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Description The sun sets over a set of "Big Eyes" binoculars on the signal bridge of the USS Harry S. Truman while an MH-60S Seahawk assigned to the "Bay Raiders" of Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 28 airlifts several replenishment slings to the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, Nov. 4, 2005. The Truman is under way off the coast of the eastern United States.
Date 4 November 2005
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Author U.S. Navy photo by Airman Ricardo J. Reyes.
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English: The sun sets over a set of "Big Eyes" binoculars on the signal bridge of the USS Harry S. Truman while an MH-60S Seahawk assigned to the "Bay Raiders" of Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 28 airlifts several replenishment slings to the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, Nov. 4, 2005. The Truman is under way off the coast of the eastern United States.

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Camera manufacturer NIKON CORPORATION
Camera model NIKON D2X
Exposure time 1/100 sec (0.01)
F-number f/2.8
ISO speed rating 250
Date and time of data generation 18:03, 4 November 2005
Lens focal length 60 mm
Orientation Normal
Horizontal resolution 300 dpi
Vertical resolution 300 dpi
Software used Adobe Photoshop 7.0
File change date and time 11:19, 9 November 2005
Y and C positioning Co-sited
Exposure Program Manual
Exif version 2.21
Date and time of digitizing 18:03, 4 November 2005
Image compression mode 4
Exposure bias 0
Maximum land aperture 3 APEX (f/2.83)
Metering mode Pattern
Light source Flash
Flash Flash did not fire
DateTime subseconds 21
DateTimeOriginal subseconds 21
DateTimeDigitized subseconds 21
Colour space Uncalibrated
Sensing method One-chip colour area sensor
Custom image processing Normal process
Exposure mode Manual exposure
White balance Manual white balance
Digital zoom ratio 1
Focal length in 35 mm film 90 mm
Scene capture type Standard
Contrast Normal
Saturation Normal
Sharpness Soft
Subject distance range Unknown

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