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Image Copyrights

Most images used on this site are U. S. Government property provided by NASA and NOAA and are within the Public Domain. If you use these images, credit back to the NASA/NOAA agencies is appreciated such as "Image credit: NASA/GSFC/NOAA/DOC." Images from nongovernment sources are used with permission and are listed below. If you believe otherwise, please contact the Webmaster to determine ownership and any necessary attributions required.

NASA images generally are not copyrighted. You may use NASA imagery, video and audio material for educational or informational purposes, including photo collections, textbooks, public exhibits and Internet Web pages. This general permission does not include the NASA insignia logo (the blue "meatball" insignia), the NASA logotype (the red "worm" logo) and the NASA seal. These images may not be used by persons who are not NASA employees or on products (including Web pages) that are not NASA sponsored. If the NASA material is to be used for commercial purposes, especially including advertisements, it must not explicitly or implicitly convey NASA's endorsement of commercial goods or services. More information about the use of NASA imagery is available on the NASA Web site.

NOAA images are in the Public Domain and are not copyrighted. If you use NOAA imagery, you MUST give credit to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/Department of Commerce (NOAA/DOC) unless otherwise instructed to give credit to the photographer or other source. Usage restrictions are from the NOAA Web site.

If any material on this site is listed below or is referenced "Image courtesy of ..." or "Information courtesy of ...", etc., then please contact that source for permission for use.

• Crescent Earth courtesy of NASA, JPL, NOAA, or Digital Stock from the SpaceExploration CD-ROM, Digital Stock, now Corbis Images.

   

• CERES Longwave Radiation over North America—from CERES Instrument Team, NASA Langley Research Center. Details at http://www.visibleearth.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/viewrecord?182

   

• Sea Surface Temperature and Vegetation Index from MODIS—MODIS Instrument Team, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Details at http://www.visibleearth.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/viewrecord?188

   

• MODIS Surface Reflectance—MODIS Land Group, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Details at http://www.visibleearth.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/viewrecord?180

   

• Red Sea Dust Storm—Provided by the SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE. Details at http://www.visibleearth.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/viewrecord?3048

   

• U.S.A. at night— Courtesy of the OLS instrument on DMSP; NOAA/ NGDC DMSP Digital Archive from http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap960617.html

   

For more space imagery, see Other Space Images Resources.

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