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File:Hoover Dam star map floor centre.jpg

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English: Hoover Dam memorial star map floor, centre area
Date 5 January 2013, 12:50:08
Source Own work
Author Jeremy Faludi

The star map marks the position of the stars as seen from the site of the Hoover Dam on the day it was completed, so that future visitors would understand, even thousands of years in the future when English is no longer spoken and other historical cues are gone.


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Image title
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Camera manufacturer SONY
Camera model NEX-5
Exposure time 1/500 sec (0.002)
F-number f/7.1
ISO speed rating 200
Date and time of data generation 12:50, 5 January 2013
Lens focal length 18 mm
Orientation Normal
Horizontal resolution 240 dpi
Vertical resolution 240 dpi
Software used Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Macintosh)
File change date and time 23:55, 20 January 2013
Exposure Program Normal program
Exif version 2.3
Date and time of digitizing 12:50, 5 January 2013
Shutter speed 8.965784
APEX aperture 5.655638
APEX brightness 8.12
Exposure bias -0.3
Maximum land aperture 3.61 APEX (f/3.49)
Metering mode Pattern
Light source Unknown
Flash Flash did not fire, compulsory flash suppression
Colour space Uncalibrated
Focal plane X resolution 196.23931884766
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Focal plane resolution unit 4
File source Digital still camera
Scene type A directly photographed image
Custom image processing Normal process
Exposure mode Auto exposure
White balance Auto white balance
Focal length in 35 mm film 27 mm
Scene capture type Standard
Contrast Normal
Saturation Normal
Sharpness Normal
Lens used E 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 OSS
Rating (out of 5) 0
Date metadata was last modified 15:55, 20 January 2013
Unique ID of original document 5029A2B72B9A1B4432433AA8D18DB6D4

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