A thought that popped up on looking back at the beginning of the thread:
It appears that what's actually wanted is "satellite photos," and the request was for "preferably in color."
Be aware that nearly all satellite pictures are in "false colors" of one sort or another. Generally a number of sensors sensitive to specific wavelengths are used, and the differences in reflectivities at the different wavelenghts give a lot of information about the ground level happenings. Some of the images published may resemble an "eyeball view," and some that are deliberately assembled to emphasize a particular surface phenomenon can be gorgeous - but a bit on the surreal side.
Looking at them on the web, and downloading them from there, one can see what you get; but if placing an order to purchase something for a wall hanging etc., some caution is advised that you look at samples of the same "format" before sending the check.
ADDEND RE the USGS: This is the official source also for "topographic maps," and some splendid samples are available on the web. The best USGS stuff available for download though is in "tabular format" something like a spreadsheet, giving elevations vs horizontal plane coordinates. A program is "available" for printing maps from these databases but 1) it's expensive, 2) it's unsupported since the guy who wrote the program retired and nobody else at USGS seems to know how it works, 3) the best description is "it's shareware written by a government beaurocracy."
(A "programmer" who wanted to produce a "real program" (Windows/Mac compatible?) for plotting this data might find a fairly good market with the mountaineering and other outdoorsy clubs(?), although a couple of commercial map outfits might try to object if it was too successful. Maybe they'd buy you out?)