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NASA's Image and Video Library is one of the most comprehensive public archives of space imagery in the world, containing over 140,000 images, videos, and audio recordings spanning more than six decades of space exploration. From the earliest Mercury and Gemini missions through the Apollo Moon landings, the Space Shuttle era, and today's cutting-edge observations from the James Webb Space Telescope, this collection documents humanity's journey into the cosmos.

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Use the search bar above to find specific subjects — try queries like "Apollo 11," "Hubble Deep Field," "Mars surface," or "astronaut EVA." You can also filter by media type (image, video, or audio). For a daily curated experience, visit the Astronomy Picture of the Day.

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NASA image: Wildlife Photography - Alligators
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May 8, 2017

Wildlife Photography - Alligators

An alligator moves through a brackish waterway at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The center shares a border...

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NASA image: Wildlife Photography - Alligators
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May 4, 2017

Wildlife Photography - Alligators

An alligator swims in a brackish waterway at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The center shares a border with...

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NASA image: Wildlife Photography - Alligators
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May 8, 2017

Wildlife Photography - Alligators

An alligator lurks in a brackish waterway at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The center shares a border with...

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NASA image: Wildlife Photography - Alligators
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May 8, 2017

Wildlife Photography - Alligators

An alligator moves through a brackish waterway at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The center shares a border...

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NASA image: Wildlife Photography - Alligators
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May 8, 2017

Wildlife Photography - Alligators

An alligator moves through a brackish waterway at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The center shares a border...

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NASA image: Wildlife Photography - Alligators
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May 8, 2017

Wildlife Photography - Alligators

An alligator lurks in a brackish waterway at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The center shares a border with...

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NASA image: Wildlife Photography - Alligators
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May 8, 2017

Wildlife Photography - Alligators

An alligator moves through a brackish waterway at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The center shares a border...

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NASA image: Wildlife Photography - Alligators
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May 4, 2017

Wildlife Photography - Alligators

Baby alligators gather in a shallow waterway at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The center shares a border...

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NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- An alligator is spotted sunning on the muddy bank of a canal in KSC. Nearly 5,000 alligators can be found in canals, ponds, and waterways throughout the Center and the surrounding Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge. American alligators feed and rest in the water, and lay their eggs in dens they dig into the banks. The young alligators spend their first several weeks in these dens. The Wildlife Refuge encompasses 92,000 acres that are a habitat for more than 331 species of birds, 31 mammals, 117 fishes, and 65 amphibians and reptiles.
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Jan 8, 2004

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- An alligator is spotted sunning on the muddy bank of a canal in KSC. Nearly 5,000 alligators can be found in canals, ponds, and waterways throughout the Center and the surrounding Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge. American alligators feed and rest in the water, and lay their eggs in dens they dig into the banks. The young alligators spend their first several weeks in these dens. The Wildlife Refuge encompasses 92,000 acres that are a habitat for more than 331 species of birds, 31 mammals, 117 fishes, and 65 amphibians and reptiles.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- An alligator is spotted sunning on the muddy bank of a canal in KSC. Nearly 5,000...

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NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- An alligator is spotted sunning on the muddy bank of a canal in KSC. Nearly 5,000 alligators can be found in canals, ponds, and waterways throughout the Center and the surrounding Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge. American alligators feed and rest in the water, and lay their eggs in dens they dig into the banks. The young alligators spend their first several weeks in these dens. The Wildlife Refuge encompasses 92,000 acres that are a habitat for more than 331 species of birds, 31 mammals, 117 fishes, and 65 amphibians and reptiles.
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Jan 8, 2004

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- An alligator is spotted sunning on the muddy bank of a canal in KSC. Nearly 5,000 alligators can be found in canals, ponds, and waterways throughout the Center and the surrounding Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge. American alligators feed and rest in the water, and lay their eggs in dens they dig into the banks. The young alligators spend their first several weeks in these dens. The Wildlife Refuge encompasses 92,000 acres that are a habitat for more than 331 species of birds, 31 mammals, 117 fishes, and 65 amphibians and reptiles.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- An alligator is spotted sunning on the muddy bank of a canal in KSC. Nearly 5,000...

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NASA image: KSC-07pd1163
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May 14, 2007

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- This young alligator crosses a road near the railroad tracks where the train carrying...

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NASA image: Cosmic Alligator Eats its Way through the Sky
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Jul 5, 2011

Cosmic Alligator Eats its Way through the Sky

This stellar object is called Spitzer 073425.3-465409, as seen by NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer; the...

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NASA image: KSC-07pd1166
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May 14, 2007

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Having successfully crossed railroad tracks nearby, this young alligator makes his way...

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NASA image: Nature Photography - Gators
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Dec 5, 2016

Nature Photography - Gators

A large alligator basks in the intercoastal waterway near the NASA Causeway at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The...

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NASA image: Nature Photography - Gators
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Jan 30, 2017

Nature Photography - Gators

An adult alligator suns himself along the shoreline of a waterway at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The...

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NASA image: Nature Photography - Gators
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Dec 5, 2016

Nature Photography - Gators

Two large alligators sun themselves on the sand near the NASA Causeway at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The...

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NASA image: Nature Photography - Gators
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Jan 30, 2017

Nature Photography - Gators

Alligators sun themselves along the shoreline of waterway at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The center...

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NASA image: KSC-07pd1164
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May 14, 2007

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- This young alligator approaches the railroad tracks where the train carrying solid...

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NASA image: KSC-07pd1165
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May 14, 2007

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- This young alligator climbs on the railroad tracks where the train carrying solid...

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NASA image: KSC-2014-1999
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Apr 4, 2014

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A great blue heron catches a small rodent along the shore of an inland waterway at NASA's...

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NASA image: KSC-2014-2004
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Apr 4, 2014

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A great blue heron consumes a small rodent along the shore of an inland waterway at NASA's...

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NASA image: KSC-2014-2005
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Apr 4, 2014

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A great blue heron stands along the shore of an inland waterway at NASA's Kennedy Space...

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NASA image: KSC-2014-1998
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Apr 4, 2014

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A great blue heron catches a small rodent along the shore of an inland waterway at NASA's...

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NASA image: KSC-2014-1997
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Apr 4, 2014

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A great blue heron catches a small rodent along the shore of an inland waterway at NASA's...

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