United States of America

USGS - United States Geological Survey, Earth Science in the Public Service, providing a wide variety of general information about USGS, it's products and services, and related subjects such as Geographic Information Systems, public issues and environmental research.
NSDI - the National Geospatial Data Clearinghouse, a component of United States' National Spatial Data Infrastructure. Using spatial or keyword searches, locate USGS geospatial data. Many data are free; others require that a small distribution fee be paid.
NASA's Visible Earth - Explore the world through NASA's satellite images.  A wide variety of sensors and areas of the Earth are available at various resolutions.  A searchable directory of images, visualizations, and animations of the Earth.  All data is free.
NASA Earth Observatory - More of NASA's satellite images, as well as related news, launches, references and experiments.
JPL - Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA. There are some images and videos of the San Francisco, Los Angeles and Pasadena areas, and information about radar images, the Space Shuttle, the Spaceborne Radar Lab, and AIRSAR, as well as educational materials, and sample radar images and software

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