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File:Q4000-Discoverer-Enterprise.jpg

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English: The mobile offshore drilling unit Q4000 holds position directly over the damaged Deepwater Horizon blowout preventer as crews work to plug the wellhead using a technique known as " top kill,". The procedure was unsuccessful in its intention to stem the flow of oil and gas and ultimately kill the well by injecting heavy drilling fluids through the blow out preventer on the seabed down into the well. The en:Discoverer Enterprise is in the foreground.
Date 26 May 2010
Source http://cgvi.uscg.mil/media/main.php?g2_itemId=887421
Author . U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Patrick Kelley.

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Image title GULF OF MEXICO - Flaring operations aboard the Transocean drillship Discoverer Enterprise are suspended as the mobile offshore drilling unit Q4000 attempts a technique known as "top kill" at the Deepwater Horizon incident site May 26, 2010. The drillship had been burning natural gas that was being brought to the surface through a tube inserted in the damaged wellhead. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Patrick Kelley.
Camera manufacturer NIKON CORPORATION
Camera model NIKON D300
Author Petty Officer 3rd Class Patrick Kelley
Exposure time 1/640 sec (0.0015625)
F-number f/13
ISO speed rating 200
Date and time of data generation 04:00, 26 May 2010
Lens focal length 112 mm
Orientation Normal
Horizontal resolution 72 dpi
Vertical resolution 72 dpi
Software used Adobe Photoshop CS4 Macintosh
File change date and time 21:53, 26 May 2010
Y and C positioning Co-sited
Exposure Program Normal program
Exif version 2.2
Date and time of digitizing 04:00, 26 May 2010
Image compression mode 4
Maximum land aperture 4.5 APEX (f/4.76)
Metering mode Spot
Light source Unknown
Flash Flash did not fire
DateTime subseconds 60
DateTimeOriginal subseconds 60
DateTimeDigitized subseconds 60
Colour space Uncalibrated
Sensing method One-chip colour area sensor
Custom image processing Normal process
Exposure mode Auto exposure
White balance Auto white balance
Digital zoom ratio 1
Focal length in 35 mm film 168 mm
Scene capture type Standard
Contrast Normal
Saturation Normal
Sharpness Normal
Subject distance range Unknown

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