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PMR376-10 Australia, Coober Peedy: a famous opal-mining town lying 854 km. from Adelaide along the Stuart Highway. Owing to the high summer temperatures, much of the population lives underground. An opal mine, with the top of the shaft in the foreground. Rubble is instantly removed by the vacuum extractor in the background. Keywords: architecture, antipodes, Oz, modern architecture

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Photographer: Peter Michael Rhodes
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PMR376-10
Upload Date: 2012-11-14 05:19:10
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Australia, Coober Peedy: a famous opal-mining town lying 854 km.

from Adelaide along the Stuart Highway. Owing to the high summer temperatures, much of the population lives underground. An opal mine, with the top of the shaft in the foreground. Rubble is instantly removed by the vacuum extractor in the background.
Keywords: architecture, antipodes, Oz, modern architecture