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A large specimen of natural opal on a dark matrix stone, this image was captured through the glass of a display case. Opals contain alot of water, anywhere up to 20%. Rings featuring a large opal gem are delicate and must not be exposed to temperature extremes or accidents that can crack them. Opals are often displayed in water so the iridescent glow called "play of color" appears. Not all opals have the color flash. This piece measures about two inches, a very large specimen.
For more information, this wikipedia article is good:
The striking Breakaways near Coober Pedy in South Australia.
Over 70 million years in the making. The region is rich in Aboriginal and European history and is home to an array of native fauna and flora, which have successfully adapted to one of the world's harshest environments. Definitely one of Outback South Australia's best-kept secrets.
This is sunset time .
The colours of the landscape are lost a bit in this shot shooting into the sun. The shot below shows the landscape colour better when looking East.
Info courtesy of www.cooberpedy.sa.gov.au/page.aspx?u=181&c=393
As the sun sets behind the camera, a rare line of rain approaches the small opal mining town of Coober Pedy Australia
I was trying to recreate a photo I took a while ago with Opal and Diamond now that Opal is wearing a wig that suits him more. XD This time I think he was coming on to Diamond instead of the other way around!
"Will you marry me?" he said, as he produced an opal and diamond ring. This was a very long time ago.
This is a super closeup of a cut opal. Shot with 2 diffused white Adaptalux Studio lighting arms.
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~5 x 4 x 3 cm. Opal Butte, Oregon. Shaped and polished. An old favorite.
I last photographed this opal in the early 1990s using my Nikon F3 with Kodachrome 25 pushed to 40. My all time favorite cat, Tai Jaide, was fascinated by this opal: www.flickr.com/photos/woodsstoneworksandphotofactory/1282...
It’s probably 55 years since I used to collect these bugs from cotton trees in Caloundra during our annual holidays. No doubt, these Hibiscus Harlequin beetles or their progeny are quite happy that I gave up my collecting habits.
As a photographer of little note and having seen great shots by others, I have been searching without avail for some time to grab some of the little bugs, they are so pretty. Obviously, I have been searching the wrong trees. Just recently, having attacked the muddy shores of the Wynnum Wetlands Reserve in the hope of getting some shots of wading birds, which by the way seem to have already departed for the return trip to Siberia, I stumbled across a lone Cotton Tree. And it was home to a lovely group of Harlequin Beetles.
Wow, I was over the moon and with the ideal lens, my 150-500. NOT! Luckily, prepared that day with multiple lenses and cameras, I slushed back to the car and my wife who for some strange reason had decided not to accompany me on the walk, trek, slush to swap to the 105 macro lens. Nevertheless, even with a more appropriate lens the shadows were in and it was blowing a gale! Not ideal conditions. And that mud!
But I had the scent. These beetles have all the beautiful colour of a prize winning Aussie opal, lots of red in the blue. And the red even forms what appears to be a false face. So here at last my gem of a beetle with orange friend. I don’t know if the orange ones are also harlequins, the opposite sex or just a different species that likes the same environment. I was lucky enough also to shoot some babies en masse and the orange ones, with eggs. I will post these in due course.
Went for a hike in the beautiful Opal Creek area yesterday and had paid attention to the weather forecast that called for high clouds in the afternoon. Well after hiking deep into the forest for a different waterfall, the sky was clear as can be with harsh direct light.... I waited for a couple hours for a weather change that was not happening... On the way back (me head-down pouting like a child) noticed one small cloud was in the sky making it's way into the direction of the sun. I was able to make it to this waterfall and had about 5 minutes where the lighting was far from perfect, but usable! Thank goodness for the little things!
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The container ship, CMA CGM Opal [IMO 9386483] departing Fremantle Port on November 15, 2015 having being alongside the DP World operated No. 5 NQ berth. Her next port of call is Melbourne, Victoria, Australia having come from Damietta, in Egypt.
In the wonderful world of ship ownership the CMA CMG Opal is displaying the company's name and funnel mark of the French company, CMA CGM yet appears to be managed and owned by Greek companies according to the Equais.org database.
IMO: 9386483
NAME OF SHIP: CMA CGM Opal
CALL SIGN: A8RV3
MMSI: 636014168
Gross Tonnage: 40,560
DWT: 52,408
Type of ship: Container Ship
Built: 2009
Flag: Libera
Funnel Marks: CMA CGM
Ship Manager: Dioryx Maritime Corp
Registered Owner: Aitolikos Navigation Ltd
This creek is well named. Its vibrant green color resembles that of an Opal, and no where is it more vibrant than Opal Pool, which this is just down stream from. Its a popular place, but I had it all to myself on an early morning weekday in June.
Several opal mines close to town have open access as tourist attractions and these are the best way of seeing real mines and some of the equipment used. This one is called the Opal Adventure Mine about a kilometre into the diggings from the town of Lightning Ridge.
I want to see this thing erupt so badly it hurts! If you actually pay attention to my Flickr account, and there there no reason to do so, then you can probably expect to see more of Opal Pool.
