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The ultimate guide to finding free, legal images online

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<p>You may not realize it, but if you use Google to find an image and then use it in a project, you’re likely breaking the law. Unless you’ve been given permission to use the image by its creator, then you cannot legally or ethically use it.</p><p>Happily, there’s an easy way to find images on Google that you can use, plus a slew of other sources for high-quality images that won’t cost you a dime—either up front or later on in a lawsuit.</p><h2>U.S. government sources</h2>

<p>Did you know that you can get free images from public agencies such as NASA (http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/), the CIA (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/), the Library of Congress (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/), the National Park Service (http://www.nps.gov/pub_aff/imagebase.html%20), and some libraries? They’re free for you to use because you’ve paid for them with your tax dollars.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2899637/the-ultimate-guide-to-finding-free-legal-images-online.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>

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