Figure 28. While stones were being removed, another part of the team began removing the soil using buckets and ropes. The strategy was to remove the thinner layers from the edges where bedrock was higher to isolate the deeper and thicker layer in the middle. This and the following 20 photographs show the soil ‘melt’ away until the final remnant is removed from the deeper center. 20-10-2015
Figure 29. Soil removal – bucket by bucket, after the first rain, 26-10-2014
Figure 27. Stone up 5- over the edge! 24-10-2015.
Figure 35. Attacking the middle 2: four hours later, 12:02 pm, 2-11-2015.
Figure 63. Contribution of the Municipality. Mayor Hassan Fahed (right) and Muaffaq Hazza. 7-11-2015
Figure 39. Contending with early rain. 7-11-2015.
Figure 30. Taking the high ground first – in a sea of wet sediment. 27-10-2015