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Image credits and rights records

Site photographs come from the established Wikimedia Commons library or the owner-approved photo library. Every public record identifies the supplied creator, source or reference page, license or documented permission status, and local edits.

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“Resized,” “cropped,” and “converted to WebP” describe presentation changes only. No documentary details were generated or materially altered. Open-license derivatives retain the source license shown; owner-approved records state the documented permission basis instead.

Lake Ilopango and San Vicente Volcano in El Salvador

Lake Ilopango and San Vicente Volcano

Photo by Andrés Berrocal Soto. Cropped, resized, and converted to WebP; the social-preview image is a 1200×630 JPEG crop.

Wikimedia Commons source · CC BY-SA 3.0

Surfers waiting offshore below Punta Mango's green headland

Surfers offshore at Punta Mango

Photo by Casa Presidencial El Salvador. Focal-cropped to retain the surfers, resized, and converted to WebP. Used only as labeled regional eastern-surf context, not as Las Flores or El Cuco.

Wikimedia Commons source · CC0 1.0

La Libertad's Sunset Park, pier, town, and Pacific coast from above

La Libertad coast and Sunset Park

Photo by Casa Presidencial El Salvador. Center-cropped, resized, and converted to WebP. Used as La Libertad spectator context, not as an image of the Punta Roca wave.

Wikimedia Commons source · CC0 1.0

Aerial view of Punta Mango's green headland and Pacific coast

Punta Mango from above

Photo by Casa Presidencial El Salvador. Center-cropped to 16:9, resized, converted to WebP, and source metadata removed.

Wikimedia Commons source · CC0 1.0

Rocky reef shore and tide pools in the Los Cóbanos protected marine area

Reef shore at Los Cóbanos

Photo by Ballenita feliz. Focal-cropped around the rocks and tide pools, resized, converted to WebP, and source metadata removed.

Wikimedia Commons source · CC BY-SA 4.0

Display room inside the Tazumal site museum

Interior of the Tazumal museum

Photo by Orlando Salvador Flores Castaneda. Focal-cropped to 16:9, resized, converted to WebP, and source metadata removed.

Wikimedia Commons source · CC BY-SA 3.0

Protected household structures under the Joya de Cerén shelter

Protected structures at Joya de Cerén

Photo by Mariordo (Mario Roberto Duran Ortiz). Focal-cropped to 2:1, resized, converted to WebP, and source metadata removed.

Wikimedia Commons source · CC BY-SA 3.0

Structures 1 and 2 and the Acropolis at San Andrés

San Andrés Acropolis panorama

Photo by Mariordo (Mario Roberto Duran Ortiz). Focal-cropped to 2:1, resized, converted to WebP, and source metadata removed.

Wikimedia Commons source · CC BY-SA 3.0

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Image-credit questions

How the site records, edits, and corrects open-license and owner-approved photography.

Were these places generated by AI?

No. These are documentary photographs of the named places. Local changes are limited to cropping, resizing, compression, and format conversion.

What does share-alike mean here?

The local derivative of a CC BY-SA photograph remains available under the same license version as its source. The source and license links above provide the full terms.

How do I report an image-credit problem?

Use the contact page and include the page URL, image, and the correction or rights record that should be reviewed.

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