# Free 4K nature photos: mountains, lakes, coasts

> Free high-resolution nature photos, at least 4K on the short side: mountains, lakes, coasts and forests, with the licence and credit line on every image.

23 images from 4 sources (Wikimedia Commons 14, NASA Image and Video Library 7, Cleveland Museum of Art 1, The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1), updated 2026-11-04. Picked from a live search and refreshed daily.

- Same search in the browser: https://image.shep.bot/search?q=landscape&category=nature&min_resolution=2160
- Same search over the API: `curl "https://image.shep.bot/v1/search?q=landscape&category=nature&min_resolution=2160"`
- Details, files and the credit line: `GET https://image.shep.bot/v1/images/{id}` with an id from the table below.
- Licence verdicts: "Commercial use OK" (with or without credit) is cleared for commercial use; anything else must be checked or is non-commercial. "(editorial)" means people, insignia or brands appear without releases: not for ads. See https://image.shep.bot/docs/licences.md
- Images are never re-hosted: thumbnails, previews and downloads come straight from the source sites.

## Landscapes at full size

These are nature photos with at least 2160 pixels on the short side: wide enough for a desktop wallpaper, a full-bleed hero image or an A4 print. Most come from Wikimedia Commons, where photographers upload originals straight from their cameras, and from Creative Commons photos that Openverse indexes from Flickr.

## Using them

Download the size you need rather than the original: a 1920 px copy is plenty for a website and loads far faster. Leave space for text where the picture has it (a calm sky, still water), and check the shape: a wide panorama crops badly to a phone screen.

Licences vary per photo. CC0 and public-domain images need nothing; CC BY needs the credit line shown in the detail view; CC BY-SA means an edited version must carry the same licence. Unsplash, Pexels and Pixabay have more modern nature photography and are linked from every search.

