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File:Las Vegas at Night.JPG

Summary

Description
English: Las Vegas at night. (North is to the right of the picture.) The surrounding darkness of the desert presents a stark contrast to the brightly lit street grid of the developed area. The Vegas Strip is reputed to be the brightest spot on Earth due to the concentration of lights on its hotels and casinos. The tarmac of McCarran International Airport is dark by comparison, while the airstrips of Nellis Air Force Base on the north-eastern fringe are likewise dark. The dark mass of Frenchman Mountain borders the city to the east.
Date 30 November 2010
Source NASA Earth Observatory
Author ISS Expedition 26 crew

Camera location

36° 6′ 0.00″ N, 115° 12′ 0.00″ W

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Image captured with a Nikon D3S digital camera using an 180 mm lens, and is provided by the ISS Crew Earth Observations experiment and Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, Johnson Space Centre.

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Metadata

This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details may not fully reflect the modified file.
Camera manufacturer NIKON CORPORATION
Camera model NIKON D3S
Exposure time 1/15 sec (0.066666666666667)
F-number f/2.8
ISO speed rating 12,800
Date and time of data generation 12:06, 30 November 2010
Lens focal length 180 mm
Orientation Normal
Horizontal resolution 240 dpi
Vertical resolution 240 dpi
Software used GIMP 2.6.8
File change date and time 10:30, 13 December 2010
Exposure Program Manual
Exif version 2.21
Date and time of digitizing 12:06, 30 November 2010
Shutter speed 3.906891
APEX aperture 2.970854
Exposure bias 0
Maximum land aperture 3 APEX (f/2.83)
Metering mode Pattern
Light source Unknown
Flash Flash did not fire
DateTime subseconds 30
DateTimeOriginal subseconds 30
DateTimeDigitized subseconds 30
Colour space sRGB
Sensing method One-chip colour area sensor
Custom image processing Normal process
Exposure mode Manual exposure
White balance Auto white balance
Digital zoom ratio 1
Focal length in 35 mm film 180 mm
Scene capture type Standard
Contrast Normal
Saturation Normal
Sharpness Normal
Subject distance range Unknown

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