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Striking Gold

This is the Victoria Battery in Karangahake Gorge, built in 1896 to extract gold from low grade ore using cyanide. Last year I drove down there to try to catch ...
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This is the Victoria Battery in Karangahake Gorge, built in 1896 to extract gold from low grade ore using cyanide. Last year I drove down there to try to catch the Milky Way rising above it but the cloud ruined my plans. This week I tried again and struck a bit of gold of my own.
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NIKON D810

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Aperture f/2.8 ISO 1000 Shutter 15/1 Focal Length 15/1

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May, 2018

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203

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Superb Composition

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