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Description	Deutsch: Detailaufnahme der Mumien von Guanajuato in Guanajuato, Mexiko. Schwarz-Weiß-Version. Fotografiert durch das Museo de las Momias de Guanajuato. English: Detail of the Guanajuato mummies, Mexico. Black and white version. Photo taken at Museo de las Momias de Guanajuato. Česky: Detail mumií v mexickém městě Guanajuato. Mumie jsou mrtví z epidemie cholery, která ve městě řádila v roce 1833. Español: Momias de Guanajuato. Français : Détail des Momies de Guanajuato, au Mexique. Version noir et blanc. Photo prise dans le musée des momies de Guanajuato.
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English: Detail of the Guanajuato mummies, Mexico. Black and white version. Photo taken at Museo de las Momias de Guanajuato.

Deutsch: Detail einer Mumie aus dem Mumienmuseum in der mexikanischen Stadt Guanajuato

English: Detail of the Guanajuato mummies, Mexico. Black and white version. Photo taken at Museo de las Momias de Guanajuato.

Esperanto: Detalo de la mumioj de Guanajuato, Meksiko.

Español: Detalle de una momia de Guanajuato. Fotografía en blanco y negro tomada en el Museo de las Momias de Guanajuato (México).

Français : Détail des momies de Guanajuato, au Mexique. Version noir et blanc.

Magyar: Guanajuatói múmia részlete. A fénykép eredetijét a Guanajuatói Múmia Múzeumban (Museo de las Momias de Guanajuato) őrzik.

Italiano: Dettaglio di una mummia di Guanajuato (i corpi di un'epidemia di colera che si mummificarono naturalmente). Museo de las Momias de Guanajuato, Messico.

日本語: メキシコ・グアナフアトのミイラの細部。白黒写真。グアナファト・ミイラ博物館で撮影された。

ქართული: გუანახუატოს მუმიების ფრაგმენტი, მექსიკა. შავ-თეთრი ვერსია. ფოტო გადაღებულია გუანახუატოს მუმიების მუზეუმში.

Nederlands: Detail van de mummies van Guanajuato in Mexico. De foto werd genomen in Museo de las Momias de Guanajuato.

Polski: Szczegół mumi z Guanajuato w Meksyku. Fotografia czarno-biała wykonana w Muzeum mumii w Guanajuato.

Русский: Деталь мумий из Гуанахуато, Мексика

中文（简体）‎: 墨西哥瓜纳华托木乃伊细节。

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F-number	f/2.2
ISO speed rating	80
Date and time of data generation	13:31, 1 June 2002
Lens focal length	22 mm
Width	2,240 px
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Orientation	Normal
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Horizontal resolution	240 dpi
Vertical resolution	240 dpi
Data arrangement	chunky format
Software used	Adobe Photoshop CS4 Windows
File change date and time	10:10, 2 October 2010
Exposure Program	Normal program
Exif version	2.1
Date and time of digitizing	13:31, 1 June 2002
Shutter speed	3
APEX aperture	2.275007
Exposure bias	0
Maximum land aperture	2.06 APEX (f/2.04)
Metering mode	Pattern
Flash	Flash did not fire
Colour space	Uncalibrated

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