I do like the color green. Generally my favorite greens are found in the depths of forests. Sometimes they are in grassy fields. Once in a great while, I find them in water.
Opal Pool in the Midway geyser basin is one of many geothermal hot springs in the Yellowstone National Park Caldera. Water heated beneath the ground to near boiling surfaces in these springs under low pressure, creating a clear pool. In other areas it arises as geysers or mudpots. The bright colors around the springs are from bacterial action. Opal Pool actually does erupt occasionally as a geyser, but is unpredictable.
Two images of Opal Pool, one of the features of the Grand Prismatic Spring area at Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, USA. via 500px ift.tt/2xlyJQk
Please meet Opal, we have sewn for her the first dress, called from her name ^^ We hope You will like them both.
Opal is SOOM Nephelin on Ariadoll 16yrs Grace body ws
Face-up and mod by Eff
Eyes by Mehi Art
Wig by Leeke World
Outfit by us - Ayu&Ana Design
Boulder Opal on Matrix
Locality: Australia
NHMLA 8112
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles, Gem and Mineral Hall Collection
Images made during my Masterclass Long Exposure at the Opal Coast in France.
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ᴄʀᴇᴅɪᴛs:
♡ head: toddleedoo - opal
♡ body: toddleedoo
♡ skin: pity party - cece
♡ hair: wasabi - sunday
♡ glasses: namo. - tati glasses
♡ top: reese - cropped tee
♡ bottoms: little tots - elora skirt
♡ plushy: dust bunny - meowshroom
♡ bottle: little tots - baby bottle
♡ goggles: tiptoes - super safety swim goggles
♡ sunscreen: izzie's - sunscreen
Opal Lake is one of the many smaller lakes that surround Timpanogas Lake in Willamette National Forest, Oregon.
'Opal' is a reliably fruiting, dessert gage to 2.5-4m in height depending upon the rootstock.
Flowers white in early spring, green fruits in early August
Opal is a cross between Early Favourite and Oullins Gage. It was bred in Sweden and released in 1925.
Opal is a very rustic and attractive looking plum when ripe, with a yellow background overlaid with reds and purples.
The flesh is a light gold colour with a small stone which comes away easily. The flavour is delicious, more like a gage than a plum, sweet and juicy. Yum!
Individual plums are an average size. Picked straight from the tree it is probably the best tasting of all the plums. Rather like the James Grieve of the apple world in fact, which is also fabulous picked straight from the tree!
Another added bonus is that the crops mature on the tree over a two week period, longer than normal. The crops are large and should be watched that they don't over-crop.
The Opal produces fruit early in the year, a week or so earlier than the Victoria.
Because this is an early variety it does best when grown in full sun to give the fruit enough sunshine to develop fully.
A rarity and the showpiece of my collection of fossiles and gemstones. It's shimmering extremely colorful because it's wet. Diameter 11 cm.
Ammonites, as they pertain specifically to the order Ammonitida, are an extinct group of marine animals belonging to the cephalopod subclass Ammonoidea. They are excellent index fossils, and it is often possible to link the rock layer in which they are found to specific geological time periods.
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Der opalisierte Ammonit ist eine Rarität und das Lieblingsstück in meiner Sammlung von Fossilien und Schmucksteinen. Er schimmert besonders schön, weil er nass ist. Durchmesser ca. 11 cm.
Soweit ich mich erinnere kommt er aus Wales.
Die Ammoniten sind eine ausgestorbene Gruppe ausschließlich mariner Kopffüßer (Cephalopoda). Die Gruppe war sehr artenreich. Über 1500 Gattungen sind bekannt, die Zahl der Arten dürfte bei etwa 30.000 bis 40.000 liegen. Die Größe der Schale ausgewachsener Tiere lag meist im Bereich von Zentimetern, Parapuzosia seppenradensis ist mit ca. 1,80 Meter Schalendurchmesser die größte bekannte Art.
Ammoniten stellen von ihrem ersten Auftreten im Unterdevon bis zu ihrem Aussterben am Ende der Kreide (Kreide-Tertiär-Grenze) eine große Zahl der Leitfossilien. Zum Teil erfolgt die zeitliche Abgrenzung mariner Sedimente ausschließlich anhand von Ammoniten. Sie sind für die Geologie und die Paläontologie daher von großer Bedeutung.
Its like a big vacuum cleaner that sucks up the opal; containing rocks from the opal mines and brings them to the surface for sorting.
This is my daughter's dog who lives next door. Thanks to the fact that she loves me, I have scratches and boo-boos everywhere as she is so exuberant that she can't help jumping on me for kisses. She also does the same to my hubby. She also pees when she sees us and my daughter warns us that they are coming over so the pee goes on the patio instead of in the house :) She is a rescue dog who is only 5 months old and already at 50 pounds and pulls our small daughter like a puppet on a chain :)
BTW, we now have the names of PeeMom and PeePop as she has initiated us with those names.
My youngest daughter Opal at the Wooden Shoe Tulip farm in Woodburn, Oregon.
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