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Deutsch: EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Aurora Borealis oder Nordlichter, leuchtet ober Bear Lake. ( 64°42′N 148°30′W / 64.7°N 148.5°W / 64.7; -148.5: AFB east, Bear Lake west)
English: EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- The Aurora Borealis, or Northern Lights, shines above Bear Lake. ( 64°42′N 148°30′W / 64.7°N 148.5°W / 64.7; -148.5: AFB east, Bear Lake west)
Date 18 January 2005
Source http://www.af.mil/weekinphotos/wipgallery.asp?week=97&idx=9 ( Full Image)
Author United States Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joshua Strang
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Image title
  • EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- The Aurora Borealis, or Northern Lights, shines above Bear Lake on Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska on 18 January 2005. The lights are the result of solar particles colliding with gases in Earth's atmosphere. Early Eskimos and Indians believed different legends about the Northern Lights such as they were the souls of animals dancing in the sky or the souls of fallen enemies trying to rise again. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joshua Strang)(Released)
Camera manufacturer NIKON CORPORATION
Camera model NIKON D1X
Author SrA Joshua Strang
Exposure time 25/1 sec (25)
F-number f/2.8
Date and time of data generation 16:37, 19 January 2005
Lens focal length 16 mm
Orientation Normal
Horizontal resolution 72 dpi
Vertical resolution 72 dpi
Software used Adobe Photoshop 7.0
File change date and time 12:18, 21 January 2005
Y and C positioning Co-sited
Exposure Program Manual
Exif version 2.2
Date and time of digitizing 16:37, 19 January 2005
Meaning of each component
  1. Y
  2. Cb
  3. Cr
  4. does not exist
Image compression mode 2
Exposure bias 0
Maximum land aperture 3 APEX (f/2.83)
Metering mode Pattern
Light source Flash
Flash Flash did not fire
DateTime subseconds 23
DateTimeOriginal subseconds 23
DateTimeDigitized subseconds 23
Supported Flashpix version 0,100
Colour space sRGB
Sensing method One-chip colour area sensor
File source Digital still camera
Scene type A directly photographed image
Custom image processing Normal process
Exposure mode Manual exposure
White balance Manual white balance
Digital zoom ratio 1
Focal length in 35 mm film 24 mm
Scene capture type Standard
Scene control None
Contrast Normal
Saturation Normal
Sharpness Normal
Subject distance range Unknown
GPS tag version 2.2.0.0
IIM version 2
Short title 050118-F-3488S-003
Category AF
Special instructions Released by:

MSgt Gates

907-377-2116
City shown Eielson, AFB
Province or state shown AK
Country shown USA
Original transmission location code PACAF
Headline Northern Lights
Source Digital

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