Stonehenge, Wiltshire,UK
HomepageImage atlasWessexEuropeMiddle EastFar EastN America	A KVR-1000 image with a spatial resolution of approximately 1.5m clearly shows the monument at Stonehenge.

A KVR-1000 image of Stonehenge (51.16N 1.83W), acquired one early morning in Jun 93, has a spatial resolution of the order of 1.5m and is comparable with orthodox medium scale vertical air photography. The circular bank and ditch of Stonehenge are readily traced as highlights and shadows. The central circular stone setting can be discerned, but not its individual stones. Leading away to the northeast, the Avenue can be seen as parallel dark and light lines. Close by the modern road that crosses the Avenue, the Heel Stone is seen as a highlight. Bell barrow 11 can be seen upstanding to the east. The light-tones visitor path that snakes across the monument is prominent and traces of older tracks to the monument that were recorded on photographs taken from a balloon in 1906 are apparent as dark lines. References Capper J., 1907. Photographs of Stonehenge, as seen from a war balloon. Archaeologia 60, 571, plates 69-70. Fowler M.J.F., 1996. High-resolution satellite imagery in archaeological application: a Russian satellite photograph of the Stonehenge region. Antiquity 70, 667-71. RCHM(E), 1979. Stonehenge and its environs: monuments and land use. Edinburgh: University Press. Acknowledgement Image provided by Nigel Press Associates Ltd. Reproduced with permission. © SOVINFORMSPUTNIK 1993.

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