Photos

Ok, I'll try this one again.
For some reason, the other version of this photo that I posted last night wasn't very popular with someone. The version was removed and I never really got an explanation as to what part of the photo was violating the rules and conditions. I guess it was the framing. Sorry about that...

Ok, this is the same photo only with a different frame.
Nothing more has been done.
I took this photo as I was attending a firefighting course for industrial personell.
The idea of training an industrial fire brigade in Norway is based on the fact that distances from the firestation may be long. So in order to give your workplace and yourself a chance of living on, most industrial workplaces establish a local "amateur" firefighting and first aid group.
Here in Norway an industrial workplace is put in a riskgroup determined by the personell and economic losses that would come from a serious disaster or similar incident.
Categories are from 4 to 1, where category 1 is the most serious.
Cat. 4 is for supportive industry that provides work for "special" people.
Cat. 3 is the standard group where the company may store a small amount of flammable liquids.
Cat. 2 is for larger companies that might suffer serious loss of life or severe damage to the surrounding community if a serious accident should occur. Most of the time the company is placed in this category due to their storage of large amounts and/or very dangerous materials.
Cat. 1 is the highest category. For the most case this is for large companies and industrial areas that will have major influence on the surrounding land and communities should a serious accident occur. This category is mandatory for large chemical industries and places like oil refineries.

Well then, this isn't exactly an oil refinery blowing up. It is only a smallcan of propane, the type you might use when going camping.
So if a canister this small makes a fireball this big, then you can just imagine what might happen if the 16 cubic metre fuel tank at my workplace should catch fire.
Lets hope it never happens.

We live and we learn, and in some cases it is best to know the worst case scenario and how to tackle that situation. Just like learning the art of war... so we don't need to use it...

Odd Jarle


Make: Canon
Model: Canon EOS 350D DIGITAL
Software: Adobe Photoshop CS Windows
Exposure Time: 1/250
F-Stop: f/10.0
ISO Speed Ratings: 200
Focal Length: 18/1 mm
Date Taken: 2007-05-23 14:10
Metering Mode: Average
Flash: Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode
File Size: 149 kb