But our fascination turned to disbelief verging on horror when we saw a man scampering clear to the end of the long arm without any harness or safety anything! Then a second man was climbing up above the operator's cabin, dragging cables to put into place! Oi oi oi! The men were shouting to, or maybe at, one another. One of our dig staff who was born in the U.S.S.R., burst out laughing when she heard the guy's juicy Russian curse. She was not ready to repeat or translate it. 
There is actually a man (or two) here in the photo; you will just have to believe me. The man looked so small up there that I call him Juke Skywalker. "Juke" is the Hebrew slang for a little cockroach.
Thank God the men did their job and returned to earth safely.
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Oh my...that's scary to see. Thankfully all are ok. Great blog!
ReplyDeleteI was holding my breath as I was reading! If I got that tense hearing your story, I can only imagine how you felt! Spellbinding Sky Watch photo!
ReplyDeleteI love your title, Dina. Oh my gosh! That is so scary. This is such an original, interesting Sky Watch photo...very out of the ordinary.
ReplyDeleteGreat shots. I was entralled even before I read your explaination. I say better he than me.
ReplyDeleteStunning! In the 2nd pic you can actually see 2 workers. And I second Jan - bet they than us! :)
ReplyDeleteShabbath shalom!
Cheers, Klaus
Brave men or daft.... :O)
ReplyDeleteIt's great what you see while Sky Watching..
Thank you for joining in with Sky Watch, I hope you get many visits here and have the time to comment on others... once again on behalf of all at Sky Watch thank you
Tom
Astonishing development happening in the sky... :)
ReplyDeleteDefinitely not for the faint of heart! Amazing what "man" can do ... and usually get away with.
ReplyDeleteSo scary. When my hubby was in the Coast Guard he had to work with cranes a lot (they use them to get the ships out of the water during "dry dock" when they need to be fixed) he would always come home and say home many of the men would walk out on them without their safety lines and how he thought they were crazy. It always scared me. Some people have more courage than I , that or fewer brain cells. You can choose which.
ReplyDeleteThis is an exhilarating yarn, Dina. Isn't it astounding what we see when we look up (or down) instead of the more normal straight ahead. There is a moral in there somewhere.
ReplyDeleteI liked the comment upon the Russian oath. You add so much in so few words that makes your image more intense. Thank you.
Hi Dina, thank you for your kind comment on my first skywatch picture. I appreciate yours, quite special, far down you digging at antiquity and, aha above in your skywatch photo you caught the "skywalkers"! Great picture, Dina. Yes, Dina visit Lake Hiawatha. This is still very unspoilt country. Youraygir Nationalpark is fantastic, just you and nature! I have a blog in february, the third last "Natura in minima maxima" about Youraygir. Shalom
ReplyDeleteI hope that you are not using that kind of equipment in archaeology!
ReplyDeleteI confess I've never seen a crane build another crane. I could never do that job as I'm way to afraid of heights!
ReplyDeletehi dina
ReplyDeletewe lay nets under the olive trees and beat them mechanically, the nets are gathered and the olives are sacked. the forest had overgrown, the new owner has done a good job
great catch for SWF! Mine's up too hope you can drop by.
ReplyDeleteDina,
ReplyDeleteThis gives me the chills. That is some challenging work those guys do. I wouldn't want to be the spouse of one and wondering if he was every going to come home at the end of the day!
Your posts are always so interesting.
ReplyDeleteI would prefer to go to each one of you and leave a personal comment, but unfortunately or perhaps not, each week there are more of us participating. People of every corner of the world joined in a unique will – to see and share sky watch.
ReplyDeleteSo, this week in order to leave a comment in the most blogs, I had to write a single message to all of you.
One thing I must say: I did really see your skies and enjoyed them all.
See you next week! :-)
This is a job that I would not liketo have!! Bur yours I would love it.
Dina..there have been two crane accidents in NY City that have killed people. Be careful!
ReplyDeleteI would not want that job for all the gold in Ft Knox! Great shot! Mustang Mike
ReplyDeleteGood report and photographies.
ReplyDeleteTitle of the day has to go to you! May they indeed be reurned safely, and you wouldn't catch me up there.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed looking at your photos different thanks.
ReplyDeleteThe Team thanks you for posting at SW and helping to make this new venture a success.
Dina: Waht a great sory of the crane failure.
ReplyDeleteHow great is that, doing work on the old in view of the new construction. You are in a wonderful area for an archaeological dig.
Oi Oi Oi, indeed! "Louis's" acrophobia acts up just looking at the photos!
ReplyDeleteI'm not afraid of heights but I'd never!
ReplyDeleteVery neat skywatch capture!
ReplyDeleteAnd scary, ~I'm afraid of heights..:)
Happy sky~watching!
Cat
Wow, Dina, you have two kinds of history happenning at once. Scary looking up and that, incongruent in a way, huh?.
ReplyDeleteSpellbinding narration of the work on the crane and your work too. I enjoy your posts so much.
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