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04-FEB-2013

The pope and panic in the salt mine

This is a modern rock salt sculpture of Pope John Paul II, which I had to photograph on the run because my husband said our tour group was getting way ahead of us. Upon hearing that, I snapped the picture at whatever setting and ran for fear of getting separated again. A little before that I had been lagging behind taking pictures in a tunnel when suddenly, none of our tour group was in sight. We we sure they had gone through a door, but when we tried to open the door in front of us, it wouldn't budge. I started panicking -- stuck in a very cool mine shaft deep underground, no way to call anybody, no more tour groups coming through -- I couldn't believe it. Finally we found the right door, which while very heavy, we managed to open and rejoined our group. I had been apprehensive about going down into the mine at all, but this was the only time that I got pretty worried about the whole thing.

Nikon D800
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Date/Time04-Feb-2013 16:08:30
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ModelNIKON D800
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Focal Length44 mm
Exposure Time1/59 sec
Aperturef/2.8
ISO Equivalent5000
Exposure Bias-0.67
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Kevin Warren21-Feb-2013 02:18
A great shot made under some duress. Happy that you emerged safely with all these wonderful images!
Chris Morton20-Feb-2013 21:17
you didn't resort to prayer?
Jim Coffman20-Feb-2013 19:32
A very nice image,Helen! Sure glad you didn't have to spend the night down there!!!