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A black and white vertical aerial photo of Edinburgh Castle. The castle complex is elevated on a crag to the left of centre. A carpark and street run away from it to the right. North of the castle is a trainline and a park crossed by paths.

Discover the Geology of Scotland

Discover the unique geology of Scotland through the medium of aerial photography.

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A dark room lit with green lights. In the foreground are two stacks of photographic prints. Above them, a red robotic arm is visible, blurred with movement. In the background, a person with their back to us looks at a bright white screen.

NCAP at 100: Preserving the Past, Shaping the Future

As NCAP’s vast aerial imagery collections approach their centennial this month, we celebrate our legacy while focusing on an exciting future. Our mission: ensuring that these invaluable historic aerial photographs...

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A man and a woman sitting at a desk. The man is wearing a grey jumper. The woman has red hair and is wearing a blue shirt. There is a computer, keyboard and two screens on the desk. The woman is showing the man something on one of the screens.

Transforming our Online Platforms

As the National Collection of Aerial Photography (NCAP) marks its centennial, we are thrilled to announce the launch of our revamped website and image discovery portal.

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A black and white aerial photo of a landscape. Woods fill the left-hand third of the image, there are mostly fields to the right and a road cuts across the top half. Scattered across the fields are over 60 gliders. Smoke blows from right to left.

Operation Market Garden at 80: The Battle

Immortalised in the epic film A Bridge Too Far and recorded in the NCAP Collection, Operation Market Garden might have brought about the end of the Second World War in 1944.

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