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Image Database Review: NOAA Photo Library

Tornado touches down in the countryside against dark sky; sliver of pink sky visible near horizon

Image Credit: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/Department of Commerce

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration traces its roots back to the oldest scientific agency in the United States: the Survey of the Coast established in 1807. Today's agency has a much broader purview, providing forecasts for the National Weather Service, maintaining orbiting satellites to monitor the Earth's climate, managing the nation's fisheries, and conducting scientific research. The database containing the photographic documentation of these varied activities provides the subject of this week's review.

Manage Images with Drupal

  • enable the following modules: CCK (All), Image (All)
  • check permissions for administrator and authenticated users
  • admin/content/image and create (add) a gallery
  • add a field via CCK for attribution/caption
  • add images via "create content" and fill out descriptions and attributions
  • each image now has a node or permalink, refer to them in other pages directly

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