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Description
हिन्दी: ताजमहल
English: Taj Mahal, Agra, India.
Deutsch: Taj Mahal im indischen Agra.
Español: Vista del Taj Mahal, Agra, India.
Français : Le Taj Mahal, à Âgrâ, en Inde.
Русский: Мавзолей Тадж-Махал, Агра, Индия.
Date March 2004
Source see permission
Author Dhirad, picture edited by J. A. Knudsen
Permission
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Uploaded to en: on March 1, 2005, 14:30, by Deep750 who added the following comment "(Copyright (C) 2004 Dhirad. Oslo, Norway. the picture was taken on March the 6th 2004. Reuse of the picture is granted, if a e-mail is sent to deep750@rediffmail.com write in the header "use of Taj Mahal")"

On April 9, 2005, 19:22 Nichalp added that he emailed Deep750 to ask about image license and was told that it was OK to license the image under GFDL.

The file name used on en: was Image:Taj fiksa edited.jpg.

Camera location

27° 10′ 26.00″ N, 78° 2′ 32.00″ E

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English: The Taj Mahal in Agra, India

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Camera manufacturer Canon
Camera model Canon PowerShot A80
Exposure time 1/500 sec (0.002)
F-number f/7.1
Date and time of data generation 10:28, 6 March 2004
Lens focal length 16.21875 mm
Horizontal resolution 180 dpi
Vertical resolution 180 dpi
Software used Adobe Photoshop Album 2.0
File change date and time 12:34, 1 March 2005
Y and C positioning Centered
Exif version 2.2
Date and time of digitizing 10:28, 6 March 2004
Meaning of each component
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Image compression mode 3
Shutter speed 8.96875
APEX aperture 5.65625
Exposure bias 0
Maximum land aperture 4 APEX (f/4)
Metering mode Pattern
Flash Flash did not fire, compulsory flash suppression
Supported Flashpix version 0,100
Colour space sRGB
Focal plane X resolution 8,114.2857142857
Focal plane Y resolution 8,114.2857142857
Focal plane resolution unit inches
Sensing method One-chip colour area sensor
File source Digital still camera
Custom image processing Custom process
Exposure mode Auto exposure
White balance Auto white balance
Digital zoom ratio 1
Scene capture type Landscape
Supported Flashpix version 1
Image height 2,040 px
Image width 1,681 px
Date metadata was last modified 00:21, 1 March 2005
IIM version 2

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