Earth Science and Geology
U.S. Geological Survey: Picturing Science -
{http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/photos.asp} Online science tours on topics such
as Landscapes, Waterways, Wildlife, to Scientists of the Earth, require Shockwave
to view. Select "More information about each image" to visit the pictures and
their descriptive captions as image files.
National Archive of Geological Photographs -
http://www.bgs.ac.uk/photoarchive/home.html
Provided by the British
Geological Survey, this site contains a database of more than 6,000 digitized
images drawn from the National Archive of Geological Photographs (NAGP). The
archive may be searched by keyword, advanced search, or browsed via galleries.
Images are accompanied by descriptions of varying length.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: NOAA Photo
Library -
http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/
Over 16,000 images on a broad spectrum of
topics from weather and space, shores and coastal seas, and thousands of marine
species images ranging from the great whales to the most minute plankton. Browse
individual albums from the Collections page, browse the catalogs of images, or
search the collection by keyword.
Visible Earth -
http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/
This is another NASA collection of images and
animations of Earth's atmosphere, biosphere, land surface and oceans. According to
the Scout Report, the database holds over 1,600 records and may be searched by
keyword or advanced search options or browsed by category and topic. The
thumbnail-sized image links to a several-paragraph description and the full-size
images.
