I titled today's photo 'Checkpoint Wadi' because when we moved into this concession in western Libya in 1990, this was one of the few routes for travelers to traverse the escarpment.
So here's a wider shot of the end of the line. Well, not the end actually, more of a hiatus. The line continued up here on the top of the escarpment but all the trucks had to drive around to the nearest wadi or road we cut that provided access.
Although this looks at first glance to be an aerial shot, I'm actually standing on the on terra firma for this shot of our vibs approaching the escarpment.
Things are looking down or, perhaps more appropriately, I'm looking down on things. Western Libya, 1990, and four Birdwagen Mark III's with Failing Y1100 vibrators approach the bottom of the escarpment.
Today's photo is of a Cat D8 (or D9, I'm not an aficionado) ripping the earth a new one - road that is.
I was in the dunes one afternoon, about to head back to camp when along came a camel into my field of view.