tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200799272024-03-08T00:06:35.497-03:30Tom's Image BlogImages of what I have been doing - work, home other activities.
All Images on this page were taken by me, Thomas Loader. I would be happy for you to use these for personal use, I ask in return that you let me know how you are using my work.Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16165774972426137108noreply@blogger.comBlogger219125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20079927.post-82235663142023688352009-10-28T20:26:00.002-02:302009-10-28T20:28:19.296-02:30Working in Putt Lake LabradorI spent the past 16 days in the Putt Lake area of Labrador. I stayed in a two man bush camp 81 km north of Nain. It is a beautiful location here are some photos.<br /><br /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf" width="400" height="267" flashvars="host=picasaweb.google.com&hl=en_US&feat=flashalbum&RGB=0x000000&feed=http%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2Ftom.loader%2Falbumid%2F5397777576680015937%3Falt%3Drss%26kind%3Dphoto%26hl%3Den_US" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed>Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16165774972426137108noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20079927.post-77672243895103161042009-06-27T15:41:00.000-02:302009-06-27T15:41:47.197-02:30Guess What<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHYhlfW_3FjAjDMc5OKkZibpjiTXbEtoRGArCOwn8I3mejp6leoPjXkpUIaGunY9HuAatcHvOb8zKdUqFtmSOG7Ib1jAvwgi1y8_VQVzyGrJa5sf3cXRo0aZsjtRU6TvCuzChi/s1600-h/CRW_1633.jpg"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHYhlfW_3FjAjDMc5OKkZibpjiTXbEtoRGArCOwn8I3mejp6leoPjXkpUIaGunY9HuAatcHvOb8zKdUqFtmSOG7Ib1jAvwgi1y8_VQVzyGrJa5sf3cXRo0aZsjtRU6TvCuzChi/s400/CRW_1633.jpg" border="0" /></a> I thought it was time for another mystery photo. Have a guess what this is an image of and post your guess as a comment. The answer will be revealed soon...<div style='clear:both; text-align:LEFT'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16165774972426137108noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20079927.post-51276359644155858282009-06-23T22:47:00.001-02:302009-06-23T23:12:23.254-02:30GeopolisI am experimenting again with HDR imaging. This a shot of the Geopolis building in Val-d'Or Quebec. I took this shot at about 0600 as the Sun was rising behind the building. This image was generated from 3 shots, taken using auto exposure bracketing. The shots were processed in Photomatix 2.5 then edited in Picassa.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNGf1WHCokkOieCXOnoWDxgbuCwFg6aat59QoJndtEz_zunoY-eKlDmbuLQrSc6-JEf9iqnC-el8El2yRzO4O-GHIpKOnyaEMf6GQ8L3Vxmduh7wffkaSeN0XUnopmk_hxPncP/s1600-h/CRW_1549_7_8_tonemapped.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; clear: both; float: left;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNGf1WHCokkOieCXOnoWDxgbuCwFg6aat59QoJndtEz_zunoY-eKlDmbuLQrSc6-JEf9iqnC-el8El2yRzO4O-GHIpKOnyaEMf6GQ8L3Vxmduh7wffkaSeN0XUnopmk_hxPncP/s400/CRW_1549_7_8_tonemapped.jpg" border="0" /></a><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div>Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16165774972426137108noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20079927.post-62377134310072607882009-06-23T22:09:00.002-02:302009-06-23T22:10:38.034-02:30My Office<img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRM4NVVfcD2EKjebWdIKbQWnb4yrAtZOQlY6RI1F-EsUlZRPpT6pGSwZYx4_pyjCEy_c8_epbpy1KwI1nqAVQtHhxyBlvLExYfGui7S17viuf0stfb2sf9MJ6NZ8bgzLIx9_S8/s400/CRW_1610.jpg" border="0" />This has been my office for the past few days, I have been opperating the transmitter for a Time Domaion EM survey. This is a moving loop survey where the 200mX200m loop is moved with the receiver recording at two stations within every loop before it is moved another 50m along the line. I switch the power off before the loopers disconnect the wire to move it, then, once the loop is resdy, I adjust the voltage needed to reach the required current. I do this every 20 minutes or so all day. It is a very fun job!!!<div style='clear:both; text-align:LEFT'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16165774972426137108noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20079927.post-72797320360043712392009-06-19T15:05:00.000-02:302009-06-19T15:06:21.435-02:30Chukotat Camp, RaglanHere is a view down two of the streets in Chukotat camp. