Tag:Seismic

Port fuselage of the Lady Be Good in 1991

Lady Be Good – Day 4, April 8, 1943

Continuing with my series of posts on the story of the Lady Be Good. Toner’s Diary: THURSDAY, April 8, 1943 Hit Sand Dunes, very miserable, good wind but continuous blowing of sand, everybody now very weak. thought Sam & Moore were all gone. LaMotte eyes are gone, everyone else’s eyes are bad. Still going N.W. Ripslinger’s Diary: THURSDAY, April 8, 1943 Tired all out. We can hardly walk. Our 4th day out. A few drops of water each. Can’t hold […]

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Calanscio Vibroseis

Daily Photo – Calanscio Vibroseis

Today’s photo, ‘Calanscio Vibroseis’ shows our seismic line stretching out from one set of dunes and across a plain towards another distant dune line.

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Shaking the Foothills

Daily Photo – Shaking the Foothills

In today’s shot the four seismic vibrators are working their way, single file, along a bulldozed track and shaking the foothills of the escarpment.

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Jebel Shaking

Daily Photo – Jebel Shaking

When you stand relatively close to a seismic vibrator you can literally feel the earth shaking. I don’t know if you could feel this jebel shaking or not but certainly had we set geophones on it we’d have detected it shaking.

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Four in a Row - Seismic Vibrators

Daily Photo – Four in a Row

Four in a Row is an expanded view of yesterday’s photo (and also the photo I processed in the soon to be released Topaz Clarity.

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Seismic Vibrator

Daily Photo – Seismic Vibrator

Today’s photo is of a seismic vibrator – a Failing Y1100 on a Birdwagen Mark III hydraulic 4-wheel drive buggy.

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