[meteorite-list] meteorite images..

From: info at niger-meteorite-recon.de <info_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:18:27 +0100 (CET)
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That's actually a good question Mark, and you are certainly not alone with that
request.
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My first choice for public domain photos of Meteorites would be NASA's photo
archive. If you haven't checked?it yet I highly recommend a visit:
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http://nix.larc.nasa.gov/search;jsessionid=393vi7bno140l
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And as Eric pointed out, there are a number of licensed but cost free photo
galleries on the web, for example the Wiki-commons collection on meteorites.
Beautiful pictures there, and I am sure it doesn't hurt to mention the source
when using them for outreach purposes:
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http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meteorite
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Then there is of course the Encyclopedia of Meteorites which is expertly
administered by Sergey Vasiliev and the IMCA and which offers a broad selection
of user generated content including many good meteorite photographs. You'll have
noticed these pictures when accessing the Meteoritical Bulletin's data base.
Though not public domain the archive is at least a good starting point when
looking for photos of particular specimens.
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http://www.encyclopedia-of-meteorites.com/
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Michael Johnsons invaluable Rocks from Space Calender with hundreds if not
thousands of meteorite photos completes the inventory. As the authors of the
photos are usually represented with their contact addresses its easy to approach
them and request the use of?the?respective image you might want to use:
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http://www.rocksfromspace.org/calendar.html
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Last but not least there are a number of very talented meteorite photographers
around, Geoff Notkin comes to my mind, Tomasz Jakubowski, Mike Bandli, Phillipe
Thomas, Andi Gren (etched irons!), Martin Horejsi (particularly rare locations),
Michael Johnson (when it comes to premium Sikhote Alins), Jason Utas (who
maintains a great photo collection on Flickr), Peter Marmet (with a beautiful
photo collection of historic European specimens) and many other skilled
photographers, to whom I apologize for not being able to mention them all. I am
convinced all these folks will be most helpful if you contact them with a photo
request for particular specimens.
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The same goes for myself, my photo archive is open to everyone's request and
it's always been a pleasure for me to contribute photos to book-, website, or
outreach projects, just drop me a note if interested.?Producing these photos and
maintaining an image archive of high-res data is cost- and time-intensive, so
giving proper credits hurts no one and is commonly self evident. Here are some
image selections to give you an idea:
???http://www.meteorite-recon.com/en/Meteoritensammlung.htm
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http://www.meteorite-recon.com/en/Meteorite%20archive.htm
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Cheers
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Svend


www.meteorite-recon.com

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Mark Ford <mark.ford at ssl.gb.com> hat am 27. November 2009 um 09:58 geschrieben:

>
> Talking of websites:
>
> I've always thought a library of royalty free (that is completely free
> use) meteorite images would be good, often when giving a talk or writing
> an article I often find I just cannot find decent photos that are truly
> 'free to use', you usually end up taking a pic yourself, or if it's for
> a lecture just 'borrowing' the image of the net. Wouldn't it be great if
> there was a legit way of using meteorite images anywhere without anyone
> suing or complaining?
>
> So those of you that have websites with nice images on them,? if any of
> you don't mind anyone else using some/all your pics for any purpose, why
> don't we come up with a special logo or wording phrase that can go on
> your website that means 'my images are free for use'. I know there are
> GNU, and other free use standards out there, but many state free for
> non-commercial use with 3 page conditions etc, I'm talking about
> condtion free images.
>
> Just a thought, but whilst many images are commercially valuable which
> is fine, some must surley come under the category ' I don't care who
> uses them' so why not make them publically available by stating so, when
> they are put online?.
>
> Just a thought..
>
> Mark
>
>
>
>
>
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> Tally so far: Total Voters: 22
> ---------------------------------------------
> QUESTION:
> What Do You Want In A Meteorite Website?
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> More Meteorite Info: General (73%, 16 Votes)
> More Meteorite Photos (73%, 16 Votes)
> College & University Participation (64%, 14 Votes)
> More Education Related To Meteorites (59%, 13 Votes)
> More Educational Outreach (50%, 11 Votes)
> More Meteorite Data: Meteorite classification data (45%, 10 Votes)
> More Sharing of Information (45%, 10 Votes)
> More Instructional Information (45%, 10 Votes)
> More Meteorite Collecting Info: i.e. How To's & DIY (41%, 9 Votes)
> More Meteorite Hunting Info: i.e. How To Find Meteorites (36%, 8 Votes)
> Less Commercial & More Informational (36%, 8 Votes)
> Would Volunteer To Help: Time (32%, 7 Votes)
> Would Volunteer: PR & Advertising (32%, 7 Votes)
> Orgainzational Participation (27%, 6 Votes)
> More Public Awareness (27%, 6 Votes)
> More User Participation: i.e. Forums Personal Messaging (18%, 4 Votes)
> More Meteorite Videos (18%, 4 Votes)
> Would Volunteer To Help: Monetary Contributions (14%, 3 Votes)
> Less Public Awareness (5%, 1 Votes)
> More Commercial & Less Informational (0%, 0 Votes)
> ---------------------------------------------
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> This is really very helpful and this information is vital to the
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>
> Your participation is greatly appreciated and it only takes a minute.
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