Winter in the desert - the Coober Pedy opal fields

photo of virgin desert in winter, taken near the loose gemstones Australian opal fields

 Virgin desert, on a typical "winter's" day. There are only two seasons here - one is hot, the other is dry. Sometimes in "winter" there is a frost and sometimes even a fog. 

picture of a loose gemstones Australian opal, which is a link to the webopal homepage    picture of a loose gemstones Australian opal, which is a link to the 'Coober Pedy' page (previous page)