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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...