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Description	English: A transmission tower crumpled by an EF2 tornado northeast of Wall, South Dakota
Date	10 May 2011
Source	http://www.crh.noaa.gov/unr/?n=2011-05-09-tornadoes ; dead link, context archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20120308102615/http://www.crh.noaa.gov/unr/?n=2011-05-09-tornadoes
Author	National Weather Service in Rapid City, South Dakota
Permission (Reusing this file)	Public Domain

Camera location	44° 14′ 41.28″ N, 102° 02′ 25.68″ W	View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap	44.244800; -102.040467

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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	13:30, 17 May 2011		640 × 480 (124 KB)	Cyclonebiskit	{{Information \|Description ={{en\|1=A transmission tower crumpled by an EF2 tornado northeast of Wall, South Dakota}} \|Source =http://www.crh.noaa.gov/unr/?n=2011-05-09-tornadoes \|Author =National Weather Service in Rapid City, South Dak

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Tornadoes of 2011

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Camera manufacturer	Panasonic
Camera model	DMC-ZS10
Exposure time	1/1,000 sec (0.001)
F-number	f/5.6
ISO speed rating	100
Date and time of data generation	16:01, 10 May 2011
Lens focal length	47.7 mm
Orientation	Normal
Horizontal resolution	180 dpi
Vertical resolution	180 dpi
Software used	Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0 (20060914.r.77) Windows
File change date and time	23:43, 12 May 2011
Y and C positioning	Co-sited
Exposure Program	Landscape mode (for landscape photos with the background in focus)
Exif version	2.3
Date and time of digitizing	16:01, 10 May 2011
Image compression mode	4
Exposure bias	0
Maximum land aperture	4.96875 APEX (f/5.6)
Metering mode	Pattern
Light source	Unknown
Flash	Flash did not fire, auto mode
Color space	sRGB
Sensing method	One-chip color area sensor
Custom image processing	Normal process
Exposure mode	Auto exposure
White balance	Auto white balance
Digital zoom ratio	0
Focal length in 35 mm film	266 mm
Scene capture type	Standard
Contrast	Normal
Saturation	Normal
Sharpness	Normal
North or south latitude	North latitude
East or west longitude	West longitude
Satellites used for measurement	7
Receiver status	Measurement in progress
Measurement mode	2-dimensional measurement
Measurement precision	Moderate (0.6)
Geodetic survey data used	WGS-84
GPS date	10 May 2011

File:May 9, 2011 Wall, South Dakota tornado damage.jpg

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10 May 2011

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44°14'41.280"N, 102°2'25.681"W

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100

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0.001 second

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5.6

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47.7 millimetre

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