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RE: Chad: 3000km in the Sahara - netllama - 2022-11-30
(2022-11-30, 06:35 PM)Daymoth Wrote: WOAH!!!!
What do you use as a camera? Ive already damaged 2 because of dust in the sierra mind you, not even sand dunes. Cant imagine in a sand storm how quick it would crap out.
Canon PowerShot G5 X Mark II and a Google Pixel 5 (phone). I didn't have any issues, but I was very careful with exposure.
RE: Chad: 3000km in the Sahara - GowerGulch42 - 2022-12-02
For what it's worth, the only problem I've ever had from sand exposure is no the focus ring on my cheapo 35mm Nikon lens grinds a bit. Lens still works fine (though with less UV coating than it had when I got it!)
RE: Chad: 3000km in the Sahara - Bluegreen kayak - 2022-12-12
I'm making my way slowly through the 400+ pictures from your trip; a couple a day are a treat for me. I just got to the petroglyph on #110 and it looks amazing. Must have been an exciting moment when you saw that one.
RE: Chad: 3000km in the Sahara - netllama - 2022-12-12
(2022-12-12, 05:16 PM)Bluegreen kayak Wrote: I'm making my way slowly through the 400+ pictures from your trip; a couple a day are a treat for me. I just got to the petroglyph on #110 and it looks amazing. Must have been an exciting moment when you saw that one.
Actually, there were quite a few petroglyphs out there. The Sahara has a crazy amount of rock art, and nearly all of it is undisturbed due to the remoteness and relative lack of tourism. There's a completely different tour company called FJ Expeditions which runs lots of African tours which focus primarily on rock art. They've got tons of photos on their website from the two most recent trips to Chad, if you want to see more:
https://www.fjexpeditions.com/frameset/ennedi21.htm
https://www.fjexpeditions.com/frameset/ennedi20.htm
RE: Chad: 3000km in the Sahara - Bluegreen kayak - 2022-12-22
All the way to #177 and #178: they remind me of the Trona Pinnacles.
High today in Nebraska was -5 degrees. Glad I have these pictures to remind of what warm is.
RE: Chad: 3000km in the Sahara - Bluegreen kayak - 2023-01-12
I had to take a close look at #240. At first I thought the man was standing on the camel's back.
RE: Chad: 3000km in the Sahara - netllama - 2023-01-12
(2023-01-12, 09:02 AM)Bluegreen kayak Wrote: I had to take a close look at #240. At first I thought the man was standing on the camel's back.
He was. It was the most bizarre thing. He was riding standing on the camel's back for some crazy reason.
RE: Chad: 3000km in the Sahara - DeathValleyDazed - 2023-01-12
Placing netllama's adventure travels in Chad in perspective and scale I photoshopped a combination of his GPX map and a same scale map of Death Valley National Park Boundaries. As you can see netllama "ran circles" around the largest national park in the continental USA. For those too lazy to grab your reading glasses Death Valley is the small rust brown colored "smudge" within the circle of netllamas stops in central Chad.
http://salamandersociety.com/deathvalley/DEVA-Chad-scale.png
BTW, in spite of me searching for over an hour through netllama's Chad images, I can't locate image #240 with the person riding a camel standing up. Can anyone help me locate that. I'd love to share it with our horse veterinarian who is also an expert with camels. The Royal Family of Saudi Arabia actually flew her over there to work with their camels. She used to take camel caravans around Southern Utah.
RE: Chad: 3000km in the Sahara - Bluegreen kayak - 2023-01-12
(2023-01-12, 02:08 PM)DeathValleyDazed Wrote: Placing netllama's adventure travels in Chad in perspective and scale I photoshopped a combination of his GPX map and a same scale map of Death Valley National Park Boundaries. As you can see netllama "ran circles" around the largest national park in the continental USA. For those too lazy to grab your reading glasses Death Valley is the small rust brown colored "smudge" within the circle of netllamas stops in central Chad.
http://salamandersociety.com/deathvalley/DEVA-Chad-scale.png
BTW, in spite of me searching for over an hour through netllama's Chad images, I can't locate image #240 with the person riding a camel standing up. Can anyone help me locate that. I'd love to share it with our horse veterinarian who is also an expert with camels. The Royal Family of Saudi Arabia actually flew her over there to work with their camels. She used to take camel caravans around Southern Utah.
Does this work?
https://netllama.linux-sxs.org/pix/trips/2022-11-chad/240.html
RE: Chad: 3000km in the Sahara - DeathValleyDazed - 2023-01-12
(2023-01-12, 03:28 PM)Bluegreen kayak Wrote: https://netllama.linux-sxs.org/pix/trips/2022-11-chad/240.html
Yes, thanks so much. This is it.
(2023-01-12, 03:28 PM)Bluegreen kayak Wrote: Does this work?
https://netllama.linux-sxs.org/pix/trips/2022-11-chad/240.html