
New from ARS Info: Digital Photos on Science,
Farming, Food, EnvironmentBy
Jim De Quattro December 17, 1996Photo editors and others now can download high-quality photo
images of farm, food and scientific subjects from a new digital archive on the
World Wide Web. The Image Gallery of the Agricultural Research Service holds more
than 200 images in nine categories. They are: plants, crops, fruits/veggies,
animals, insects, education, illustrations, lab research and field research.
New images are continually being added. The gallerys World Wide Web address is: http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/graphics/photos/index.html Each image in the gallery can be downloaded in three sizes:
thumbnail, in-line size and full screen. Photo credits and captions are
supplied. Media sources that need higher resolution digital files or
duplicate transparencies may contact the Photo Unit of ARS Information
Staff by e-mail at [email protected]. The images being added to the gallery are among the best of
thousands of photographs produced by the Photo Unit over the years. Most were
taken to illustrate stories about scientific projects published in ARS
award-winning magazine, Agricultural Research. Recent
issues of the magazine can be viewed online at: http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/AR/ In addition to online resources, the ARS Photo Unit has a
conventional library of color and black-and-white photography on agricultural
and related topics. Scientific contact: John Kucharski, Scott Bauer and Anita
Daniels, Photo Unit, USDA-ARS Information
Staff, Greenbelt, Md., phone (301) 504-1606 . U.S. Department of Agriculture | |