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMAiUh_W1MwM-DuG67xjNXoD1C1Ksf9HhQ_RiffOqex0RhWOL5ksc1LlFcsa6lth3hk1vn2NQmdklq6SAJjHFPSbTxVPnmA_ePNgJAWehZS9q5aXudgGpYV6JJqz-P_HID8glk/s1600-h/CRW_1573.jpg"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMAiUh_W1MwM-DuG67xjNXoD1C1Ksf9HhQ_RiffOqex0RhWOL5ksc1LlFcsa6lth3hk1vn2NQmdklq6SAJjHFPSbTxVPnmA_ePNgJAWehZS9q5aXudgGpYV6JJqz-P_HID8glk/s400/CRW_1573.jpg" border="0" /></a> As you can see there is still a lot of snow in camp it will soon be gone as it melts fast here, I think the wind aids the rapid melting.<div style='clear:both; text-align:LEFT'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16165774972426137108noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20079927.post-71288166160735840552009-06-18T16:52:00.000-02:302009-06-18T16:52:48.630-02:30Raglan... Again<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_s1qSoVkClSM/SjqUB1dOJtI/AAAAAAAAA4o/9u-E-EQTweM/s1600-h/CRW_1566.jpg"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_s1qSoVkClSM/SjqUB1dOJtI/AAAAAAAAA4o/9u-E-EQTweM/s400/CRW_1566.jpg" border="0" /></a> After a week in Val-dOr I made the trip north via LG2 and Povirnituk to Raglan. This shot was taken through the rather dirty window of a twin otter as we approached the landing strip.<br />I have to say every time I fly on a twin otter I am more impressed with what those little planes can do. The landing strip was really just a gravely bit of tundra that had been flattened out a bit, if it were a dirt road I would consider it rather rough. It was only about 300m long with a cliff at one end, so the approach was interesting, we flew low over the tundra and from the back of the plane the landing strip was not visible, so it was a bit of a surprise when we passed over the edge of the cliff suddenly hit the ground, dust and gravle were flying all over the place as the plane slowed down on the short air strip. Watching the plane leave was even more impressive, it actually backed just off the end of the gravel, reved it's engines and lurched forward, after bounding down about 200m of bumpy gravel it leapt into the air.<div style='clear:both; text-align:LEFT'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16165774972426137108noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20079927.post-51574708037454816512009-05-24T09:49:00.000-02:302009-05-24T09:50:07.991-02:303lb'er / 1.3kg'erThe fishing season opened here last week, on <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Friday</span> night the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">conditions</span> looked about right so I headed up to the pond to see if anything was moving up there.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifw2rbD5S2zGmFvg9kJmVK55tqpVo7uWtO5cthN7apzAUpwk15iUiLXPMqmnwlcrfyfRgKgAia5CbZ3_e3ktdxWj9rTE1WxOCltkpPVM5qLQfdkhTgxLveumUkhdDlsBVbBQYS/s1600-h/CRW_1542.jpg"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifw2rbD5S2zGmFvg9kJmVK55tqpVo7uWtO5cthN7apzAUpwk15iUiLXPMqmnwlcrfyfRgKgAia5CbZ3_e3ktdxWj9rTE1WxOCltkpPVM5qLQfdkhTgxLveumUkhdDlsBVbBQYS/s400/CRW_1542.jpg" border="0" /></a> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />It was one of those nights when there wasn't much on the go, I think a couple of cold nights had killed the flies, so the fish were not feeding. After about an hour of changing flies I caught a reasonable little ~1lb trout, then the large fish started feeding just as it got dark, I could hear them splashing out in the middle of the pond. I tried a place I know where the larger fish <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">sometimes</span> come close to shore and as I was drawing the fly in there was a little "slurp" at the fly, I hesitated then <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">struck</span> it, sure enough it was a fish. After about 20 minutes of fighting I <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">wrestled</span> this 21 inch beast into my 12 inch net.<div style='clear:both; text-align:LEFT'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16165774972426137108noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20079927.post-44070716175621955982009-04-03T23:12:00.001-02:302009-04-03T23:14:21.998-02:30Sea IceLewis and I went for a walk to look at the ice the other night - this is what it looked like..