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File:Sistine Chapel ceiling photo 2.jpg

Sistine_Chapel_ceiling_photo_2.jpg ‎(634 × 420 pixels, file size: 334 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
Description
English: a wki commons bmp. file, rotated and saved to jpg. Rotated in order to match diagram of Sistine Chapel ceiling page.
Date 2006-06-16 (original upload date)
Source Transferred from en.wikipedia; Transfer was stated to be made by User:Jóna Þórunn.
Author Original uploader was Amandajm at en.wikipedia
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Orientation Normal
Horizontal resolution 72 dpi
Vertical resolution 72 dpi
Software used Adobe Photoshop CS5 Windows
File change date and time 15:50, 5 June 2010
Colour space sRGB

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