It can apply HDR to photos and videos through near-immediate exposure bracketing, but it can also produce natural-looking flash images by combining the lit photo with an unassisted shot to fill in missing detail.

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Sources told Panorama that police were never told about the hospital visit at the time, meaning the Metropolitan Police's child protection team was missing vital detail.

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Also missing among the voiceovers intoning "they said it couldn't be done", and technical detail, is any impression of the bigger struggle .

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Now that the missing link has at last been revealed, astronomers will be able to study the torquing process in greater detail.

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