<br /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf" flashvars="host=picasaweb.google.com&RGB=0x000000&feed=http%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2Ftom.loader%2Falbumid%2F5320640999678189937%3Fkind%3Dphoto%26alt%3Drss%26authkey%3DGv1sRgCKierduruPyqxgE" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" width="400" height="267"></embed>Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16165774972426137108noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20079927.post-50366081173520591832009-03-29T23:46:00.002-02:302009-03-30T00:02:06.048-02:30RockFall 2009RockFall was great again, lots of good climbing! I am experimenting with Picasa web albums as a way of showing the images. So here it is... <br /><br /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://picasaweb.google.ca/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf" flashvars="host=picasaweb.google.ca&RGB=0x000000&feed=http%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.ca%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2Ftom.loader%2Falbumid%2F5318795122215349889%3Fkind%3Dphoto%26alt%3Drss%26authkey%3DGv1sRgCLXEg6_RtLHCogE" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" width="400" height="267"></embed>Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16165774972426137108noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20079927.post-30115145425936448612009-03-27T22:39:00.001-02:302009-03-27T22:42:57.432-02:30Santa Monica Beach<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOsfI4WuSD1m2n6c_dTgc6o5JCvv9LDbcQ79ECZm5PLJ5FbwiqOZaIXF_SAaKQs1Y5Pvl17xdulxWgEtZkPuJE1rcn0qIVopPmF6-k5SUtR1nFpgWh_yhdXMoMyiSdLqfu64md/s1600-h/CRW_1121.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; clear: both; float: left;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOsfI4WuSD1m2n6c_dTgc6o5JCvv9LDbcQ79ECZm5PLJ5FbwiqOZaIXF_SAaKQs1Y5Pvl17xdulxWgEtZkPuJE1rcn0qIVopPmF6-k5SUtR1nFpgWh_yhdXMoMyiSdLqfu64md/s400/CRW_1121.jpg" border="0" /></a> Yesterday I returned from LA where I had attended a two day Ground Probing RADAR workshop. After dropping my gear at the airport I decided to have a look around the city, but it is a big place, so I decided to go the the beach and at least have a look at the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Pacific</span> ocean. I hopped in a cab and asked the driver to take me to a beach. He recommended Santa Monica, perhaps because it is nice, or perhaps because it was a $45.00 ride away. As beaches go it was quite nice, a bit like <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Bournemouth</span> beach, but with more palm trees. This photo doesn't really show the beach all that well. After visiting the beach I had a walk around Santa Monica, before getting the bus back to LAX, the bus was only $0.75 quite a deal!<div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div>Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16165774972426137108noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20079927.post-84217756244195752022009-02-25T21:09:00.001-03:302009-02-25T21:10:40.615-03:30Gasifier wood stove<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAktjdLErfUefy5HGvMDkD1wo_di-P-D0Yh13OdUn2JmjSEWiswXdNPES_46zzH4PnWdjLSasiu1qDiZJEH2Tl_e61izsxgnKyvWY-QzMtNnxc2sLHcQcOQs1Id5J_1aePZ1U0/s1600-h/CRW_1047.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; clear: both; float: left;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAktjdLErfUefy5HGvMDkD1wo_di-P-D0Yh13OdUn2JmjSEWiswXdNPES_46zzH4PnWdjLSasiu1qDiZJEH2Tl_e61izsxgnKyvWY-QzMtNnxc2sLHcQcOQs1Id5J_1aePZ1U0/s400/CRW_1047.jpg" border="0" /></a>For a few weeks now I have been trying to build a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">gasifier</span> camp stove. This is a camp stove that efficiently burns wood. In a camp fire wood burns inefficiently, <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">in fact</span> much of it is not burned at all. Much of the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">combustible</span> material is lost as smoke and is left behind as ash. Also, most of the heat is lost and is not easily directed to heat food. A camp stove is very <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">convenient</span>, but you have to <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">lug</span> fuel with you and the fuel is usually non-renewable fossil fuel.