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Out of the Past
Gold miners - the last of a dying breed.  Dying from mercury poisoning, that is.  This bunch was so addled by the mercury they use to extract gold that they didn't realize they were actually mining iron pyrite.

Out of the Past

Gold miners - the last of a dying breed. Dying from mercury poisoning, that is. This bunch was so addled by the mercury they use to extract gold that they didn't realize they were actually mining iron pyrite.




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Filename:DV-20191026-8985.jpg
Album name:27telp / Beatty Days, 10/26/2019
Location and Date:Beatty, Nevada, 10/26/2019
Equipment:Canon EOS-6D, EF 24-70 mm f/2.8L II USM lens
Settings:ISO 100, FL 70 mm, 1/500 sec @ f/5.0
Notes:Photo by J. L. Floyd; developed in Adobe Lightroom Classic v. 9.0
Filesize:1973 KiB
Date added:Nov 12, 2019
Dimensions:2560 x 1707 pixels
Displayed:231 times
Color Space:Uncalibrated
Customer Render:0
DateTime Original:2019:10:26 10:33:48
EXIF Offset:382
EXIF Version:version 2.31
Exposure Bias:0 EV
Exposure Mode:0
Exposure Program:Aperture Priority
Exposure Time:1/500 sec
FNumber:f/5
Flash:No Flash
Focal length:70 mm
ISO:100
Image Description:These guys represented an activity that used to be a maintstay of this region - gold mining.
Make:Canon
Max Aperture:f/2.8
Metering Mode:Spot
Model:Canon EOS 6D
Resolution Unit:Inch
Scene Capture Mode:0
Software:Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 9.0 (Windows)
White Balance:1
X Resolution:240 dots per ResolutionUnit
Y Resolution:240 dots per ResolutionUnit
IPTC Title:Out of the Past
IPTC Copyright:Copyright J. L. Floyd 2019
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