Re: Mysterious Streamers (fwd)

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Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 06:54:35 -0600
From: Gomez Addams <gomezaddams@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Mysterious Streamers (fwd)


On Aug 21, 2007, at 6:19 AM, Tesla list wrote:

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> Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 22:03:38 -0700 (PDT)
> From: C. Sibley <a37chevy@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: Mysterious Streamers (fwd)
>
> The exposure was set to 1 second.  It is very possibly a street  
> light.  I'll have to go outside and take a look but there is a  
> light in that general direction.  Still seems strange since the  
> coil itself is so clear in the picture - as though the camera  
> didn't move...

That's the flash.  The flash "on time" is at least an order of  
magnitude shorter than the shutter open time.  Here's the EXIF data  
from the photo:

File Name:			oddstreamers.JPG
File Size:				73,684 Bytes
File Type:				JPEG
Exif Byte Order:		Little Endian (Intel)
Manufacturer:			NIKON CORPORATION
Model number:			NIKON D70
Image orientation:		Top, left
Resolution (width):		300 pixels per inch
Resolution (height):		300 pixels per inch
Software used:			Ver.2.00
File date and time:		2007:08:18 06:40:13
Y and C positioning:		Co-sited
Custom rendered:		Normal process
Exposure mode:		Auto exposure
White balance:			Auto white balance
Digital zoom ratio:		1.0
35mm film focal length:	105 mm
Scene capture type:		Standard
Gain control:			None
Contrast:				Normal
Saturation:			Normal
Sharpness:			Soft
Subject distance range:	unknown
Exposure time:			1.0000 seconds
f number:				4.5
Exposure program:		Not defined
Exif version:			0221
Date time of image:		2007:08:18 06:40:13
Date time digitized:		2007:08:18 06:40:13
Component config:		YCbCr
Compression:			4.0 bits per pixel
Exposure bias:			0.0 stops
Maximum lens aperture:	f/4.4
Metering mode:		Pattern
Light source:			unknown
Flash:				Flash fired, auto mode, return light detected
Lens focal length:		70.0 mm
Date time subseconds:	
Original subseconds:	
Digitized subseconds:	
FlashPix version:		0100
Color space:			Standard RGB
Image width:			1024
Image height:			681
Sensing method:		One-chip color area sensor
Scene type:			Directly photographed image


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