Opal mines

Approaching the township of Coober Pedy, it looks like the gophers have been at work. There are mounds of dirt everywhere as people dig for opals. Its a hot, unrelenting outback town where many people live underground - it also gets pretty cold in Winter!

[Delwyn Barnett]

Fascinating! The heaps don't do much to beautify the scenery.

[Issi Bannerman]

Oh, that looks like hard work, right enough. Great image.

[Diana]

Great shot of this wild countryside. I saw a documentary once and could not believe it.

[Dione Giorgio]

What a hard place to live in. Beautiful shot and scenery. I must check this area on google, looks very interesting.

[Mags]

Wow! What a unique landscape.

[Bucktree]

Interesting place and harsh environment.

[Beryl Lloyd]

So interesting and such an unique landscape !

[Esther Rosenberg]

Interesting place to live, great scenic shot

[tony gig]

Lovely shot.

[Shutterbug]

Hobbit people? I think opals are my favorite stone. I’m surprised anyone lives there. They must be resource people.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Wow, fascinating looking.

[Merrelyn]

It's a fascinating place.

[Pam]

That is so unique! Wonderful shot of this amazing landscape!

[Nigel Rogers]

Wow that's so different, did you take your spade??

[Danette Thompson]

Fascinating

[Pyrrhula]

Great shot of the landscape after the mining.

[Kathy]

Curious. It does look like gopher holes.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Wow- that sounds and looks so unique! The mounds make me think of giant ant colonies. Awesome shot.

[Erika]

Neat landscape.

[bkb in the city]

Very interesting

[Rick]

Cool capture. Interesting story.

[eDorre]

Neat layers and interesting story

[haskar]

Very hard place to live.