Mid Geyser Basin

Yellowstone National Park

Wyoming

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Although it might look like a fork, these are three spoons.

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Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada

A view of just a few of the many peaks of the Opal range.

"The Opal Range is roughly 70 km (44 mi) from Calgary, Alberta along Highway 40 (Kananaskis Trail). Running roughly north to south the Opal Range covers approximately 185 sq. km (70 sq. mi). There 33 named peaks within the range.

The Opal Range is characterized by its sawtooth profiles created by near vertically tilted layers of limestone, deep gullies, and steep limestone slab faces.

Composed mainly of limestone, the Opal Range has fossilized corals, oyster beds, shark teeth, and other evidence of ancient marine life. The range also has localized outcrops of conglomerate dolomite and metamorphic quartzite, adding some color and variation to the otherwise dull grey limestone.

The Laramide orogeny, the process which created the Rocky Mountains, started 70 to 80 million years ago and lasted for 15 to 50 million years. This period saw the tectonic plates from the west slide under the North American plates, deforming and rippling the landscape to form the Rocky Mountains.

Glaciers covered the mountains for millions of years and likely finally melted from the valleys only 10,000 years ago. There is strong evidence of glaciation throughout the valleys and upon the mountains, such as cirques, moraines, kames, and eskers throughout the valleys and slopes.

George Dawson named the range after he discovered small cavities lined with quartz and what he thought was a thin film of opal. It was not opal, but a chert with a similar appearance because of the quartz impurities embedded into the silica.

Despite the mistake, the name has stuck and the range has long been known in English as the Opal Range. Plus, Opal Range sounds better than Chert Range, in our opinion, anyway." peakvisor.com

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Edelstein * Gem

Varietät des Opals * Variety of Opal

The Australian black opal is famous for its fiery colours seemingly embedded in the stone. This sky reminded me of one. Quite a sunset after a day of stormy weather. A time for some locals to get out for a walk.

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One of the gorgeous thermal hot pools in Yellowstone's Midway Geyser Basin.

Though usually active as a hot spring, Opal Pool is also considered a fountain-type geyser, going off infrequently.

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Sulphur pool at Waiotapu.

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Found at Midway Geyser Basin, in Yellowstone National Park.

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Lightning Ridge

Country NSW

April, 2019

My doggie friend Opal.

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Mermaid

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You came like the gushy wind

Blowing me away with your might,

You came with your dreams unlimited

Embracing me with your warmth.

You looked at my eyes,

With unspoken words of love

Your brief murmurs in the air

Enlightened the lonesome soul

I wish.. I could feel you,

Kiss your sweet lips

With my everlasting passion

And ignite the fire within us..

See, it's a dream coming true

For us, swimming in the vast ocean

As I burn with ecstasy touching you

O My beautiful mermaid blue...

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* Body: Maitreya Lara

* Webbing for hands: Aii

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* Crown: - Fika - Asherah Set - Crown

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Midway Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park - Wyoming

Midway Geyser Basin

Yellowstone National Park

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Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

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Opal (009)

Mina la Esperanza, Durango, Mexico

Opal (009)

Mina la Esperanza, Durango, Mexico

Opal chips picked up as a souvenir of the mines in South Australia some years ago. These are basically the tailings from mining operations and would otherwise go completely to waste. For macro Mondays theme "Vowel". The image is slightly over one inch across (they are very small chips).

Midway Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park.

Midway Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park.

Opal

Mina la Esperanza,

Durango

Mexico

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