Tagrifet Gate – Daily Photo

Tagrifet Gate – Daily Photo
Tagrifet is an Italian Fort in Libya. Here a group of my colleagues approach the gate on the western wall of this triangular fort.

In today's photo, a group of work colleagues approach the gate on the western wall of Tagrifet Fort. I previously posted a photo of the fort from the air as…

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Blowing in the Wind – Daily Photo

Blowing in the Wind – Daily Photo
Blowing in the Wind. A supply tent gradually being ripped apart during a ghibli in Libya.

Blowing in the wind: I can still hear the sound even though it was many years ago. This was a supply tent, slowly being torn apart by the howling winds,…

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Daily Photo – Desert Tree

Daily Photo – Desert Tree
A large desert tree sits in a pan in the Haruj, Libya. Prior visitors have cut limbs off the tree, most likely for firewood.

This desert tree was in a shallow wadi in the Haruj area of Libya. 25-years later, I wonder if it's still there. You can tell that even then limbs had…

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Daily Photo – Approaching Tagrifet

Daily Photo – Approaching Tagrifet
Approaching Tagrifet, a fort in the Libyan Desert, in a DeHavilland Twin Otter.

So here's a shot of us approaching Tagrifet, looking through a window in the same Twin Otter featured in yesterday's post. Can't say I really know much about Tagrifet other…

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Daily Photo – Desert Takeoff

Daily Photo – Desert Takeoff
A DeHavilland Twin Otter in a desert takeoff from an airstrip in the Haruj, Libya.

I recently came across this image of our re-supply DeHavilland Twin Otter in a desert takeoff from our camp air strip in the Haruj area of Libya. The Haruj is…

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Daily Photo – Breezy Day

Daily Photo – Breezy Day
The wind picks up the sand on a breezy day, blotting out the view beyond the drill buggy and vibrator at our camp in the Calanscio sand sea.

I look at images such as today's photo of a breezy day taken in 1990 or 1991 with bitter sweet feelings. Breezy days, where the wind would pick up the…

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