File:ISS-30 Nighttime view of Shanghai.jpg

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DescriptionISS-30 Nighttime view of Shanghai.jpg	English: A nighttime view of Shanghai is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 30 crew member on the International Space Station. The city of Shanghai sits along the delta banks of the Yangtze River along the eastern coast of China. The city proper is the world's most populous city (the 2010 census counts 23 million people, including "unregistered" residents). With that many humans, the city is a tremendous sight at night. Shanghai is a key financial capital for China and the Asian Pacific region. The bright lights of the city center and the distinctive new skyscrapers that form the skyline along the Pudong district (the eastern shore of the Huangpu River, a tributary of the Yangtze that cuts through the center of Shanghai) make for spectacular night viewing both on the ground and from space. The official census count in 2000 was 16.4 million; the city population has increased more than 35 per cent since that time. Much of the growth has occurred in new satellite developments like areas to the west of the city (for example, Suzhou). The city's rapid growth and development during the 20th and 21st centuries have come at a cost. Water availability is a key concern, and groundwater withdrawal has resulted in substantial subsidence in and around the city. Because it is built only a few meters above sea level – on the banks of the deltaic estuary of the Yangtze River – curbing subsidence rates is a critical concern.
Date	27 March 2012
Source	http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/crew-30/html/iss030e188071.html
Author	NASA

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Camera manufacturer	NIKON CORPORATION
Camera model	NIKON D3S
Exposure time	1/13 sec (0.076923076923077)
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ISO speed rating	1,600
Date and time of data generation	16:41, 27 March 2012
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Orientation	Normal
Horizontal resolution	300 dpi
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File change date and time	14:36, 3 April 2012
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Date and time of digitizing	16:41, 27 March 2012
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Metering mode	Pattern
Light source	Cool white fluorescent (W 3900 – 4500K)
Flash	Flash did not fire
DateTime subseconds	16
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Color space	sRGB
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	Manual exposure
White balance	Manual white balance
Digital zoom ratio	1
Focal length in 35 mm film	85 mm
Scene capture type	Standard
Scene control	High gain up
Contrast	Normal
Saturation	Normal
Sharpness	Normal
Subject distance range	Unknown
Subject distance	4,294,967,295 meters
Image width	4,256 px
Image height	2,832 px
Serial number of camera	2053892
Lens used	85.0 mm f/1.4
Date metadata was last modified	09:36, 3 April 2012
Rating (out of 5)	0
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IIM version	4,671

File:ISS-30 Nighttime view of Shanghai.jpg

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Expedition 30

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27 March 2012

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Nikon D3S

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ISS030-E-188071

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