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NASA photos are typically in the public domain, while photos from other agencies are governed by the "Attribution 2.0 Generic" license which requires giving appropriate credit to the agency that produced them. Check the license for each photo. Certain
Beneath each photo is an explanation of the license. Photos denoted with:
- Public domain
- No known copyright restrictionsÂ
can be used freely. Photos denoted with:
- Some rights reserved
can typically be used with attribution. The license disclaimer is typically a hyperlink that explains the restrictions. Photos denoted with:
- All rights reserved
are copyrighted and typically cannot be used. For example, certain photos are provided by private citizens as a courtesy to a government agency. For example, this This landscape is copyrighted by a private citizen, Natalie Bell, even though it is included the US Forest Service's photo gallery.
There If you spend a few minutes browsing, you can see that there are absolutely stunning images that aren't copyrighted in these galleries.
"Theodore Roosevelt National Park" is a public domain image from the National Park Service:
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