<br />My plan is to design a wood burning camp stove, that has the portability of a camp stove, but <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Burns</span> wood. Currently it works, but the flames are a bit big. I am going to experiment to see if I can get the heat a bit more concentrated at the top of the stove, like a real camp stove. Fore a more complete description of my stove check out <a href="http://brainsaver.blogspot.com/2009/02/wood-powered-camping-stove.html">The Brain Saver</a><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div>Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16165774972426137108noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20079927.post-43311259678704468692009-01-31T22:32:00.002-03:302009-01-31T22:53:22.810-03:30Spout Hike<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBx0-m1vi-rrRTEdccXUAFMkrro104HvhWJCmGR1VLRtwDd6i1HaGMhma8vhL68hF1Q2ZVwSsnZYGGCf5DyfrP6g66KJVJdQJo0MHrWJyo4h8i2nM1y3TBfkJrJq7EbQTxRN0-/s1600-h/CRW_0916.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; clear: both; float: left;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBx0-m1vi-rrRTEdccXUAFMkrro104HvhWJCmGR1VLRtwDd6i1HaGMhma8vhL68hF1Q2ZVwSsnZYGGCf5DyfrP6g66KJVJdQJo0MHrWJyo4h8i2nM1y3TBfkJrJq7EbQTxRN0-/s400/CRW_0916.jpg" border="0" /></a><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div> In January of 2003 (I think) Neil and I decided to attempt a hike to the spout (A wave driven fresh water geezer on the Southern Avalon Peninsula). This is trip didn't go so well and we didn't actually get to see the spout in it's winter glory. This Year we decided to have another go. The next few photos are of various stages of the trip. Here Neil is on the barrens about 2km from the spout.Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16165774972426137108noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20079927.post-81623652157025250882009-01-31T22:30:00.001-03:302009-01-31T22:54:35.851-03:30Spout Hike<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpcXwwYRg1tbH81SflFx0zLYvQJFu7pwN0Il9wqh-oqXyuL4KYDO-9mqighmiSXSTImVi8XvewnXMFY6eZFe2VMdOF1uWjZEteSfMLlXeFETVW-nwsQexyTFa3vc6OrYiU0bBc/s1600-h/CRW_0921.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; clear: both; float: left;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpcXwwYRg1tbH81SflFx0zLYvQJFu7pwN0Il9wqh-oqXyuL4KYDO-9mqighmiSXSTImVi8XvewnXMFY6eZFe2VMdOF1uWjZEteSfMLlXeFETVW-nwsQexyTFa3vc6OrYiU0bBc/s400/CRW_0921.jpg" border="0" /></a> This is a view looking south from the top of the ridge above the spout.<div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div>Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16165774972426137108noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20079927.post-77138743885740419462009-01-31T22:28:00.001-03:302009-01-31T22:58:14.257-03:30Spout Hike<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx6rAhgkD9XHRHUUDO4bQLrC05Z3ulycmBidUiGrqfvPUWRW-G8wgWMr44pw6bOIRPl2Sv3k-RQdUiXKu7ZVkuMVEIxyBQTEVO_VqWpPw3-9q17I_aovCMoq-Gf9CIfwY7ydIK/s1600-h/CRW_0923.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; clear: both; float: left;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx6rAhgkD9XHRHUUDO4bQLrC05Z3ulycmBidUiGrqfvPUWRW-G8wgWMr44pw6bOIRPl2Sv3k-RQdUiXKu7ZVkuMVEIxyBQTEVO_VqWpPw3-9q17I_aovCMoq-Gf9CIfwY7ydIK/s400/CRW_0923.jpg" border="0" /></a> Neil Surveying the landscape, trying to pick a good route down from the ridge. There is only about 800m of woods between the foot of the ridge and the shore, but this is the hardest part of the trail. on our return in 2003 it took us about 8 hours to get through this section, yes, a speed of 100m/h. Deep snow and fallen trees made travel extremely difficult!<br /><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div>Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16165774972426137108noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20079927.post-24166016733964147892009-01-31T22:21:00.002-03:302009-01-31T23:03:46.218-03:30Spout Hike<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrVLhbu15xTtXIy0rAzRX21O9W4QGDOggp2N2a1FI9Fh4tEsW_EtC0Z12oaWjxliut5f56GN9Ufdtr6553QUS2-WgXVNck6LhhU-6dFQH44ixslJRwoRFTt_fDR2vkF7-ktxbV/s1600-h/CRW_0974.