No matter if you enjoy taking or just watching images of
space, NASA has
a treat for you. They have made their entire collection of images, sounds, and
video available and publicly searchable online. It’s 140,000 photos and other
resources available for you to see, or even download and use it any way you
like.
You can type in the term you want to search for and browse
through the database of stunning images of outer space. Additionally, there are
also images of astronauts, rocket launches, events at NASA and other
interesting stuff. What’s also interesting is that almost every image comes
with the EXIF data, which could be useful for astrophotography enthusiasts.
When you browse through the gallery, you can choose to see
images, videos or audio. Another cool feature I noticed is that you can narrow
down the results by the year. Of course, I used some of my time today to browse
through the gallery, and here are some of the space photos you can find:
What I love about NASA is that they make interesting content
for average Internet users. They make us feel closer and more familiar with
their work and with the secrets of the outer space. For instance, they recently
launched a GIPHY account full of awesome animated
gifs. It’s also great that photography is an important part of their missions,
and so it was even before “pics or it didn’t happen” became the rule. The vast
media library they have now published is available to everyone, free of charge
and free of copyright. Therefore, you can take a peek at the fascinating
mysteries of space, check out what it’s like inside NASA’s premises, or
download the images to make something awesome from them. Either way, you’ll
enjoy it!