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Sunburned back

Woman's 2-day old badly sunburnt back.

A sunburn, photographed two days after a five-hour exposure to the sun. The non-burned areas were covered by togs.

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Published: 29 July 2008Updated: 4 November 2019Size: 355.5 KB
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