File:South Tarawa from the air.jpg

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Description	South Tarawa is a narrow strip of land between the lagoon and the ocean
Source	Wikimedia Commons file page
Author	Photo taken by Government of Kiribati employee in the course of their work
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Camera manufacturer	NIKON CORPORATION
Camera model	NIKON D200
Copyright holder	Commonwealth of Australia
Exposure time	1/320 sec (0.003125)
F Number	f/9
ISO speed rating	250
Date and time of data generation	16:17, 31 October 2005
Lens focal length	26 mm
Headline	Operation Kiribati Assist 2008 - Collection and Identification
Credit/Provider	CPL Rachel Ingram
Source	Australian Department of Defence
Short title	20080810adf8239716_043.JPG
Image title	Caption: The central pacific island of Tarawa in Kiribati.Mid Caption: The Australian Defence Force (ADF) has deployed a small Joint Task Force to the small Pacific Island nation of Kiribati to commence Operation Kiribati Assist.Operation Kiribati Assist is the ADF contribution to Australia’s response to a request from the Government of Kiribati to assist in the disposal of World War II unexploded ordnance (UXO) from locations throughout Kiribati.The ADF has world-class skills, expertise and capability in conducting explosive ordnance disposal and is happy to be assisting our regional neighbour in clearing the threat posed by unexploded ordnance.Joint Task Force (JTF) 637 will dispose of UXO identified during a 2007 reconnaissance of the islands and scope any future UXO disposal requirements and EOD training opportunities for the Kiribati Police Service during the deployment.The JTF comprises approximately 22 people and includes a Command Group, a Royal Australian Navy Clearance Diving Team to handle underwater UXO, Army and RAAF EOD teams who will handle land based UXO, including air delivered items and a Medical Team.The 33 islands of Kiribati are scattered across 3.5 million square kilometres of the Central Pacific and is the site where the Battle of Tarawa was fought in November 20th, 1943. Most UXO encountered in Kiribati are remnants from this conflict and include military ordnance such as artillery projectiles, aerial bombs, rockets, mortars and mines.
City shown	Tarawa
Orientation	Normal
Horizontal resolution	300 dpi
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Software used	Adobe Photoshop CS Windows
File change date and time	15:37, 21 November 2008
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Y and C positioning	Co-sited
Exposure Program	Normal program
Exif version	2.21
Date and time of digitizing	16:17, 31 October 2005
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Image compression mode	4
APEX exposure bias	0
Maximum land aperture	4 APEX (f/4)
Metering mode	Pattern
Light source	Fine weather
Flash	Flash did not fire
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Supported Flashpix version	1
Color space	Uncalibrated
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	Auto exposure
White balance	Manual white balance
Digital zoom ratio	1
Focal length in 35 mm film	39 mm
Scene capture type	Standard
Scene control	None
Contrast	Normal
Saturation	High saturation
Sharpness	Hard
Subject distance range	Unknown
GPS tag version	2.2.0.0
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Supported Flashpix version	1
Special instructions	Cleared for Release by: LCDR Etienne MulderCleared for transmition by:
Original transmission location code	www.defence.gov.au
Urgency	5
Supplemental categories	Unclassified
Date metadata was last modified	03:37, 22 November 2008
Keywords	Operation Tri-Service Personnel
Country shown	Kiribati
IIM version	2