Daily Photo – Into the Unknown

Daily Photo – Into the Unknown
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It looks in today's shot as though these trucks are heading into the unknown. Why would we move camp in a sand storm?

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Daily Photo – Scrap Heap

Daily Photo – Scrap Heap
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This scrap heap, photographed on a blustery day was at our first camp in the Calanscio Sand Sea.

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Daily Photo – Desert Bloom

Daily Photo – Desert Bloom
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I took this photo of a desert bloom in 1990, in western Libya, near the scene of one of our Land Rover crashes.

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Daily Photo – Shifting Sands

Daily Photo – Shifting Sands
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While the mechanics were recovering our crashed Land Rover I took this photo of the shifting sands on the dune our driver had used as his takeoff ramp.

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Daily Photo – Ouch!

Daily Photo – Ouch!
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Of course,we couldn't leave our wrecked Land Rover in the dunes, we had to recover it. Some joker had written 'Ouch!!' on the door after the flight and before the recovery.

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Daily Photo – Not Quite As Far As The Wright Flyer

Daily Photo – Not Quite As Far As The Wright Flyer
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After this hard landing, today's photo shows this flight was not quite as far as the Wright Flyer. And I wouldn't say the flight could be defined as 'controlled' either

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