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; clear: both; float: left;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrVLhbu15xTtXIy0rAzRX21O9W4QGDOggp2N2a1FI9Fh4tEsW_EtC0Z12oaWjxliut5f56GN9Ufdtr6553QUS2-WgXVNck6LhhU-6dFQH44ixslJRwoRFTt_fDR2vkF7-ktxbV/s400/CRW_0974.jpg" border="0" /></a> The Spout is created as a small brook runs down a fracture in the rock leading to a submarine cave. Wave action pushes water in and out of this cave, as waves enter the cave they act like a piston and force air and brook water out through the fractures. In the summer this is a pretty impressive feature. In the winter the fresh water freezes forming a large cone, here we estimated that it is standing about 20 feet above the rock on which it stands.<br /><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div>Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16165774972426137108noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20079927.post-70934420778163589072009-01-28T22:56:00.001-03:302009-01-28T22:57:29.094-03:30Sliding at Flatrock<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizFgPqbS0v-vxsPZmb-Gl5a4H1Nn0_vJEqE6iNJF1sheVoMuFuKBDytbUX2QIW01woTdMCSnz0A3UF2UZiv-GYLLrmMA8Ane68_5VRiM5z5kdhIu7N5JVXq8svT5cIA_OQ8cB_/s1600-h/CRW_0908.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; clear: both; float: left;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizFgPqbS0v-vxsPZmb-Gl5a4H1Nn0_vJEqE6iNJF1sheVoMuFuKBDytbUX2QIW01woTdMCSnz0A3UF2UZiv-GYLLrmMA8Ane68_5VRiM5z5kdhIu7N5JVXq8svT5cIA_OQ8cB_/s400/CRW_0908.jpg" border="0" /></a> On the north west facing side of the beamer (a 1km long peninsula in Flatrock) the 550 million year old sea bed is exposed and dips at about 20 degrees to the west. This winter ice has formed on several parts of this surface making walking out there an interesting, but possibly dangerous way to pass an afternoon. We also found that the ice can be quite fun as if provides a great surface for sliding - no sled required! Unfortunately this image fails to convey the motion, but rest assured that you can reach some pretty high speeds sliding on these ice sheets.<br /><br />It should be noted that the beamer is notorious for the lives claimed by the waves pounding it's shores. We were sliding well out of reach of the waves and separated from them by several hundred metres of grass, boulders and rather short trees.<div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div>Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16165774972426137108noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20079927.post-71476044859482588402009-01-28T22:44:00.001-03:302009-01-28T22:58:24.099-03:30Taking a spin out to Flatrock.The last snow storm we had in the Northeast Avalon area ended, as most have this year, with heavy rain followed by rapid freezing. This has resulted in some impressive ice sheets. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwEW4bEKZCEb62Q6igH5PZHkjuT1H9GLxNPAeMQwfT-no1baNRsoTdTLlKDK8A2tnnGyNMYIh22Frd-5xNUnlxASQXA03TghNl43n02FnuLCSUpVxnsNeA76CLD6EQNjKRA0Fj/s1600-h/CRW_0913.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; clear: both; float: left;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwEW4bEKZCEb62Q6igH5PZHkjuT1H9GLxNPAeMQwfT-no1baNRsoTdTLlKDK8A2tnnGyNMYIh22Frd-5xNUnlxASQXA03TghNl43n02FnuLCSUpVxnsNeA76CLD6EQNjKRA0Fj/s400/CRW_0913.jpg" border="0" /></a> Form this image you may think that I have been foolish enough to drive out onto a frozen pond, however this is just a parking area covered in about 10cm (4 in) of ice. Most flat surfaces in this ares look like this now unless they have been salted. Many car parks, drive ways and even some roads have a healthy coat of ice.<div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div>Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16165774972426137108noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20079927.post-70252106129384117382008-12-25T23:35:00.000-03:302008-12-25T23:35:32.856-03:30Morning Light<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaxQk51D7T3vcybCqw52h4RwSo1jzijfLEIdxtAUuwlQ-9lInRhqAD5Qhwbku91Orr5L2L9dt4g6j2w2LBk5aBKMghIPLMqY9M_vBqRNGKe2h2RSF84sZRRN2r108w0p9FNEaZ/s1600-h/CRW_0760.jpg"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaxQk51D7T3vcybCqw52h4RwSo1jzijfLEIdxtAUuwlQ-9lInRhqAD5Qhwbku91Orr5L2L9dt4g6j2w2LBk5aBKMghIPLMqY9M_vBqRNGKe2h2RSF84sZRRN2r108w0p9FNEaZ/s400/CRW_0760.jpg" border="0" /></a> Here is an image I shot back in November while on a prospecting trip on the Baie Verte Peninsula (Newfoundland). We Flew into this location by chopper and spent a week wandering around kicking rocks. This was one of the nicer mornings as it was neither snowing or raining.