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The Best Copyright-Free Photo Libraries: - DotGovWatch Exposing the good, the bad, and the buggy - A Blog Monitoring U.S. Federal, State, and Local Government Websites. Thousands of photos taken by U.S.

The Best Copyright-Free Photo Libraries: - DotGovWatch Exposing the good, the bad, and the buggy - A Blog Monitoring U.S. Federal, State, and Local Government Websites

Government employees as part of their official duty are free of copyright and free to use. Based on my extensive review of government photo libraries, the best collections below. Or just use the search I made. Search Public Domain Photos: Mental_floss Blog & He Took a Polaroid Every Day, Until the Day He Died. I came across a slightly mysterious website -- a collection of Polaroids, one per day, from March 31, 1979 through October 25, 1997.

mental_floss Blog & He Took a Polaroid Every Day, Until the Day He Died

There's no author listed, no contact info, and no other indication as to where these came from. So, naturally, I started looking through the photos. I was stunned by what I found. In 1979 the photos start casually, with pictures of friends, picnics, dinners, and so on. Here's an example from April 23, 1979 (I believe the photographer of the series is the man in the left foreground in this picture):

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3906186_large. Silent Morning by Andre Arment. Another World on Photography Served. 3906186_large.jpg (JPEG Image, 1148x711 pixels) - Scaled (87. Heaven aka Navajo Nation – Canyon de Chelly National Monument. Canyon de Chelly — Navajo.

Heaven aka Navajo Nation – Canyon de Chelly National Monument

This awesome photo was taken in 1904. Seven riders on horseback and dog trek against background of canyon cliffs. It wasn’t until 1931 when President Hoover authorized the area as a national monument to preserve the important archeological resources that span more than 4,000 years of human occupation. The monument encompasses approximately 84,000 acres of lands located entirely on the Navajo Nation with roughly 40 families residing within the park boundaries.

Photo #1 by Edward S. Sunrise at Canyon de Chelly viewpoint Arizona. In Canyon de Chelly National Monument which was established in 1931 as a unit of the National Park Service. Spider Rock Canyon de Chelly Arizona. Canyon de Chelly is unique among National Park service units, as it consists entirely of Navajo Tribal Trust Land that remains home to the canyon community. White House ruins in Canyon de Chelly National Monument. 20 Most Amazing Microscope Shots Pictures !!!! These microscope pictures are taken from the book ‘ Microcosmos’, created by Brandon Brill .

20 Most Amazing Microscope Shots Pictures !!!!

This book includes many scanning electron microscope (SEM) images of insects, human body parts and household items. These are the most amazing images of what is too small to see with the naked eye. 01 – A wood or heathland Ant, Formica fusca, holding a microchip 02 – The surface of an Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory silicon microchip 03 – Eyelash hairs growing from the surface of human skin 04 – The surface of a strawberry 05 – Bacteria on the surface of a human tongue 06 – Human sperm (spermatozoa), the male sex cells. Beauty in Everything - Photography. Picture box - "Super Mods Enter Rehab" by Steven Meisel. Urban Exploration - Steve Duncan. Your beautiful eyes on the Behance Network.

Photography. Flickr Related Tag Browser. Top Secret Ramen. Atmospheric. Anything Worth Seeing. Cntower_timelapse. Mental_floss Blog » He Took a Polaroid Every Day, Until the Day He Died.

55 incredible examples of photo manipulation. We present collection of 55 incredible examples of photo manipulation. Earth from Above a collection of aerial photography. "Earth From Above" is the result of the aerial photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand's five-year airborne odyssey across six continents.

Earth from Above a collection of aerial photography

It's a spectacular presentation of large scale photographs of astonishing natural landscapes. Every stunning aerial photograph tells a story about our changing planet. Coal mine in South Africa. A Closer Look. We so rarely look at everyday objects that, when they are pictured under an electron microscope, they take on a new - and sometimes disgusting new life.

A Closer Look

Used dental floss. Mascara brush. Salt and pepper. Postage stamp. Brilliant photography from Natgeo archives. National Geographic is the source for photos, free desktop wallpapers of places, animals, nature, underwater, travel, and more.It's a long time inspiration for me but now only the time helps me to bring these awesome photographs for your display.I am very happy to bring those "brilliant photography from national geographic archives" here.The following 60 beautiful photographs has beautiful wild life,nature,people and bird photos.

Brilliant photography from Natgeo archives

All the credit goes to Nationalgeographic and all the photographers :) About the author. Top News & Analysis, US, World, Sports, Celebrity & Weird News. Captured: Great Depression Photos: America in Color 1939-1943. Posted Jul 26, 2010 Share This Gallery inShare324 These images, by photographers of the Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information, are some of the only color photographs taken of the effects of the Depression on America’s rural and small town populations.

Captured: Great Depression Photos: America in Color 1939-1943

Andrej Belic / Undersea Photography / Unterwasserfotografie. Mindblowing Macro Photography from The Micro-Cosmos, by Blepharopsis – with Exclusive Interview. For today’s showcase we have a very special and honorable guest: Igor Siwanowicz, a.k.a.

Mindblowing Macro Photography from The Micro-Cosmos, by Blepharopsis – with Exclusive Interview

Blepharopsis. He is an absolutely amazing photographer and has a life-loving spirit. This post will present 50 of the best photographs shot by him, along with an exclusive interview that he kindly honored us with and where he reveals not only some secrets about the beautiful art of photography, but also a short, interesting and inspiring biography. His photos are absolute amazing and we will mix some of them into the interview… Answers continue below the photo… Let’s get started! A Father Who Creatively Captures His Kids (20 photos) If there was a prize that could be given out to the most creative father, I'd hope that it was awarded to Jason Lee.

A Father Who Creatively Captures His Kids (20 photos)

A close shave : TOP RUSSIAN BLOG. Paris from the Eiffel Tower. Prisonbreak.jpg (JPEG Image, 630x417 pixels) 80a598c0107e662a3cd5f1f03279365c93ff4ddf_m. Mystical, Magical & Magnificent Monasteries in Meteora (20 Pics) The caves in Meteora, Greece, had inhabitants for fifty millennia, but due to raids, “hermit monks” moved to the safety of sandstone rock pinnacles in the 9th century and began building monasteries.

More monks and nuns came, building more monasteries perched high upon the cliffs.