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A historic colour vertical aerial photo of an airport. Airport buildings and numerous aircraft are visible, including three large airliners and a Concorde. The low light means the Concorde is throwing a dramatic shadow of itself.

Image Release Note 0019: NCAP Upload

This release features late 20th-century aerial imagery from private survey firms, offering extensive colour coverage across the UK and Ireland, with a strong focus on environmental monitoring and infrastructure planning.

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A historic colour oblique aerial photo of Pitcairn - a green island surrounded by a blue ocean and fringed by white waves.

Spotlight On: Pitcairn Islands

Located deep in the Pacific Ocean, approximately midway between New Zealand and Peru, the Pitcairn Islands have possibly one of the most unusual histories of any British Overseas Territory. It...

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A historic black and white vertical aerial photo of a town on a coast. A couple of vessels are visible on the dark sea at the top of the image. The town is laid out along the coast in a grid, and has piers jutting out into the water.

Image Release Note 0018: NCAP Upload

This release features Cold War-era aerial imagery from UK government sources, with a strong focus on Europe, alongside areas of British interest around the globe, enriching coverage on our online...

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A historic black and white vertical aerial photo of a landscape with a river running through it. On the right of the river is a small settlement. To the left is an arid landscape with a few water courses running through it.

Image Release Note 0017: NCAP Upload

This release presents a comprehensive aerial photography collection from the Directorate of Overseas Surveys, enriching existing coverage of Botswana with imagery from the 1940s to the 1970s.

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A historic black and white vertical aerial photo of a watery landscape. The mix of land and water forms an abstract pattern of what seems to be bubbles or holes.

Image Release Note 0016: NCAP Upload

This release presents a comprehensive aerial photography collection from the Directorate of Overseas Surveys, offering near-complete coverage of Botswana from the 1950s to the 1980s, and providing a rare longitudinal...

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A historic black and white vertical aerial photo of mountainous terrain. A semi-circle of rock cuts through the middle of the image, forming a crater in which trails or paths are visible.

Image Release Note 0015: NCAP Upload

This release presents a comprehensive aerial photography collection from the Directorate of Overseas Surveys, offering near-complete coverage of Malawi from the 1940s to the 1980s, and providing a rare longitudinal...

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A historic black and white vertical aerial photo of a city. Houses are arranged in neat blocks, interspersed with trees.

Image Release Note 0014: NCAP Upload

This release presents a comprehensive aerial photography collection from the Directorate of Overseas Surveys, offering near-complete coverage of Guyana from the 1940s to the 1980s, and providing a rare longitudinal...

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A historic colour oblique aerial photo of Rockall - a dark-coloured triangular shaped rock. The top half is smeared with guano and sea birds are visible on its cliffs.

Spotlight On: Rockall

As we begin to upload more imagery to our website, we have been reminded of some of the more curious corners of our collection. This month we are putting a...

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