<div style='clear:both; text-align:LEFT'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16165774972426137108noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20079927.post-75645759938455700772008-08-08T17:49:00.001-02:302008-08-08T17:52:50.426-02:30Pot Shop, Salluit<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBcs2VIZPMYvYJzacWs8ePOmiQHQyRkM1ziyktFp0tfX8WY26NwcCROKx6W3nmDSj3uIUefvFwRONX3vTDlkBPfRtnd4j9CjBRCWJerZni9DchKUC7qwJrUqkqjzLnPxU4NHxw/s1600-h/CRW_0486.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; clear: both; float: left;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBcs2VIZPMYvYJzacWs8ePOmiQHQyRkM1ziyktFp0tfX8WY26NwcCROKx6W3nmDSj3uIUefvFwRONX3vTDlkBPfRtnd4j9CjBRCWJerZni9DchKUC7qwJrUqkqjzLnPxU4NHxw/s400/CRW_0486.jpg" border="0" /></a> Here in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Salluit</span> it can be hard to find some of the most basic supplies, I couldn't fine a hammer or paint brush the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">other</span> day! Even basic food can be a problem, we went almost a week with no bread, milk or eggs in the shops. However the pot shop is always busy and I assume well stocked. Perhaps I should drop in there and see if they could order in some bread with the next shipment!<div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div>Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16165774972426137108noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20079927.post-16632422213723345132008-08-03T23:38:00.001-02:302008-12-09T21:46:49.097-03:30Chucking rocks in Salluit<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjILAO9XUHhbAD6CzoN3-4fgiMMcJe-Ze_IxtZ9hm0AasmcUmQcARNVrOxVyyMEhP1d0BXnBtEsszRCQGysgJ4YEcHwN3MBEeZqfdlgoae5gv_4blzP7u23ah9USX8qvJMon25o/s1600-h/IMG_0425.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; clear: both; float: left;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjILAO9XUHhbAD6CzoN3-4fgiMMcJe-Ze_IxtZ9hm0AasmcUmQcARNVrOxVyyMEhP1d0BXnBtEsszRCQGysgJ4YEcHwN3MBEeZqfdlgoae5gv_4blzP7u23ah9USX8qvJMon25o/s400/IMG_0425.JPG" border="0" /></a> My first post for a while. I went for a walk <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">along</span> the beach in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Salluit</span> the other evening and noticed some kids playing in a boat, and another kid doing what seem <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">slike</span> a popular pass time here, throwing stones. it is not <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">unusual</span> to see kids standing in the road throwing stones at each other, or at houses, <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">windows</span>, pretty much anything.<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span>Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16165774972426137108noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20079927.post-5384838160381080952008-04-06T23:32:00.000-02:302008-12-09T21:46:49.332-03:30Climbing Comp. 2008<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkRma9dDqbgH2n7xwV50AfVwf7e2RppINnR2DOTIDEU2mWzR9YKz4p5EiP_uEN02BSFKu6FDmdWfh0hXpD0UjdW2w1_U5JeBXJ-fFUSdjIuXlsc1Tvj2RObA99j8ulSs75FGwP/s1600-h/CRW_9817.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkRma9dDqbgH2n7xwV50AfVwf7e2RppINnR2DOTIDEU2mWzR9YKz4p5EiP_uEN02BSFKu6FDmdWfh0hXpD0UjdW2w1_U5JeBXJ-fFUSdjIuXlsc1Tvj2RObA99j8ulSs75FGwP/s400/CRW_9817.jpg" border="0" /></a> Today was a day of climbing - well, not for me - I was photographing, but Lewis did some great climbing. He came second in the Junior division at the Wallnuts Rockfall climbing comp. In this image he is negotiating the Junior final route, which he, and 3 others completed, drawing for first, so to break the draw they climbed in a super final on a different route, he placed second on that route. He did very well, Michelle and I are quite proud of him.