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| < PREV | Taken from South Ronaldsay. The four Churchill Barriers were built to block the entrance to Scapa Flow during WWII. This was a response to the sinking of the Royal Oak by a U-boat by a U-boat that slipped between the block ships. | NEXT > | ||||||||
| Date: Thursday 8th September 2005 16:36:10 1/100 F:16.0 29.0mm (35 equiv: 43mmmm) Bias: +1/3 ISO: 200 Aperture-priority AE: Multi-segment AF-S: Left WB:Auto Shooting:Single-Frame NIKON D70 AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED Flash:Did Not Fire Ver.1.03 | ||||||||||