[• TITLE •] Satsop, 2020
[• SUBJECT •] A black and white photograph of one of the old cooling towers from an unfinished nuclear power plant near Elma, Washington.
[• EXIF •] Nikon Z7, Nikkor Z 24-70/4 S lens, ISO 800, 44 mm, f8, 1/50 second.
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