Daily Photo – Vibs at one o’clock!

August 4, 2012
Travel

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On this survey we were using four Failing Y1100 vibrators mounted on International 6x6 trucks as our energy source. In this photo you can see the four vibrators shaking the ground and carving their way through the maize. In the foreground a spare fifth vibrator sits idle, ready to go to work if one of the other four breaks down. In the background are the Schoonspruit/Skoonspruit grain silos.

Daily Photo – Maize Field

August 3, 2012
Landscape

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As I mentioned yesterday, one advantage of flying in a helicopter that has no doors is that your can get shots like this one, looking straight down onto the field of maize (corn) we were flying over. I recall I had to lean out quite some way to avoid getting the skids in the shot.

Daily Photo – Where’d the door go?

August 2, 2012
Travel

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Since our pilot had been a pilot in the SADF, he preferred to fly his helicopter with the doors off! I thought this was brilliant! Although I had my set belt on to keep me attached to this quivering craft, I had the flexibility to lean out and take photos without having to worry about reflections from or scratches on the plexiglass windows.

Daily Photo – Schoonspruit from the air

August 1, 2012
Landscape

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In this image we'd taken off from behind his red-roofed house and I was able to take this shot looking to the north, towards Bothaville. Our camp is in the triangle made by the rail-road, the highway and the road that runs in front of the grain silo's. The settlement in the left mid-ground is the farm workers settlement.

Daily Photo – Schoonspruit Entertainment

July 31, 2012
Landscape

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In this case a storm rolls by to our north with lightning forks illuminating the surrounding skies. You can even see a lightning trail within the cloud. Off in the top left corner, the moon attempts to shine through the clouds.

Daily Photo – Schoonspruit Evening

July 30, 2012
Travel

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The image below was taken about a month later but the key elements remains the same. In this photo, the sun has dipped below the horizon to camera left but is still illuminating the tops of the clouds. The moon is already bright in the sky.