Geological image repositories

Always look for and read the copyright notice. Some of these sites allow non-commercial use only. Be sure to give attribution!


 * Marine Geoscience Data System Media Bank — from Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
 * GeoScenic — a service of the British Geological Survey
 * Earth Science World Image Bank — a service of the American Geological Institute
 * ImagGeo — image repository of the European Geosciences Union
 * USGS Photographic Library and USGS Multimedia Library
 * Natural Hazards photo library — managed by the US National Geophysical Data Centre at NOAA
 * National Park Service — a collection of inks, some of which have geological imagery
 * NASA photo libraries —  @Tuff_Cookie 's blog post about NASA's various image libraries
 * NOAA photo library — at the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
 * The Virtual Seismic Atlas — maintained by Rob Butler at Aberdeen University and others at Leeds University

Less geological libraries

 * FEMA photo library — managed by the US Federal Emergency Management Agency
 * NSIDC gallery — managed by the US National Snow & Ice Data Center
 * Natural Resources Conservation Service — a branch of the US Department of Agriculture

Searches
Some repositories contain openly licensed geological images. These searches might help get you started.


 * Flickr — a search for CC-licensed photos in Flickr
 * Flickr Commons — a search in Flickr's The Commons for the keyword geology
 * Google search in Wikimedia Commons — there has to be a better way to search in Wikimedia Commons!