Inside the caves of Valkenburg [Explored 27th Sep, 2012!]

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This was inside one of the caves in Valkenburg. Now if I tell you that it was dark in there, believe you me, it doesn't even begin to describe it! It was in these caves that people hid during WWII and having spent extended periods of time there, these people decided to adorn the cave walls with beautiful pictures done mostly with charcoal that lay around them.
As for the darkness, a few years ago 2 teenage brothers sneaked in to the caves by themselves, and subsequently died. During their ordeal, they had lost each other as their flashlight died and it culminated to death by starvation. Just to give us an idea, the tour guide turned off the lights for a few min and I swear, I have never seen such darkness. I had my palm an inch from my face, and still could not see anything. True unadulterated blindness.
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Shot details:
Single shot using:
Canon 7D, Canon 10-22mm.
As you can probably see from the exif info that the shot was taken with an ISO of 6400, so aside from a fair bit of noise reduction, nothing much else was done.

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Taken in: Nederland / Limburg / Valkenburg Aan de Geul (show map)

Taken on: August 25, 2012

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Sets appears in: • Day trip to Valkenburg, Netherlands

Camera: Canon EOS 7D, f/3.5, 1/6 sec, 10mm, ISO 6400 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 7D
Lens:	EF-S10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
Aperture:	f/3.5
Exposure Time:	0.167 sec (1/6)
Focal Length:	10mm
ISO:	6400
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Shutter speed priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
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