File:Polarlicht.jpg

EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- The Aurora Borealis, or Northern Lights, shines above Bear Lake. (64°42′N 148°30′W / 64.7°N 148.5°W / 64.7; -148.5: AFB east, Bear Lake west)

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DescriptionPolarlicht.jpg	EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- The Aurora Borealis, or Northern Lights, shines above Bear Lake. (64°42′N 148°30′W / 64.7°N 148.5°W / 64.7; -148.5: AFB east, Bear Lake west)
Date	18 January 2005
Source	http://www.af.mil/weekinphotos/wipgallery.asp?week=97&idx=9 (Full Image)
Author	United States Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joshua Strang
Permission (Reusing this file)	Public-Domain: http://www.af.mil/main/disclaimer.asp
Other versions	Colour levels adjusted Colorcorrected version, FishEye-distortion removed and straigthened Cropped, rotated, color adjusted, noise reduced, downsampled

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current	16:49, 30 September 2006		3,008 × 1,960 (2.59 MB)	Para	full resolution version
	23:05, 27 January 2005		340 × 222 (8 KB)	JAMES BOND~commonswiki	http://www.af.mil/media/photodb/web/050118-F-3488S-003.jpg Public-Domain : http://www.af.mil/main/disclaimer.asp

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Image title	EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- The Aurora Borealis, or Northern Lights, shines above Bear Lake on Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska on 18 January 2005. The lights are the result of solar particles colliding with gases in Earth's atmosphere. Early Eskimos and Indians believed different legends about the Northern Lights such as they were the souls of animals dancing in the sky or the souls of fallen enemies trying to rise again. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joshua Strang)(Released)
Camera manufacturer	NIKON CORPORATION
Camera model	NIKON D1X
Author	SrA Joshua Strang
Exposure time	25/1 sec (25)
F-number	f/2.8
Date and time of data generation	16:37, 19 January 2005
Lens focal length	16 mm
Short title	050118-F-3488S-003
City shown	Eielson, AFB
Headline	Northern Lights
Source	Digital
Orientation	Normal
Horizontal resolution	72 dpi
Vertical resolution	72 dpi
Software used	Adobe Photoshop 7.0
File change date and time	12:18, 21 January 2005
Y and C positioning	Co-sited
Exposure Program	Manual
Exif version	2.2
Date and time of digitizing	16:37, 19 January 2005
Meaning of each component	Y Cb Cr does not exist
Image compression mode	2
Exposure bias	0
Maximum land aperture	3 APEX (f/2.83)
Metering mode	Pattern
Light source	Flash
Flash	Flash did not fire
DateTime subseconds	23
DateTimeOriginal subseconds	23
DateTimeDigitized subseconds	23
Supported Flashpix version	1
Color space	sRGB
Sensing method	One-chip color area sensor
File source	Digital still camera
Scene type	A directly photographed image
Custom image processing	Normal process
Exposure mode	Manual exposure
White balance	Manual white balance
Digital zoom ratio	1
Focal length in 35 mm film	24 mm
Scene capture type	Standard
Scene control	None
Contrast	Normal
Saturation	Normal
Sharpness	Normal
Subject distance range	Unknown
GPS tag version	2.2.0.0
IIM version	2
Category	AF
Special instructions	Released by: MSgt Gates 907-377-2116
Province or state shown	AK
Country shown	USA
Original transmission location code	PACAF

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