Dungu in the far north of the Democratic Republic of Congo borders on the Central African Republic and the south of Sudan. There are no government troops there since the local people asked them to leave two years ago. The infamous Lords Resistance Army is in the area, they crisscross the notional borders in the area attacking villages, kidnapping looting and killing. I was there to see what UNICEF needs to do to help. We stayed in sleepy Dungu meeting with local authorities and peace keepers.
In the early mornings I managed to make some time to visit. Dungu is pretty much cut off from the rest of the Congo, in the dry season it takes three to five weeks by truck from the nearest town, longer in the wet season. A small plane or two run by NGOs or missionaries come by in the week.
The town itself is collection of huts under the mango trees strung out along a river. As in many such areas mud huts rub up against crumbling colonial brickwork interspersed with electricity pylons that have long since lost their cables.
I was not expecting the castle. A neo-medieval brick pile looming out of the mist over the river eaten up by the jungle. An old man collecting wood in the overgrown courtyard said that it had been the residence of the colonial Administrator and his first secretary. I waded through the dew wet grasses and went in, or rather I hesitated wondering what was in this hulk and then went in; It was a Walt Disney sleeping beautys castle, stripped bare, empty except for birds and bats. To the castle
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Fabricant de l’appareil photo
NIKON CORPORATION
Modèle de l’appareil photo
NIKON D3
Orientation
Normale
Résolution horizontale
300 pt/po
Résolution verticale
300 pt/po
Logiciel utilisé
Capture NX 1.3.0 W
Date de modification du fichier
22 juillet 2008 à 19:28
Positionnement YCbCr
Centré
Valeurs du couple noir et blanc de référence
0
255
0
255
0
255
Durée d’exposition
1/40 s (0,025 s)
Ouverture focale
f / 3,2
Programme d’exposition
Programme normal
Sensibilité ISO (vitesse d’obturation)
200
Version d’EXIF
2.2
Date et heure de génération des données
9 juillet 2008 à 06:05
Date et heure de la numérisation
9 juillet 2008 à 06:05
Signification de chaque composante
Y
Cb
Cr
n’existe pas
Biais de compensation d’exposition APEX
0
Ouverture maximale interne de la lentille
3 APEX (f / 2,83)
Mode de mesure
Motif géométrique
Source de lumière
Inconnue
Flash
Flash non déclenché
Longueur focale de la lentille
14 mm
Fractions de seconde de l’horodatage
41
Fractions de secondes de l’horodatage de la prise de vue originale
41
Fractions de secondes de l’horodatage de la numérisation
41
Version de FlashPix prise en charge
1
Espace colorimétrique
Non calibré
Type de capteur
Capteur de couleur à une puce
Source du fichier
Appareil photo numérique
Type de scène
Image photographiée directement
Rendu d’image personnalisé
Procédé normal
Mode d’exposition
Exposition automatique
Balance des blancs
Balance des blancs automatique
Taux de zoom numérique
1
Longueur focale pour un film 35 mm
14 mm
Type de capture de la scène
Standard
Contrôle du gain de luminosité
Aucun
Contraste
Normal
Saturation
Normale
Netteté
Normale
Plage de distance du sujet
Inconnue
Version d’IIM
4
Courte description
Bridge to the castle
Titre de l’image
Dungu in the far north of the Democratic Republic of Congo borders on the Central African Republic and the south of Sudan. There are no government troops there since the local people asked them to leave two years ago. The infamous Lord’s Resistance Army is in the area, they crisscross the notional borders in the area attacking villages, kidnapping looting and killing. I was there to see what UNICEF needs to do to help. We stayed in sleepy Dungu meeting with local authorities and peace keepers.
In the early mornings I managed to make some time to visit. Dungu is pretty much cut off from the rest of the Congo, in the dry season it takes three to five weeks by truck from the nearest town, longer in the wet season. A small plane or two run by NGOs or missionaries come by in the week.
The town itself is collection of huts under the mango trees strung out along a river. As in many such areas mud huts rub up against crumbling colonial brickwork interspersed with electricity pylons that have long since lost their cables.
I was not expecting the castle. A neo-medieval brick pile looming out of the mist over the river eaten up by the jungle. An old man collecting wood in the overgrown courtyard said that it had been the residence of the colonial Administrator and his first secretary. I waded through the dew wet grasses and went in, or rather I hesitated wondering what was in this hulk and then went in; It was a Walt Disney sleeping beauty’s castle, stripped bare, empty except for birds and bats.