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A historic colour vertical aerial photo of a volcanic crater. The surface of the crater looks gritty and dusty.

Image Release Note 003: NCAP Upload

This release showcases over 46,000 aerial images from UK and international survey archives, documenting decades of geographic, strategic, and environmental change across the UK, Europe, and global regions.

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A historic black and white vertical aerial photo of a densely packed city. The sea is visible in the bottom right corner heavily dotted with vessels.

Image Release Note 002: NCAP Upload

This release combines global DOS coverage from the 1940s–1990s with modern UK survey imagery, offering a decades-spanning visual archive of international and domestic landscapes.

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Two people sit at a desk in front of a screen. The screen has a historic black and white aerial photo on it. Out of focus in the foreground is a woman with red hair writing with a pen. In focus in the background is a man in a light grey jumper.

An Update on our Website Transition

In this update, we share important news about the retirement of our legacy website and the exciting developments underway for our new online platform. Learn why the transition was necessary...

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A historic black and white photo of a man in uniform sitting at a desk. On the desk in front of him is a map and a model of train carriages. He is looking down at the surface of the desk through a small stereoscope.

Aerial Photography and the Science of Stereoscopy

21 June marked Stereoscopy Day, an international celebration of three-dimensional stereoscopic viewing, something which applies to almost all of the images held by the National Collection of Aerial Photography. 

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