004 Great Images in NASA (GRIN)
This site provides the public with more than one thousand digital pictures relating to NASA's history. It includes pictures of spacecraft and astronauts as well as pictures of space taken from spacecraft. The collection is searchable and the pictures can be browsed by subject and by space center. Each image is available in three sizes. http://grin.hq.nasa.gov/ Topics: Astronomy, Transportation Last updated Jan 6, 2003 ISS EarthKAM
"ISS EarthKAM [International Space Station Earth Knowledge Acquired by Middle school students] is a NASA sponsored program that provides stunning, high quality photographs of our planet taken from the Space Shuttle and International Space Station. Since 1996, ISS EarthKAM students have taken thousands of photographs of Earth by using the world wide web to direct a digital camera." Includes a searchable image database, and information for educators and students. Searchable. http://www.earthkam.ucsd.edu/ Topics: Astronomy, Photograph Collections, Science Last updated Oct 21, 2003 Mars Global Surveyor: Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) Image Gallery
Over 100,000 photographs of Mars, taken by three cameras "that provide daily global weather monitoring, context images to determine where the narrow angle views were actually acquired, and regional coverage to monitor variable surface features such as polar frost and wind streaks." http://www.msss.com/moc_gallery/ Topics: Astronomy, Photograph Collections Last updated Aug 27, 2003 NASA Image eXchange (NIX)
A "web-based search engine for simultaneously searching one or more of NASA's online image and photo collections. Searching is performed using keywords. ... NIX returns thumbnail sized images; textual descriptions; image numbers; and links to higher resolution images, more information, and the NASA Center that stores each image." Searches hundreds of thousands of NASA images. The Browse link will lead to NASA's choice of their best photos. The Options link will let you search within a collection. http://nix.nasa.gov/ Topics: Astronomy, Internet Guides & Search Tools, Photograph Collections, Technology, Transportation Last updated Jul 7, 2003 NASA Images
"NASA Images is a service of Internet Archive ... a non-profit library, to offer public access to NASA's images, videos and audio collections." Features a pictorial timeline of space exploration, and images on the subjects of the universe, solar system, Earth, aeronautics, and astronauts. Search by key word, and narrow results by what, where, who, or when. From the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). http://www.nasaimages.org Topics: Astronomy Last updated Sep 2, 2008 NASA Planetary Photojournal
Thousands of images from various U.S. space exploration programs. Features images of the nine planets, moons, asteroid, comets, and other bodies; photos of spacecraft and telescopes; discussion of the missions that obtained the photos and images; and related material. Includes images such as the 2006 map of Jupiter developed during the Cassini-Huygens mission. From the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/ Topics: Astronomy, Photograph Collections Last updated Apr 3, 2006 Operational Significant Event Imagery (OSEI)
Here are "high-resolution, detailed imagery of significant environmental events which are visible in remotely-sensed data available at the NOAA Science Center in Suitland, Maryland." Satellite time lapse and still images, often visually appealing, display major dust storms, fires, floods, icebergs, ocean events, severe weather, snow, cyclones, hurricanes, typhoons, volcanoes, and "Unique Imagery." Includes current events and a daily report. There are links to further information. http://www.osei.noaa.gov/ Topics: Astronomy, Geography, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Nature & Wildlife, Science, Weather Last updated Sep 2, 2005 Our Earth as Art
Landsat 7 is a U.S. satellite maintained by NASA. On this site "you can view our planet through the beautiful images taken by the Landsat-7 satellite." The online exhibit includes images of deserts, rivers, mountains, and other geographic features. Includes a discussion of how the colors of satellite images differ from photographs. Browsable by continent. From the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and NASA. http://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/earthasart/ Topics: Astronomy, Electrical Energy, Photograph Collections, Technology Last updated Jun 18, 2003 Pancam
Project website for the Pancam, "a high-resolution stereo camera that takes color pictures of the surrounding Martian landscape from the Mars Exploration Rovers." Features a large collection of images (including panoramas and Mars surface features), Pancam technical details, project information, a list of relevant publications, a data tracking database, and related material. From the Cornell University Department of Astronomy. http://pancam.astro.cornell.edu Topics: Astronomy Last updated Feb 1, 2007 Places of Peace and Power: Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Traditions of the World
