Shooting fire in an bombed out satellite station and a border run

Finally made it back out to shoot some more steel wool. Some friends had visited this bombed out satellite station during the day and suggested we shoot steel wool there. It is totally awesome for these types of shots. 

Apparently the Al Alsh Earth Station was one of the first places bombed when Iraq invaded. It's only about 30km from the border so that makes sense. A group of us went after our conferences on Wednesday night because we had the next day off. This meant that we couldn't actually leave until around 9:30pm (my normal bedtime). The station is about an hours drive away too. We didn't get home until almost 4am-- so late/early! But it was fun and I think it was worth it.

I went out again with some other friends the next night. My car was full the night before and there were more people that had wanted to go so we did a second trip. Some friends from church also met us there. We were able to leave earlier so we got back earlier but we still didn't get back until 11:30pm-- past my bedtime.

We would have been home earlier but we figured-- hey, we're this close to the border, we might as well just go check that out. That was a bucket list item for me for Kuwait. The last sign before you reach the border is the 10km to the border sign. We got out and took some pictures there. Then we planned on getting close to the border but turing around before reaching it-- like I did when I went to the Saudi border-- but the Iraq border is not as well maintained/not as big and it wasn't clear when we needed to turn around, especially in the dark.

I totally missed where to turn and ended up actually at the border. I didn't know what to do. I was totally nervous but my friends were like- let's just ask these border agents. Joanna did the talking (they were on her side and I was scared) but they just told us to back up the way we came. I'm pretty sure we were not the first ones to do that. oops.

I love the rubble hanging from the ceiling. 

Didn't get the whole wall-- it says "Sept. 11, 2001 WE WILL NEVER FORGET" and then there's "to be continued" and "you haven't seen anything" and "I love Osama Bin Ladin"

My shots are ok, but I think others got some better shots. Guess I need to go back ;)

Joanna bravely snapped a shot of the border as we were back away. :)