Work by Scots experts to capture incredible imagery from the world's most historic sites is going online from Saturday.

A new site has been launched for the Scottish Ten project, which is digitally scanning and capturing Scotland's five world heritage sites and five others internationally.

To mark the site's launch, a film examining the team's work on documenting the landmark Mount Rushmore in the US has been unveiled.

It shows the team in action as they scan the presidential heads that make up the monument.

Culture Minister Fiona Hyslop said: "The Scottish Ten project is attracting global interest and putting Scotland firmly on the map as a centre for cutting-edge technology. The scanning will help in the vitally important conservation of key heritage sites for future generations."

Historic Scotland's digital manager, Linda Kong, added: "We had incredible images to work with so we wanted the website to reflect the strong visual nature of the Scottish Ten project. A priority was to create a scaleable website that could easily grow to capture the rest of the Scottish Ten journey and to showcase its pioneering work."

The project is being run by Historic Scotland in conjunction with Glasgow School of Art.

In Scotland, the Antonine Wall, New Lanark, Neolithic Orkney, Edinburgh's old and new towns and the island of St Kilda are being scanned. With Mount Rushmore already under their belt, the team also aim to survey sites in India, China and Japan.

• Visit the Scottish Ten website