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This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States. Its reference number is 66000493.
Description Looking at the Trinity Site obelisk, head-on.

The black plaque on top reads:

Trinity Site Where The World's First Nuclear Device Was Exploded On July 16, 1945

Erected 1965 White Sands Missile Range J Frederick Thorlin Major General U.S. Army Commanding

The gold plaque below it declares the site a National Historic Landmark, and reads:

Trinity Site has been designated a National Historical Landmark

This Site Possesses National Significance In Commemorating The History of the United States of America

1975 National Park Service

United States Department of the Interior
Date 2 October 2010, 12:00:57
Source Flickr: Trinity Site Obelisk National Historic Landmark
Author Samat Jain
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33° 40′ 38.13″ N, 106° 28′ 31.64″ W

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Camera manufacturer Canon
Camera model Canon EOS 50D
Exposure time 1/250 sec (0.004)
F-number f/10
ISO speed rating 100
Date and time of data generation 12:00, 2 October 2010
Lens focal length 20 mm
Altitude 1,475.297 meters above sea level
Width 2,530 px
Height 2,530 px
Orientation Normal
Horizontal resolution 72 dpi
Vertical resolution 72 dpi
Software used digiKam-1.4.0
File change date and time 12:00, 2 October 2010
Y and C positioning Co-sited
Exposure Program Not defined
Exif version 2.21
Date and time of digitizing 12:00, 2 October 2010
Shutter speed 8
APEX aperture 6.625
Exposure bias 0
Metering mode Pattern
Flash Flash did not fire, compulsory flash suppression
DateTime subseconds 47
DateTimeOriginal subseconds 47
DateTimeDigitized subseconds 47
Colour space sRGB
Focal plane X resolution 5,315.4362416107
Focal plane Y resolution 5,306.5326633166
Focal plane resolution unit inches
Custom image processing Normal process
Exposure mode Auto exposure
White balance Auto white balance
Scene capture type Standard
North or south latitude North latitude
East or west longitude West longitude
Geodetic survey data used WGS-84

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