LibGuides: General Science and Technology: Photos

Photos and Images In All Areas of Science

Science.gov image site
Images from half a dozen giant government repositories: NBII (National Biological Information Infrastructure), NOAA, NASA, USGS, USDA. All copyright free.
Biology Image Library
Images from BioMed Central's journals and biomedical research.
Chemistry in Pictures
Showcasing the beauty of chemistry, chemical engineering, and related sciences.
Historical images in medicine
Duke Medical Center Library's Images LibGuide.
Images from the History of Medicine
National Library of Medicine Images.
Science History Institute: Digital Collections
Thousands of digitized items: artifacts, photographs, advertisements, letters, rare books, and more.
Pexels
Public domain images of high quality that you can download and use for free. Simply type a keyword in the search box.

Geoscience Photos

Earth Science World Image Bank
A service provided by the American Geological Institute (AGI) that contains over 6,000 images available to search.
Earth Resources Observation and Science
archive of remote sensing imagery from the U.S. Geological Survey.
U.S. Geological Survey Photographic Library
A collection of over 400,000 photographs taken during geologic studies of the United States and its territories from 1868 to the present.
Slide Sets
Geological slide sets from the University of British Columbia Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences Department have been converted to collections of digital photographs.
Glacier Photo Gallery
An in-depth look at the different types of glaciers, their features and characteristics, and how glaciers can shape the land around them.
The Virtual Cave
Virtual tours of caves from around the world.

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