Tag:Deserts

Wrecked MAN Truck

Daily Photo – Wrecked MAN

Today’s photo is of the cab of the wrecked MAN truck I referred to in my post on the exploded propane bottle.

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Almost Break Time

Daily Photo – Almost Break Time

Here’s another photo of the front crew for whom it is almost break time. The line continues over the dunes in the distance but this load of geophones runs out at the truck. They’ve two more stations to go before they get a break.

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Front Crew

Daily Photo – Front Crew

So Front Crew laid the geophones. As this photo from January 1991, shows, while the sun may be beating down, it’s not always hot in the desert.

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Waiting on No. 5

Daily Photo – Waiting on No. 5

Everyone is waiting on No. 5 to get into position for the next sweep. Nos. 1, 6, and 2 (hidden behind 5) are ready to go an No. 5 is almost there.

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A breeze lifting the sand made everything gritty.

Daily Photo – Gritty

Back to the seismic survey in the Calanscio Sand Sea for today’s photo I’ve titles, ‘Gritty’.

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Line Truck Descending a Dune

Daily Photo – Line Truck Descending a Dune

This AWD Bedford Line Truck was one of two we had on the crew for moving people and gear.

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