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Last time they had the big shake in the west, the seabed and some islands jumped up over 10 foot, and reefs were fully exposed permanently. Channels into harbours were shallowed to the extent that shipping was running aground until they learnt the new routes. While at other places, the islands sank a bit so that high tides covered more. Munda airport got a dip in it halfway along from a fault. Hope not as bad for life and property this time.
That little island would have been inside a lagoon, so not as exposed to tsunami's as the downshock coasts and atolls on the edges. There are even artificial islands, built up with salvaged coral, that size, in some lagoons. It was a way to get away from the mosquitos, and to see the headhunting canoes coming from afar in the old days.
That little island would have been inside a lagoon, so not as exposed to tsunami's as the downshock coasts and atolls on the edges. There are even artificial islands, built up with salvaged coral, that size, in some lagoons. It was a way to get away from the mosquitos, and to see the headhunting canoes coming from afar in the old days.
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Anybody got any photos of Faleolo and Fua'amotu, or affected areas in Samoa, American Samoa, Fiji or Tonga today? Used to go there too. Sounds the coasts facing the quake centre were badly hit.
Skywagon, Sege used to be very slippery with algae growing on the coral base puffing up after rain at one time too. Has been recently re-developed and can handle Dash 8 now.
Skywagon, Sege used to be very slippery with algae growing on the coral base puffing up after rain at one time too. Has been recently re-developed and can handle Dash 8 now.
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Skywagon, no worries, hope you enjoyed them. What were you getting around the islands in back then?
I might try and dig some more photos out to post here in the near future, my stack is somwhere...
Seghe did get a bit slippery at times after rain, the Dash upgrades must have been done since my departure. I'd love to see the dash working at Seghe, be fun to watch!
The strip i carved up the worst was actually Rennell..... wonder if my tracks are still there
I might try and dig some more photos out to post here in the near future, my stack is somwhere...
Seghe did get a bit slippery at times after rain, the Dash upgrades must have been done since my departure. I'd love to see the dash working at Seghe, be fun to watch!
The strip i carved up the worst was actually Rennell..... wonder if my tracks are still there
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Could have used a few of those in the Islands, for the pilots and the strips, Peter. ..But I guess we can let you get back to your wishful dreaming about cut (circumcised?) Navajo's.. 
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frigatebird, you take this greybeard back to his teenage years. Was fortunate enough to enjoy ABH and its sister ASG on the ground and in the air. Pilots Bob Watts, Reg Bagwell, Len Diprose, Alan Frank (I think) among others. Sighhhhhh!!!
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Without referring to Google Earth, I am postulating either Nepal, Bhutan or Pakistan... 
I can't remember the name of the fjord in the foreground (my Greenland topo maps are in the roof) but you are about 100kms SW of Constable Point looking NW.
About N70°10' W26°46 after checking on Google Earth.
I've been planning a ski trip there for a while - hence the familiarity! I skied a couple of hundred miles south of here for a week around 10 years ago. A fantastic trip. We even ate raw seal. And slept with a shotgun in the tent, just in case....
About N70°10' W26°46 after checking on Google Earth.
I've been planning a ski trip there for a while - hence the familiarity! I skied a couple of hundred miles south of here for a week around 10 years ago. A fantastic trip. We even ate raw seal. And slept with a shotgun in the tent, just in case....