## Images

| ImageAsset | id | What | Source | Licence | Commercial use | Direct download |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Landscape during Laugavegur hiking trail 2-CA reduced](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Landscape_during_Laugavegur_hiking_trail_2-CA_reduced.jpg) | `wikimediacommons:Landscape_during_Laugavegur_hiking_trail_2-CA_reduced.jpg` | Rivers & lakes, Photo, 3872 × 2592, 2009 | Wikimedia Commons | CC BY 3.0 | Commercial use OK with credit | yes |
| [Agricultural activities in the diverse landscape of Kazakhstan's Jetisu region](https://images.nasa.gov/details/iss073e0510447) | `nasa:iss073e0510447` | Nature & landscapes, Photo, 5568 × 3712, 2025 | NASA Image and Video Library | NASA media (public domain in the US) | Commercial use OK with credit (editorial) | yes |
| [Landscape](https://clevelandart.org/art/1993.162) | `cleveland:157013` | Nature & landscapes, Photo, 5052 × 3846, 1856 | Cleveland Museum of Art | Public domain (museum open access, CC0) | Commercial use OK | yes |
| [[Landscape]](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/267087) | `met:267087` | Nature & landscapes, Photo, 1844 | The Metropolitan Museum of Art | Public domain (museum open access, CC0) | Commercial use OK | yes |
| [The wintry landscape from Delaware to Rhode Island](https://images.nasa.gov/details/iss074e0209280) | `nasa:iss074e0209280` | Ocean & beach, Photo, 4928 × 2768, 2026 | NASA Image and Video Library | NASA media (public domain in the US) | Commercial use OK with credit (editorial) | yes |
| [Icelandic Landscape near Neskaupstaður July 2014](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Icelandic_Landscape_near_Neskaupsta%C3%B0ur_July_2014.JPG) | `wikimediacommons:Icelandic_Landscape_near_Neskaupstaður_July_2014.JPG` | Nature & landscapes, Photo, 5898 × 3443, 2014 | Wikimedia Commons | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Restricted: read the conditions | yes |
| [The wintry landscape of New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut](https://images.nasa.gov/details/iss074e0209281) | `nasa:iss074e0209281` | Ocean & beach, Photo, 4928 × 2768, 2026 | NASA Image and Video Library | NASA media (public domain in the US) | Commercial use OK with credit (editorial) | yes |
| [Italian Landscape with Umbrella Pines title QS:P1476,en:"Italian Landscape with Umbrella Pines " label QS:Len,"Italian Landscape with Umbrella Pines " label QS:Lit,"Paesaggio italiano con pini a ombrello" label QS:Lhu,"Olasz táj mandulafenyőkkel" label QS:Lfr,"Paysage italien avec pins parasols" label QS:Luk,"Італійський пейзаж із зонтичними соснами" label QS:Lnl,"Italiaans landschap met parasoldennen" label QS:Lzh-hans,"意大利风景日本金松" label QS:Lko,"왜금송이 있는 이탈리아 풍경" label QS:Lcs,"Italská krajina s piniemi" label QS:Lde,"Italienische Landschaft mit Mittelmeerkiefern" label QS:Lbs,"Italijanski pejzaž sa pitomim borovima"](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hendrik_Voogd_-_Italian_landscape_with_Umbrella_Pines.jpg) | `wikimediacommons:Hendrik_Voogd_-_Italian_landscape_with_Umbrella_Pines.jpg` | Nature & landscapes, Photo, Painting, 7058 × 5104, 1807 | Wikimedia Commons | Public domain | Commercial use OK | yes |
| [A yellow-red airglow blankets Earth's horizon above the Saharan landscape of Algeria](https://images.nasa.gov/details/iss073e1198938) | `nasa:iss073e1198938` | Nature & landscapes, Photo, 8256 × 5504, 2025 | NASA Image and Video Library | NASA media (public domain in the US) | Commercial use OK with credit (editorial) | yes |
| [Large cloud over Mexican landscape](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Large_cloud_over_Mexican_landscape.jpg) | `wikimediacommons:Large_cloud_over_Mexican_landscape.jpg` | Sky & weather, Photo, 6000 × 3406, 2018 | Wikimedia Commons | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Restricted: read the conditions | yes |
| [Manicouagan Crater in Quebec stands out in Canada’s icy landscape](https://images.nasa.gov/details/iss074e0432034) | `nasa:iss074e0432034` | Nature & landscapes, Photo, 8256 × 5504, 2026 | NASA Image and Video Library | NASA media (public domain in the US) | Commercial use OK with credit (editorial) | yes |
| [Landscape with rainbow and the Old Bridge over the Nam Khan river in Luang Prabang Laos](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Landscape_with_rainbow_and_the_Old_Bridge_over_the_Nam_Khan_river_in_Luang_Prabang_Laos.jpg) | `wikimediacommons:Landscape_with_rainbow_and_the_Old_Bridge_over_the_Nam_Khan_river_in_Luang_Prabang_Laos.jpg` | Sky & weather, 6666 × 4166, 2018 | Wikimedia Commons | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Restricted: read the conditions | yes |