"Anthropologist Martin Gray spent 20 years as a wandering pilgrim to study and artistically photograph 1000 sacred sites in 80 countries." The site features hundreds of Gray's photographs from throughout the world along with "information on the mythology, history and significance of the site," an atlas of sites, a Latin American pilgrimage journal, a bibliography, and related links (some broken). http://sacredsites.com/ Topics: Astronomy Last updated May 15, 2006 Science Education Gateway (SEGway)
"Funded by NASA's Office of Space Science," SEGway "is a national consortium of science museums, research institutions and educators working together to present the latest space science research for students, teachers, and the general public." Includes information on auroras, comets, planets, NASA space missions, and other topics related to astronomy and space science. Also features lesson plans and guidelines for teachers (K-12). http://cse.ssl.berkeley.edu/segway/ Topics: Astronomy, Lesson Plans, Photograph Collections, Science Last updated Apr 25, 2005 September 11: One Year Viewed From Space
Satellite images comprising a "digital archive of pre- and post-[September 11, 2001] attack images of the World Trade Center and the Pentagon." Each photograph is annotated with information about time and subject. From a commercial remote sensing company. http://www.geoeye.com/gallery/9-11/ Topics: Astronomy, Holidays and Observances Individually, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, September 11 & Beyond Last updated Mar 20, 2007 SOHO: Exploring the Sun
The International Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) is a cooperative project of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). See real time photos of the sun taken from outer space. Find daily solar data as well as links and educational information for the layperson and the solar physicist. Subscribe to receive "What's New" messages by e-mail. http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/ Topics: Astronomy, Photograph Collections, Weather Last updated Aug 24, 2004 Spitzer Space Telescope
News and background information about the NASA telescope, which is a "space-borne, cryogenically-cooled infrared observatory capable of studying objects ranging from our Solar System to the distant reaches of the Universe." Features history of the telescope, fast facts, information about infrared light and the technology behind the telescope, images, and updates on findings. Also available in Spanish. Searchable. http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/ Topics: Astronomy, Photograph Collections, Technology, Transportation Last updated Jun 2, 2004 Their Circular Life: An Exploration About Human Behavior
This interactive site allows users to experience the lives of people in ordinary places around Italy. View images and sounds that take place during the day at five urban places by moving a small triangle icon around a circle. Locations include a train station in Modena and the Campo San Barnaba in Venice. Users are invited to ponder their lives in view of what they have seen and send feedback on their feelings. From Italian artists. http://www.theircircularlife.it/ Topics: Art by Region, Astronomy, Photograph Collections, Ready Reference & Quick Facts, Science, Science Last updated Mar 22, 2005 Third From the Sun: Geographical Features as Seen From Space
Designed for students in grades 4 through 8, this site provides an overview "of the history and development of Earth sensing, " and the role of the Landsat satellite in modern Earth imaging. Includes interactive activity for students "to make reasoned inferences about the geographic locations shown in Landsat images." Also features information for teachers. From the Center for Science Education, Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley. http://cse.ssl.berkeley.edu/SegwayEd/lessons/third_from_sun/ Topics: Astronomy, Geography, Photograph Collections Last updated Aug 22, 2006 Tsunami Before-and-After Satellite Images
Set of 14 pairs of satellite images of locations in Sri Lanka and Indonesia before and after the Southeast Asia tsunami of December 26, 2004. Use the button to toggle between the before-and-after images depicting devastation and change in the landscapes. http://homepage.mac.com/demark/tsunami/ Topics: Astronomy, Geography, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Nature & Wildlife, Photograph Collections: Regional, Regions of the World, Regions of the World, Water, Weather Last updated Sep 21, 2006 Visible Earth
"A searchable directory of images, visualizations, and animations of the Earth." Browsable by subject, satellite/sensor, and location. From the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). http://www.visibleearth.nasa.gov/ Topics: Astronomy, Photograph Collections Last updated Nov 27, 2004 |
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