File:Q4000-Discoverer-Enterprise.jpg

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Description	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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