This photograph was taken during a Panga cruise around the Champion Island area on Friday morning, December 5, 2008. We were in the Panga shooting up at the shoreline. Prickly Pear Cactus is the most common cacti in the Galapagos. It has yellow flowers and grows like a shrub, except on islands where threatened by herbivores. On these islands, adaptations (survival of the fittest) have caused the trunks of the Prickly Pear Cactus to grow over 5 feet tall. It was a warm morning with temperatures in the upper 70's and partly cloudy skies.
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| Exif | |
| Make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Model | NIKON D80 |
| Orientation | top, left side |
| X Resolution | 1/72 inches |
| Y Resolution | 1/72 inches |
| Resolution Unit | Inches |
| Software | CAMEDIA Master 4.3 |
| Date/Time | 2009:01:07 22:16:37 |
| YCbCr Positioning | Datum point |
| Exposure Time | 1/640 sec |
| F-Number | F6.3 |
| Exposure Program | Program normal |
| ISO Speed Ratings | 100 |
| Exif Version | 2.21 |
| Date/Time Original | 2008:12:05 09:45:55 |
| Date/Time Digitized | 2008:12:05 09:45:55 |
| Components Configuration | YCbCr |
| Compressed Bits Per Pixel | 4 bits/pixel |
| Exposure Bias Value | -16/6 |
| Max Aperture Value | F4.4 |
| Metering Mode | Spot |
| Light Source | Unknown (9) |
| Flash | No flash fired |
| Focal Length | 80.0 mm |
| User Comment | ASCII |
| Sub-Sec Time | 60 |
| Sub-Sec Time Original | 60 |
| Sub-Sec Time Digitized | 60 |
| FlashPix Version | 1.00 |
| Color Space | sRGB |
| Exif Image Width | 3872 pixels |
| Exif Image Height | 2592 pixels |
| Sensing Method | One-chip color area sensor |
| File Source | Digital Still Camera (DSC) |
| Scene Type | Directly photographed image |
| CFA Pattern | |
| Compression | JPEG compression |
| Thumbnail Offset | 1004 bytes |
| Thumbnail Length | 5598 bytes |
| Thumbnail Data | [5598 bytes of thumbnail data] |
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| Interoperability | |
| Interoperability Index | Recommended Exif Interoperability Rules (ExifR98) |
| Interoperability Version | 1.00 |
| generated by EXIF-O-Matic on 2009.4.5 | |