Daily Photo – Schoonspruit Survey

August 6, 2012
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This photo, looking to the west from the eastern end of the survey area shows the grid of lines we left across this area. When you look at the Google Earth satellite view you can't see any tracks so no lasting damage, apparently. Also, no new mine shaft so it looks as though our client didn't find what they were looking for.

Daily Photo – Maize Field

August 3, 2012
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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 – Schoonspruit from the air

August 1, 2012
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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
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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 Sunset

July 29, 2012
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Here's another of those wonderful Free State sunsets. A tree, a wind pump, telephone lines and a farm building are silhouetted against a burning orange sky following the setting of the sun while bands of clouds hang ominously in the sky.

Daily Photo – Schoonspruit Storm

July 27, 2012
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I took this image at a place I've noted as being Schoonspruit in the Free State, back in December 1988. But it doesn't appear to be the Schoonspruit that Google…