Press & reuse
Take our air videos and use them. No need to ask.
IAQng is a SpaceBot project that turns public air-quality data into things people can actually see — timelapses of real skylines with the fine-particle reading shown as cigarette-equivalents. If you work in news, run a channel, or just want to show your town what its air is doing, our videos and images are free to use. Credit us and go.
The short version
Licensed CC BY 4.0. Use it anywhere, including commercially.
Our AirCam videos, smoke maps, and social cards are released under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. That means you may share and adapt them for any purpose — a broadcast, a post, a newsletter, an explainer — commercial or not. The only condition is that you credit IAQng. You do not need our permission and you do not need to email us first. Just use it.
How to credit us
Copy one of these.
Short, for an on-screen or on-air credit:
IAQng / SpaceBot · iaqng.com · CC BY 4.0
Full, for a caption or a description:
Video: IAQng, a SpaceBot project (iaqng.com) — CC BY 4.0. Air quality: EPA AirNow (preliminary, subject to revision). Camera: NOAA/GLERL (U.S. Government, public domain). Cigarette comparison: Berkeley Earth.
Every video already carries this credit in its file information, and a ready-to-paste version ships in the press kit next to each download — so even a reposted copy keeps its sources.
What you can do
Fair game.
- Broadcast or post it. Run the video in a segment, embed it, or share it on any platform, monetized or not.
- Trim, crop, or subtitle it. Cut it to length, crop it for vertical, or add your own captions. Keep the IAQng credit.
- Pull a still. Grab a frame for an article. Same credit line applies.
- Ask us for your city. Want a video for your market or your audience, or a different framing? Tell us and we will make it.
The one thing to know
What the numbers are, and are not.
The cigarette figure is a public-awareness illustration, not a medical equivalence. It compares fine-particle mass only, using Berkeley Earth's rule of thumb (about 22 µg/m³ of PM2.5 over a day ≈ one cigarette). The air data is EPA AirNow, which publishes quickly rather than perfectly — readings are preliminary and can be revised. Please keep that framing when you use it; do not present it as a diagnosis or a regulatory measurement.
A note on the footage: the camera imagery is a U.S. Government public-domain work, so the underlying video is even freer than our licence requires. The CC BY licence covers IAQng's edit, overlays, and branding.
Reach us
Requests, questions, or a heads-up that you used it.
You never have to ask before using something — but if you want a custom video, have a question, or just want to tell us where it ran, we would love to hear from you. Reach the team through SpaceBot. For how IAQng handles sources and sponsorship, see our editorial standards.