Sunday 30 January 2011

Day 275 - Sunday 30 January 2011

Taz. Interesting drawing on a blast well outside the American PX. Don't what the Arabic/Pastu/Dari phrase is though...

Saturday 29 January 2011

Day 274 - Saturday 29 January 2011

Bic. The tops of a stack of pens in a box, lit with the boss's blue LED light...

Friday 28 January 2011

Day 273 - Friday 28 January 2011

Splash. Fancy paintwork on the side of one of the PHF coaches...

Day 272 - Thursday 27 January 2011

Grafitti. Scribbled on the side of the very dirty white tent, shame I didn't see it on the 28 November...

Wednesday 26 January 2011

Day 271 - Wednesday 26 January 2011

Neytiri. Close up of the cover of a DVD. Its the collectors edition of one of my favorite films...

Day 270 - Tuesday 25 January 2011

Window. A view into the Piacetto coffee shop...

Monday 24 January 2011

Day 269 - Monday 24 January 2011

Rugs. Seen hanging outside the carpet sellers shop on the Boardwalk...

Day 268 - Sunday 23 January 2011

ISO. Just a few of the thousands of containers out here...

Saturday 22 January 2011

Day 267 - Saturday 22 January 2011

Steam. The underside of an Iron. Uniforms still have to be neatly pressed, even on Ops...

Friday 21 January 2011

Day 266 - Friday 21 January 2011

Liteon. The shiny (and grubby!) black surface of my external DVD drive...

Day 265 - Thursday 20 January 2011

Memorial. Detail from a brass plaque commemorating those lost to terrorist incidents in the United States...

Day 264 - Wednesday 19 January 2011

Cardboard cash. The peculiar small change in use out here is carboard coins...

Day 263 - Tuesday 18 January 2011

Kinley. Water, water everywhere and every drop you must drink... even though it isn't hot. The atmosphere is so dry, drinking water is a must...

Tuesday 18 January 2011

Day 262 - Monday 17 January 2011

Cashew. Mmmm... my favorite snack at the moment, salted nuts, especially Cashews...

Sunday 16 January 2011

Day 261 - Sunday 16 January 2011

Washington. The face of a famous president on a US $1 bill...

Day 260 - Saturday 15 January 2011

Core. Ate an apple before going to bed, but didn't thow the core in the bin. This is the result...

Day 259 - Friday 14 January 2011

26K. One of the craziest nights yet! All flights delayed for several hours so lots of red marker on the ops board...

Thursday 13 January 2011

Day 258 - Thursday 13 January 2010

Fill 'er up! The water supply pipe again with one of the jingly tankers taking on water...

Day 257 - Wednesday 12 January 2010

Glow. Another colourful sunset, this time with the water supply pipe where old jingly tankers fill up with water for delivery throughout the camp...

Tuesday 11 January 2011

Day 256 - Tuesday 11 January 2010

Flags. After an attempt to rain last night, the sky is clearer today with some high cloud. In fact, the weather is now a nice temperate English summer... if you ignore the dessert scenery...

Monday 10 January 2011

Day 255 - Monday 10 January 2011

Piacetto. The coffee shop run by the Expeditionary Forces Institute (EFI), the deployed arm of the NAAFI...

Day 254 - Sunday 9 January 2011

Aerial. Most of the tents have an aerial so we can receive broadcasts from BFBS...

Sunday 9 January 2011

Day 253 - Saturday 8 January 2010

Moon set. The moon setting over the pods in Camp Bastion...

Day 252 - Friday 7 January 2010

Abstract. This is supposed to be a picture of back-lit loaded pallets ontop of iso conaners but as I took the picture hand held on a bus that rattled worse than a washing machine on full spin it didn't come out but I like the effect anyway...

Thursday 6 January 2011

Day 251 - Thursday 6 January 2010

Crash! A reportage shot today. A bit of excitement last night when one of the RAF movers drove this fork truck through the side of the baggage handling tent, creating a new exit! Trouble was it had a baggage pallet on the forks and there were a couple of 4 wheel drive cars parked just the other side! The brakes failed apparently, and no-one was hurt...

Wednesday 5 January 2011

Day 250 - Wednesday 5 January 2011

LED. The red LED inside the ribbed plastic lens of an emergency light fitting...

Day 249 - Tuesday 4 January 2011

Ace. The dusty lid of my laptop with the reflection of a uniform shirt hanging off a tent pole...

Monday 3 January 2011

Day 248 - Monday 3 January 2010

The office stamp. Note the missing 'B'...

Day 247 - Sunday 2 January 2010

Arc. On of several deisel powered portable lighting towers that illuminate the PHF yards. The light is reflecting off a cloud of dust kicked up from the propwash of a taxiing Hercules transport aircraft on the nearby runway...

Saturday 1 January 2011

Day 246 - Saturday 1 January 2011

Comfort. Slow night with few flights. Empty chairs in the departure lounge...

Day 245 - Friday 31 December 2010

Engine hours. The digital information panel on one of the huge generators that power the PHF. I like the reflection of the cargo yard in the bottom left hand corner...

Day 244 - Thursday 30 December 2010

Tracks. Vehicle tracks in the soft dust, illuminated by the harsh arc lighting...

Day 243 - Wednesday 29 December 2010

Framed. The framework of the PHF tent, looking up from the comfort of the sofa in the crewroom...

Day 242 - Tuesday 28 December 2010

In the shadows. I like the stark shadows cast by the arc lighting in the PHF yard...