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On August 20 919 photos were taken by ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli every second to create this timelapse of the aurora australis at 25 frames per second.
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Date Time Digitized: 20 Aug 2017 19:55:00
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Metering Mode: Pattern
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Pixel Y Dimension: 3.280
Saturation: Normal
Scene Capture Type: Standard
Scene Type: A directly photographed image
Sensing Method: One-chip color area sensor
Sensitivity Type: Recommended exposure index (REI)
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Subject Distance Range: unknown
Sub-second Time: 00
Sub-second Time Digitized: 00
Sub-second Time Original: 00
User Comment: NASA 2071135 77.8F
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