The Magic of the Heaven in Earth Opal
I remember the first time I stumbled across a photo of a heaven in earth opal online; I actually thought it was a clever piece of digital art or a high-res shot of a nebula from the Hubble telescope. It didn't look like something that belonged in the dirt, but that's exactly where these things come from. It's this incredible specimen of Oregon opal that looks like a literal trapped sunset or a piece of the sky caught inside a transparent stone. ...