Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/07/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Amazing! On 7/22/14 1:45 PM, "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > Mark, > Thank's for your comments on "The Valve Room." At the time the picture > was taken I was a consultant for the NAS and usually snapped pictures > of the sites I visited. Most were for my own personal file but I sold a > few to incorporate in annual reports. The valve room is the control > center of the Cognac oil drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico. The rig > itself is a tower as tall as the Empire State Building fastened to the > sea floor. Drilling takes place from a platform on top of the rig to > 5000 feet below sea level with drill holes angled in all directions. > Very impressive. I don't know if the guy in the picture is lighting a > cigarette. Smoking was discouraged but, at the time, the rules were > very loosely enforced. A few disastrous explosions, the most recent > being th BP spill a few years ago, tightened up the regulations. > Workers in the offshore drilling industry joked that the worst health > hazard was all the weight they gained from eating all those 4000 > calorie meals during their two week work stint. > Larry Z > - - - > Mark writes: > That valve room shot is amazing! The scale of the valves against the > guys > way back there is not often done. As in I've never ever seen it done! > Originality is hard to come by! > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/The+valve+room.jpg.html > > Is that guy in the back lighting up a ciggy? Or is that a huge piece of > lint > coming out of his face? Inquiring Rabs wants to know! > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Mark William Rabiner Photographer http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/