Archive for: September 2011

2011/09/29

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Filed under: Sky - 29 Sep 2011

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handguns confiscated from refugees trying to escape Saigon lie on the bottom of the US Embassy swimming pool; the Vietnamese and Westerners were waiting to be evacuated from the Embassy by helicopter to the US fleet. Most of them were left behind and were captured by the Communists. — Image …

2011/09/28

Active fumaroles, ice, and piles of sulphar and other minerals, the slopes of the red crater, mt. tongariro, december 2008

Filed under: All - 28 Sep 2011

Active fumaroles, ice, and piles of sulphar and other minerals, the slopes of the red crater, mt. tongariro, december 2008

Piles of ash, scoria, and boulders. The ash was very fine, like flour. The rocks were, in some instances very sharp, as one of our party found out to his cost. Down by the Lakes, he disturbed a piece of basalt, which tumbled down after him, broke, and sliced a …

2011/09/23

Lime hawk moth

Filed under: Sky - 23 Sep 2011

Lime hawk moth

Looking for abstract patterns on a blue skip I suddenly saw this Hawk Moth – haven’t seen one for years. After taking my photograps, I had it perched on my finger, before it took off with a whirring of wings like a helicopter

2011/09/18

Curly whirly

Filed under: All - 18 Sep 2011

Curly whirly

Fire access panel on a Whirlwind helicopter. City of Norwich Aviation Museum

2011/09/17

Marine helicopter and doyle drive

Filed under: Sky - 17 Sep 2011

Marine helicopter and doyle drive

A Marine helicopter low to Crissy Field in advance of Marine One.

2011/09/11

Loading the patient

Filed under: Aircrew - 11 Sep 2011

Loading the patient

The patient, having been transferred and stabilized, is loaded into the Omniflight helicopter for the flight to Medical University (of South Carolina) Hospital.

2011/09/07

2001 nevar forget

Filed under: All - 07 Sep 2011

2001 nevar forget

A long long time ago, a bunch of sleazy businessmen understood that G.I. Joe was a line that really couldn’t sustain the types of sales required for it to be a big brand. In 2000-2001, G.I. Joe was much simpler, you bought a two-pack of some repaints (occasionally someone had …