| [Bright lightning storms illuminate the cloudy landscape of western Africa](https://images.nasa.gov/details/iss073e0816985) | `nasa:iss073e0816985` | Sky & weather, Photo, 8256 × 5504, 2025 | NASA Image and Video Library | NASA media (public domain in the US) | Commercial use OK with credit (editorial) | yes |
| [The sub-freezing landscape at the southern tip of Canada’s Lake Winnipeg](https://images.nasa.gov/details/iss074e0494100) | `nasa:iss074e0494100` | Rivers & lakes, Photo, 5504 × 8256, vertical, 2026 | NASA Image and Video Library | NASA media (public domain in the US) | Commercial use OK with credit (editorial) | yes |
| [Parque nacional y reserva Denali, Alaska, Estados Unidos, 2017-08-30, DD 13-19 PAN](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Parque_nacional_y_reserva_Denali,_Alaska,_Estados_Unidos,_2017-08-30,_DD_13-19_PAN.jpg) | `wikimediacommons:Parque_nacional_y_reserva_Denali,_Alaska,_Estados_Unidos,_2017-08-30,_DD_13-19_PAN.jpg` | Nature & landscapes, Photo, 21761 × 3724, 2017 | Wikimedia Commons | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Restricted: read the conditions | yes |
| [Paisaje en Sutton, Alaska, Estados Unidos, 2017-08-22, DD 98-106 PAN](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Paisaje_en_Sutton,_Alaska,_Estados_Unidos,_2017-08-22,_DD_98-106_PAN.jpg) | `wikimediacommons:Paisaje_en_Sutton,_Alaska,_Estados_Unidos,_2017-08-22,_DD_98-106_PAN.jpg` | Nature & landscapes, Photo, 34033 × 5265, 2017 | Wikimedia Commons | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Restricted: read the conditions | yes |
| [Dülmen, Wildpark -- 2015 -- 8871-7](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:D%C3%BClmen,_Wildpark_--_2015_--_8871-7.jpg) | `wikimediacommons:Dülmen,_Wildpark_--_2015_--_8871-7.jpg` | Nature & landscapes, Photo, 4116 × 2749, 2015 | Wikimedia Commons | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Restricted: read the conditions | yes |
| [Vignes près du Pic de Vissou - October 2020](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vignes_pr%C3%A8s_du_Pic_de_Vissou_-_October_2020.jpg) | `wikimediacommons:Vignes_près_du_Pic_de_Vissou_-_October_2020.jpg` | Nature & landscapes, Photo, 7360 × 4600, 2020 | Wikimedia Commons | CC BY 4.0 | Commercial use OK with credit | yes |
| [Tam za tumanamy Goverla](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tam_za_tumanamy_Goverla.jpg) | `wikimediacommons:Tam_za_tumanamy_Goverla.jpg` | Nature & landscapes, Photo, 4100 × 2419, 2013 | Wikimedia Commons | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Restricted: read the conditions | yes |
| [Панорама Інтегралу](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0_%D0%86%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%83.jpg) | `wikimediacommons:Панорама_Інтегралу.jpg` | Nature & landscapes, Photo, 5000 × 2781, 2019 | Wikimedia Commons | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Restricted: read the conditions | yes |
| [Haltern am See, Westruper Heide -- 2025 -- 8721](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Haltern_am_See,_Westruper_Heide_--_2025_--_8721.jpg) | `wikimediacommons:Haltern_am_See,_Westruper_Heide_--_2025_--_8721.jpg` | Nature & landscapes, Photo, 6720 × 4480, 2025 | Wikimedia Commons | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Restricted: read the conditions | yes |
| [Wilparting Church 01](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wilparting_Church_01.jpg) | `wikimediacommons:Wilparting_Church_01.jpg` | Nature & landscapes, Photo, 4031 × 2549, 2016 | Wikimedia Commons | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Restricted: read the conditions | yes |
| [Herbstliche Landschaft vom Hambacher Schlosss 2020 IMG 8158](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Herbstliche_Landschaft_vom_Hambacher_Schlosss_2020_IMG_8158.jpg) | `wikimediacommons:Herbstliche_Landschaft_vom_Hambacher_Schlosss_2020_IMG_8158.jpg` | Nature & landscapes, Photo, 5616 × 3744, 2020 | Wikimedia Commons | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Restricted: read the conditions | yes |

## Questions

**Are these photos free for commercial use?**

Each card shows its verdict. Search with Commercial-safe on to keep only CC0, public-domain and CC BY images; CC BY ones need the credit line shown on the image.

**Why 4K?**

A short side of 2160 pixels or more covers a large screen, leaves room to crop for a hero or a slide, and prints sharply at A4. Download a smaller copy for the web.

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