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File:Agasthiyamalai range and Tirunelveli rainshadow.jpg

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English: The Agasthiyamalai range of the western ghats as seen from the rainshadow region of Tirunelveli, India. The southwest monsoon brings rain up to the ghats in Kerala while the other side in Tamil Nadu remains dry.
Français : La chaine du mont Agasthiyamalai, au sud des Ghâts occidentaux, vue depuis la région de Tirunelveli, dans le Tamil Nadu, en Inde. Cette région constitute un désert d'abri: les masses d'air humide de la mousson s'élèvent le long des Ghâts occidentaux, et produisent des pluies qui s'abattent sur l'état du Kérala, à l'ouest. A l'est de la montagne, la plaine reste sèche.
Date 13 August 2006
Source Photo by w:user:PlaneMad
Author w:user:PlaneMad
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Camera location

8° 31′ 16.32″ N, 77° 38′ 5.28″ E

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This image was selected as picture of the day on Wikimedia Commons for 2 June 2007. It was captioned as follows:

English: The Agasthiyamalai range of the western ghats as seen from the rainshadow region of Tirunelveli, India.
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Camera manufacturer SONY
Camera model DSC-W5
Exposure time 1/800 sec (0.00125)
F-number f/5.6
ISO speed rating 100
Date and time of data generation 08:14, 13 August 2006
Lens focal length 7.9 mm
Orientation Normal
Horizontal resolution 72 dpi
Vertical resolution 72 dpi
Software used Adobe Photoshop CS2 Windows
File change date and time 13:25, 21 August 2006
Y and C positioning Co-sited
Exposure Program Landscape mode (for landscape photos with the background in focus)
Exif version 2.2
Date and time of digitizing 08:14, 13 August 2006
Meaning of each component
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Image compression mode 4
Exposure bias 0
Maximum land aperture 3 APEX (f/2.83)
Metering mode Centre weighted average
Light source Unknown
Flash Flash did not fire, compulsory flash suppression
Supported Flashpix version 0,100
Colour space sRGB
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
Scene capture type Landscape
Contrast Normal
Saturation Normal
Sharpness Normal
Supported Flashpix version 1
Image height 1,280 px
Image width 960 px
Date metadata was last modified 18:55, 21 August 2006
IIM version 2

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