Esthr posted a photo:of the De Beers diamond mine at Jwaneng, Botswana

Esthr posted a photo:get conveyed back to a crusher to get recrushed... And the diamondsare harder than anything else, there's (almost) no risk that a bigdiamond will get crushed. It's just the useless rock that getschipped off around the edges.

Esthr posted a photo:silhouette of Job, the mine engineer who explained things to us..

Esthr posted a photo:seen from midway back up the mine

Esthr posted a photo:De Beers diamond mine in Jwaneng, Botswana

Esthr posted a photo:communications officer, De Beers Botswana. (among other things, she got me back to the airport on time!)

Esthr posted a photo:observation point on the right, control tower on the left

Esthr posted a photo:each one carries - what was it - 40 tons? will try to get someaccurate info soon...

Esthr posted a photo:at Mokolodi Nature Reserve

Esthr posted a photo:on the road to Jwaneng

Esthr posted a photo:Duma, the friendlier of the two tame cheetahs at the Mokolodi GameReserve, Botswana. (next time I'll skip the pink socks!)

Esthr posted a photo:at the Mokolodi Game Reserve

Esthr posted a photo:an NIIT student in Gaborone, Botswana. All the external connectivitygoes through South Africa; it costs about as much to reach a fiberconnection in Johannesburg, as it does to get from Johannesburg tothe rest of the world, where

Esthr posted a photo:New York City

Esthr posted a photo:refrigerator at the Center for Infection and Immunity at (ColumbiaUniversity's) Mailman School of Public Health

Esthr posted a photo:definitely looks better with its tiles on!

Esthr posted a photo:everything in its place... at the Center for Infection and Immunityat (Columbia University's) Mailman School of Public Health

Esthr posted a photo:now 20 pounds - but still a blessing between flights!

Esthr posted a photo:a dead mouse off Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn. RIP

Esthr posted a photo:Prince Street just off Broadway, New York City