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1	NASA's Earth Science Home Page
2	Visible Earth This site is a treasure trove for interpreters needing illustrations of global or regional scale phenomena such as ozone hole, volcanic activity, hurricanes, el nino, etc. This archive of beautiful Earth imagery is arranged by topics, and updated constantly. Each image has an explanation, and many are linked to stories in the news or on the Earth Observatory web site (see below).
3	Scientific Visualization Studio (SVS) If you are looking for a zoom into Earth or out from it, this is the place to go (click on “great zooms”). The SVS creates an amazing array of images and animations using satellite and other data to illustrate research done by NASA. Searchable by keyword, many images and movies have text, and some are linked to science stories. <a href="http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/stories/index.html">View Archives</a>
4	Earth as Art Originally designed as a celebration of 30 years of successful Landsat data collections, but has expanded to include other Earth observing satellites. This collection of stunning images chosen purely for aesthetic purposes has proven to have broad appeal with the general public.
5	EarthShots: Satellite Images of Environmental Change This site presents a series of case studies of environmental change illustrated through satellite images. Articles provide excellent explanation of the imager, and references for further reading. Examples include urban growth of Las Vegas, NV, phosphate mines near Orlando FL, Great Salt Lake high water levels in the 1980s, Mt St. Helens, and Hubbard Glacier.
6	Planetary Photojournal Lists images and information by planet. Go to Earth to find an array of imagery on hurricanes, volcanoes, cities, ozone, etc. Each image has a descriptive text. You can search by feature (volcano for example) on the http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/PIADetQuery.html
7	The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth hosts the best and most complete online collection of astronaut photographs of the Earth. A clickable map provides access to an enormous archive of astronaut photos. A selected group of the best photos may be accessed at Earth from Space HYPERLINK "http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/sseop/EFS/" http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/sseop/EFS/ Good information on each image is provided, as well as links for how to get higher resolution images, transforming images, saving, color adjusting, etc.
8	NASA Image Exchange A somewhat searchable data base of images from space. Includes satellite images, astronaut photos of Earth, photos of NASA space craft, etc. For Earth views go to “Solar system and beyond” then click on “Earth.” Use the “more details” to get information about the images, and your own copy of a jpeg or tiff image.
9	USGS Landsat Image Gallery Nice browsable collection of an array of images of Earth features, including volcanoes, floods, cities and more.

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