Day 335 - Thursday 31 March 2011

Awning. There's a story behind this one! A few days ago a disgruntled officer compained about being kept waiting outside the PHF for a check-in, sitting in the hot sun for more than an hour. The answer... we now have an awning set up outside the front of the PHF tent so any 'huffysirs' with an aversion to a bit of sunlight can wait in the shade...

Day 334 - Wednesday 30 March 2011

Rainbow. Stacked ISO containers silhouetted against arc lighting...

Day 333 - Tuesday 29 March 2011

Flypast 2. Another helicoper shot. No idea what this one is, probably of Russian vintage but it's one of several operated by a private company to deliver supplies, often underslung in cargo nets, to remote locations. This is one of a flight of 2 returning to Bastion in the late afternoon. Unfortunately the shutter speed was too fast to capture movement in the rotor...

Day 332 - Monday 28 March 2011

NON-POTABLE. I posted an image a while ago of a tanker filling up with water at a stand pipe. This is the other end of the operation, delivering non-potable water to various locations around camp...

Day 331 - Sunday 27 March 2011

Mug. At last! My MFO box has arrived after a mammoth six and a half month journey by sea and road. I now have my favourite mug and can enjoy a cup of tea in style. No more horrible cardboard cups...

Day 330 - Saturday 26 March 2011

Description: Dusty Sunrise. Plenty of dust around this morning making it difficult for the sun to shine...

Day 329 - Fraiday 25 March 2011

Sunrise landing. A helo comming in to land early in the morning as I'm waiting for the transport into work...

Day 328 - Thursday 24 March 2011

Crack. Dammage to one of the heavy duty blast walls...

Day 327 - Wednesday 23 March 2011

Pallet. The edge of an aircraft cargo pallet, this one being the property of the US Airforce...

Day 326 - Tuesday 22 March 2011

Stars n Stripes. Its an overdone technique these days but I saw this and thought it had to be done...

Day 325 - Monday 21 March 2011

Canvas. The sagging roof of the inbound passenger terminal tent in the early morning sun...

Day 324 - Sunday 20 March 2011

Fandango. The fan on one of the 'air conditioning' units in the departures tent. Unfortunately they all seem to have only two settings, hot and very hot! Its like an oven in there these days...

Day 323 - Saturday 19 March 2011

SCHOPF. Mud splattered cut-out lettering on the side of an airfield tug...

Day 322 - Friday 18 March 2011

Shake, Rattle and Roll. A 2 second hand-held exposure of a passing bus. This image, for me, captures the experience of riding around camp on the potholed dirt tracks...

Day 321 - Thursday 17 March 2011

Merlin. A helicopter parked under a service shelter...

Day 320 - Wednesday 16 March 2011

Red/Black. A pair of marker pens hanging from a cardboard file on the office notice board...

Day 319 - Tuesday 15 March 2011

In chains. Close up of a pretty heavy duty chain used to secure the PHF...

Day 318 - Monday 14 March 2011

Jerry. A line of fuel containers...

Day 317 - Sunday 13 March 2011

Pin. Close-up of the notice board...

Day 316 - Saturday 12 March 2011

Crystal. Bottled water, plenty of it available. Have to drink 5-6 bottles a day now the weather is warming up...