IMAGES AND PHOTOS
Free to download and use
All these are free, not shareware
Various sites allow you to freely use photos on personal web pages. Others, like the US Government, are far more generous (as the US taxpayers have already paid Uncle Sam). Check usage restrictions, however.
 DHD Photo Gallery 
Eclectic (read, oddball) selection of real-world-derived images and sounds for use on Web pages, PC screen wallpaper and as general clip-art. Free for personal and commercial use, though please check the terms and conditions.
Free Photos Downunder
From Oz. Invert your monitor to view correctly.
FreeFoto.com
One of the largest collections of free photographs for private non-commercial use on the Internet. The comprehensive, yet easy to navigate site features 50 main sections with over 1000 sub headings. The photographs are free to private non-commercial users.
FreeImages
Not just another clipart graphic site. More than 2500 original stock photos all for free.
Freesite.com - Graphics
Free Graphics and Clipart Resources.
Image*After
Non polished images. Unleash your raw creativity. For personal and commercial use.
Images of the World
For personal, non-commercial, charitable and educational use only. If you want to use these pics for a school or university project or charitable purposes the answer is yes, but please add a link to the site and let the site owner know.
IntuitivMedia
Registered members can search, find, download and use the royalty-free images.
Morgue File
Free high resolution digital stock photographs for either corporate or public use.
Nature Photo Index
Extensive nature and ladscape index, some phots free for personal and non-commercial use.
Net Vet
Animal image collection of links.
Smithsonian
Famous museum in Washington DC. Available to download for personal use, and for use by schools and students.
Stock.Xchng
Browse huge image gallery or share your personal photos with others.
US Government -- Department of Agriculture
More than just Agriculture, though. Includes "Natural Disasters". Complimentary digital photos.
US Government -- DefenseLINK News Photos
Open, public access. The sanitised photogenic side of warfare. Includes Emergency Assistance as well as war.
US Government -- Fish and Wildlife Service
Looking for images related to fish and wildlife? Hundreds online, and thousands more to come. Most of the images are in the "public domain" (which means they have no copyright restrictions).
US Government -- Hawaiian Volcanoes
Unless noted on the image and caption, the photographs were taken by scientists of the U.S. Geological Survey and are in the public domain.
US Government -- Hubble Space Telescope
May be freely used as in the public domain in accordance with NASA's contract.
US Government -- Library of Congress
As a publicly supported institution the Library generally does not own rights to material in its collections. Therefore, it does not charge permission fees for use of such material and cannot give or deny permission to publish or otherwise distribute material in its collections.
US Government -- NARA
US National Archives and Records Administration.
US Government -- NASA
Nasa Image Exchange (space etc., if you didn't know). Photographs are not protected by copyright unless noted.
US Government -- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Photo Library
To date, over 16,000 images have been digitized and reside in the online NOAA Photo Library.
US Government -- NOAA links
Loads of other photos.
US Government -- National Park Service
If you're looking for images of US national parks, monuments, battlefields and historic sites, you'll find them here. View and download thousands of public domain digital images in jpeg and photo CD format.
US Government -- USDOE
Want a photo of a mushroom cloud? Then visit this Nevada atomic bomb test site.
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