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Here's a photo of our LVL recording position on one of the lines in Brunei, 1989.

Daily Photo – Jungle LVL

Richard Davis January 15, 2013
Travel

Today’s photo is of the recording setup for an LVL shot somewhere in the jungle of Brunei inland from Seria. The crew member in the red overalls in the background is most probably checking the connection of some component of our spread – either a geophone or an explosives connection. They guy in the foreground is standing by the triggering device.

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Flushing was how we set both the explosives and hydrophones in Brunei. Fairly simpe - just pump a lot of water down the inside of the tube and it washes out the sand up the sides. Turn the tube with some pipe wrenches to prevent the tube from sticking in the hole.

Daily Photo – Flushing

Richard Davis January 10, 2013
Travel 3

It didn’t take a lot of horsepower to make the holes in which we set the explosives and hydrophones – just a water pump and a couple of guys with pipe wrenches. Water was relatively easy to come by. In most cases the crew only had the dig a sump one or two feet deep and place the filtered end of the inlet hose into the sump.

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