<div style='clear:both; text-align:LEFT'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16165774972426137108noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20079927.post-50659429260475671532008-03-25T22:02:00.003-02:302008-03-25T22:09:50.150-02:30Back in LabradorYep, I enjoyed doing <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">GPR</span> in Labrador so much they sent me back to do some more. This time I am working on the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Voisey</span> Bay Mine site.<br />I have been hoping to get onto the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Voisey</span> Bay site since moving to Newfoundland 12 years ago. Not sure why, I guess I heard so much about <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Voisey</span> Bay while I was in University, it is cool to be here - not that I'll see much of it. I think the survey is going to be quite "interesting" so there will not be much play time. I'll try to post some photos.Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16165774972426137108noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20079927.post-24135652393207161842008-02-27T07:38:00.003-03:302008-02-27T07:48:28.086-03:30St. John's -> St. Anthony -> Blanc Sablon -> Goose Bay -> PostvilleAfter about 30 hours home I am off again, not to the desert this time, but to a frozen lake in Labrador. I'll be working on a project to map the bottom of some lakes so the volume of the lakes can be calculated. I'll be using Ground <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Penetrating</span> RADAR (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">GPR</span>) towed <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">behind</span> a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Skidoo</span> and Sled over a frozen lake. I think it is going to be cold, but It should be interesting.<br />The plan is that I'll be there for a week, than I'll be going back to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Torbay</span>.<br /><br />Photos to Follow.Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16165774972426137108noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20079927.post-57565156249892544212008-02-25T02:25:00.001-03:302008-12-09T21:46:49.541-03:30The Strip, Vegas<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqTv48bElqtiEyTOzsFy1SyWjfh1Yqo9f7PCQePokAx0Fzb-KoHKVIR8lv9M5tZ2-j6DhYaUuwaWMPmaE1hUCsj8BwBGf55EjpepW56y_gWTHbtf8dN08bWdN8Ezoh3qcljpu4/s1600-h/CRW_9478_9_7_tonemapped.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqTv48bElqtiEyTOzsFy1SyWjfh1Yqo9f7PCQePokAx0Fzb-KoHKVIR8lv9M5tZ2-j6DhYaUuwaWMPmaE1hUCsj8BwBGf55EjpepW56y_gWTHbtf8dN08bWdN8Ezoh3qcljpu4/s400/CRW_9478_9_7_tonemapped.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><br />Well I am on the road again, and am staying in Vegas tonight. We are a few blocks from the strip, so I thought that although it is not my thing I should have a walk down there. It is quite a place, it is amazing what money can buy and what an <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">artificial</span> world people can create.I Think I prefer the desert, sure things either have spines, or are poisonous, out there, but at least it is all real. <div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; moz-background-clip: initial; moz-background-origin: initial; moz-background-inline-policy: initial" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div>Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16165774972426137108noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20079927.post-35076804372760776782008-02-13T00:53:00.000-03:302008-12-09T21:46:49.753-03:30Trees!<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitMnG0qJXxfClgXLRv9JjcWLmnEOERbEL4G-M7T50oPyEfa3CflXNrp720nyXzg1cNK4ygeL8_tJ29S49Ghr09892B-QUXaG7ZqZlREfQxfg8PZlD2OgOGQkw0BI9NK5aXALjv/s1600-h/CRW_9507ps.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitMnG0qJXxfClgXLRv9JjcWLmnEOERbEL4G-M7T50oPyEfa3CflXNrp720nyXzg1cNK4ygeL8_tJ29S49Ghr09892B-QUXaG7ZqZlREfQxfg8PZlD2OgOGQkw0BI9NK5aXALjv/s400/CRW_9507ps.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><br />While Exploring today we found some trees and some very nice cactii. The white mountains in the distance are Zion National park.<div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16165774972426137108noreply@blogger.com0