Daily Photo – Tunisian Desert Sunset

January 21, 2016
Landscape

A Mayhew 1000 on a MOL 6x6 is silhouetted against the colors of a Tunisian Desert Sunset.

This photo of a Tunisian Desert Sunset was taken in Tunisia - quel surprise! I only spent a couple of months in the Tunisian desert but I remember it was…

Lady Be Good – Day 7, April 11, 1943

February 15, 2015
Travel

Continuing with my series of posts on the story of the Lady Be Good. Toner's Diary: SUNDAY, April 11, 1943 Still waiting for help, still praying, eyes bad, lost all…

Lady be Good – Day 3, April 7, 1943

June 28, 2014
Travel

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Continuing with my sequence of posts on the story of the Lady Be Good,

Daily Photo – Dune Drilling

April 29, 2012
Travel

Uphole drilling in Libya. The drill here is a Mayhew 1000 mounted on a MOL 6x6 truck.

Uphole rig, Libya

March 3, 2010
Travel

Uphole rig in Libya

When I first went to Libya in 1984 I was an 'Assistant Seismologist'. My job function was to determine the static corrections needed to apply to the seismic data so…