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CORONA Satellite Image of Area from Sennybridge to Talgarth, Wales

Publisher
University of Edinburgh
Updated
8 July 2026
Topic
Environment

Summary

This image file (DS1104-1043DF002_2c.tif) was initially captured during the CORONA J-1, KH-4a reconnaissance missions and represents one of four image frames associated with a single swath which provides a nominal ground coverage of 17 x 232 km. This CORONA image’s ground coverage is approximately 17 x 38 km. This is attributed to cropping about one-third (20 km) of the image’s eastern extent due to 100 percent cloud cover. This in turn reduces this dataset’s file size. Approximately 20 to 30 percent of this image contains significant cloud cover.

Other image files associated with this swath includes DS1104-1043DF002_2a.tif, DS1104-1043DF002_2cb.tif and DS1104-1043DF002_2d.tif

The satellite captured this CORONA image on 10 August 1968. The image extends across an area of Wales which includes the Town of Talgarth to the east and the Town of Sennybridge to the west. The Town of Brecon, and parts of the River Usk and Brecon Beacons National Park fall within this image’s area.

This dataset was downloaded from Earth Explorer for the purpose of comparing changes to land use patterns between the years 1968 and 2011.

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Additional information

Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
24 April 2013
Harvest GUID
56b649e4-3ffd-4b27-9a8d-7bf32f533225
Extent (Latitude)
52.034° to 51.8169°
Extent (Longitude)
-3.6959° to -3.1287°
Spatial reference system
WGS84 Latitude Longitude
Dataset reference date (publication)
1968-08-10
Frequency of update
notPlanned
Access constraints
There are no restrictions on the access of this dataset received from the U.S. Geological Survey's Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center or NASA's Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center (LP DAAC), unless expressly identified prior to or at the time of receipt. Depending on the product source, USGS requests that the following statements be used when citing, copying, or reprinting data: Data available from the U.S. Geological Survey.
Responsible party
Tony Mathys (distributor)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng

Contact

Enquiries

tony.mathys@ed.ac.uk

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Licence information

There are no restrictions on the use of this dataset received from the U.S. Geological Survey's Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center or NASA's Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center (LP DAAC), unless expressly identified prior to or at the time of receipt. Depending on the product source, USGS requests that the following statements be used when citing, copying, or reprinting data:Data available from the U.S. Geological Survey.