Working and Living in Kazakhstan
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An unlucky boat on the Syrdarya
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Joe's 50th birtday party and a beautiful sunset over the Syrdarya River
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Joe's 50th birtday party
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Kazakh sunset
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The geology/geophysics team...
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Mark showing his assets
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Seismic crew supervisor
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Fiberoptic seismic acquisition cable
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Mike
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North Nuraly field
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Typical view of Kazakhstan
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Kazakh seismic acquisition crew
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Drilling rig in the middle of nowhere at North Nuraly
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Outhouse and Kumkol Field in the distance
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Seismic vibrator
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Kazakh wildlife
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An old mosque between Kyzylorda and Kumkol
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More wildlife
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Geology field trip - Karatau Mountains
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Our petrophysicist Sveta at the Internat'l. Oil and Gas Exhibit '05 (KIOGE)
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Mike with Sveta and Altynai at the Petrokazakhstan booth at KIOGE '05
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View of the Tien-Shan (Mountains) from the pub.
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"Shymkentskoye" - a very favorite stand-by
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Russian Baltika beer
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Derbes (Kazakhstan)
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The office
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View from the office
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Camp
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Kyzylorda street scene
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Kyzylorda street scene
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Geophysicists (and a geologist) deep in technical discussion
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View from the office
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Lorne a d Bates
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Altynai's office birthday party
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See? I actually do some work
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Bates, Radim and Sara
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Kazakh sashlyk
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Camp
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15,000-foot-plus Tien-Shan Mountains near Almaty
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View from Almaty airport
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View from the office: the ultimate "downstream" of the oil industry (tire re-treading)
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Kyzylorda street scene
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An inviting view of a cold Shymkentskoye
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Price list outside pub
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Mark, Radim and Pavel
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Dave the Big Boss on the right
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Karatau Mountains field trip, which I unfortunately missed
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Karatau Mountains field trip
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The steppe on fire at night (a very cool pic by Mike)
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Karatau Mountains field trip
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Karatau Mountains field trip
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Karatau Mountains field trip
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