The Smithsonian just released 2.8 million images into the public domain

Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2020/02/25/the-smithsonian-just-released.html

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Damn, Getty Images is going to be super busy laying claim to all of these.

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Damn they have a supernova remnant?! How do they fit something 29ly across in there? Wowie zowie!

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So like there goes any productivity I would have had today.

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Good point, let’s get busy.

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This is so exciting! Sometimes the Internet lives up to its potential!

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Ok who broke it? (I suspect it does not like my phone)

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An absolutely wonderful resource. The Library of Congress is engage in a similar effort to digitize all of its works. There’s not much to love about our government these days, but those two programs are a small ray of sunshine for me.

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It probably has more to do with flickr being on the ropes.

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(click on the picture to visit the smithsonian flickr account)

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Guess it’s about time to upgrade the 3D Printer again… gonna need a bigger garage.

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The folks that hate the US gov probably are shaking their heads that a profit isn’t being made somewhere.

The folks that mostly take issue with the malignant tumors that head the legislative, exectutive, and judicial branches probably think this is a fine thing.

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