File:Literally a pit of vipers at the "World's Largest Rattlesnake Roundup" in Sweetwater, Texas. Note the enchanted onlookers LCCN2014631440.tif
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[edit]DescriptionLiterally a pit of vipers at the "World's Largest Rattlesnake Roundup" in Sweetwater, Texas. Note the enchanted onlookers LCCN2014631440.tif |
English: Title: Literally a pit of vipers at the "World's Largest Rattlesnake Roundup" in Sweetwater, Texas. Note the enchanted onlookers
Physical description: 1 photograph : digital, tiff file, color. Notes: Since 1958, the event, sponsored and run by the Sweetwater Jaycees, has been held annually in March at the Nolan County Coliseum. The Round-Up was started as a way to control the population of snakes in their brushy area of Texas. According to the Jaycees, the large population of rattlesnakes was harming local farmers and ranchers who were losing their livestock to these natural predators. Today, the round-up attracts tens of thousands of visitors, bent on sampling fried rattesnake or beef barbecue, prepared in what the organizers call "the biggest barbecue cook-off ever seen." And buses take interested visitors on tours to let people get the feel of the rattlesnake's habitat.; Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer.; Gift; The Lyda Hill Foundation; 2014; (DLC/PP-2014:054).; Forms part of: Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.; Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. |
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Camera location | 32° 29′ 06.66″ N, 100° 24′ 49.76″ W ![]() ![]() | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | ![]() |
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Image title | Literally a pit of vipers at the "World's Largest Rattlesnake Roundup" in Sweetwater, Texas. (Note the enchanted onlookers.) Since 1958, the event , sponsored and run by the Sweetwater Jaycees, has been held annually in March at the Nolan County Coliseum. The Round-Up was started as a way to control the population of snakes in their brushy area of Texas. According to the Jaycees, the large population of rattlesnakes was harming local farmers and ranchers who were losing their livestock to these natural predators. Today, the round-up attracts tens of thousands of visitors, bent on sampling fried rattesnake or beef barbecue, prepared in what the organizers call "the biggest barbecue cook-off ever seen." And buses take interested visitors on tours to let people get the feel of the rattlesnake's habitat. |
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Camera manufacturer | NIKON CORPORATION |
Camera model | NIKON D800E |
Author | Photographer: Carol M. Highsmith |
Exposure time | 1/40 sec (0.025) |
F-number | f/4.5 |
ISO speed rating | 1,600 |
Date and time of data generation | 14:59, 8 March 2014 |
Lens focal length | 62 mm |
Latitude | 32° 29′ 6.65″ N |
Longitude | 100° 24′ 49.76″ W |
Altitude | 662 meters above sea level |
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Image data location | 32,234 |
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Horizontal resolution | 300 dpi |
Vertical resolution | 300 dpi |
Data arrangement | chunky format |
Software used | Ver.1.02 |
File change date and time | 20:24, 9 March 2014 |
Exposure Program | Manual |
Exif version | 2.21 |
Date and time of digitizing | 14:59, 8 March 2014 |
APEX shutter speed | 5.321928 |
APEX aperture | 4.33985 |
APEX exposure bias | 0 |
Maximum land aperture | 3 APEX (f/2.83) |
Metering mode | Pattern |
Light source | Unknown |
Flash | Flash did not fire, compulsory flash suppression |
DateTimeOriginal subseconds | 3 |
Color space | Uncalibrated |
Focal plane X resolution | 2,048.4022216797 |
Focal plane Y resolution | 2,048.4022216797 |
Focal plane resolution unit | 3 |
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 | Auto white balance |
Digital zoom ratio | 1 |
Focal length in 35 mm film | 62 mm |
Scene capture type | Standard |
Scene control | High gain up |
Contrast | Normal |
Saturation | Normal |
Sharpness | Normal |
Subject distance range | Unknown |
GPS time (atomic clock) | 18:59 |
Satellites used for measurement | 07 |
Reference for direction of image | Magnetic direction |
Direction of image | 78.68 |
Geodetic survey data used | WGS 84 |
GPS date | 8 March 2014 |
GPS tag version | 2.3.0.0 |
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