"Dark patches" refers to areas that are shaded or filled with darkness. It can also be used metaphorically to describe situations, events, or aspects that are mysterious, troubling, or difficult to understand.
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You may have also noticed
darker patches of skin on your face, known as the «mask of pregnancy».
My face has
dark patches all over and my face was so hot, I thought I was burning.
Symptoms of hypothyroidism
include dark patches on the skin, dry skin, hair loss and poor hair coat.
I had
dark patches on my skin during pregnancy and even after 1.5 years, the patches are still not gone.
During a chance meeting, Slowik told study researcher Sanjay Limaye, a planetary scientist from the University of Wisconsin - Madison, about bacteria on Earth with light - absorbing properties that are similar to those of unidentified particles that compose
dark patches in the clouds of Venus.
And according to recent studies conducted in Japan, the full ripe bananas
with dark patches on their skin produce the largest quantity of TNF (Tumor Necrosis Factor), a cytokine that fights abnormal tumor cells in the body by stimulating the production of white blood cells and assisting their communication.
Hormone fluctuations
cause dark patches on the forehead, cheeks, and upper lips that often fade postpartum but don't go away completely.
The large,
dark patch near the middle of the picture is due to nearby dark nebulae in the constellations of Aquila and Ophiuchus.
Doing so inspired me in unexpected ways and, as with my article writing, gave me a powerful floodlight with which to illuminate
dark patches during my search.
The exciting hypothesis suggests mysterious
dark patches seen in the atmosphere could be something akin to algae blooms seen in oceans on Earth.
Two bright, relatively blue spots surrounded
by darker patches are where the Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft's landing jets cleared away reddish surface dust at the landing site.
Sunspots, which appear
as dark patches on the sun's surface, called the photosphere, denote intense magnetic activity.
The coat in most cases is pure white with no markings admitted other than a
small dark patch around the eye, according to the AKC standard.
And if you're concerned
about dark patches or other skin changes in your bikini area, talk to a vulvar specialist, she urges.
The word Erie actually means raccoon, but you won't
find dark patches under the eyes of this bustling city!
The word Erie actually means raccoon, but you won't find
dark patches under the eyes of this bustling city!
That's when a reef biologist studying sharks happened to
notice dark patches on neighboring coral trout.
By comparing before - and - after pictures — by hand — and looking for a 3x3
pixel dark patch, he hopes to locate Philae.
Despite the disappointments, there is a silver lining to this
latest dark patch on Mars: The ExoMars program's other main component, a satellite called the Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) that served as Schiaparelli's mother ship, successfully entered Mars's orbit after deploying the lander.
MRO's new images support this interpretation and strongly suggest that the
sizable dark patch is a crater produced when Schiaparelli struck the surface at greater than 300 kilometers per hour after a two - to - four - kilometer free fall.
Although the images are relatively low - resolution at just 6 meters per pixel, they reveal a bright object thought to be Schiaparelli's parachute, as well as a 15 - by
-40-meter dark patch roughly one kilometer to the north of the parachute.
On Earth, warm ocean currents heat the tropical air; on Mars, the heat comes
from dark patches of soil near Mars» North pole.
But the researchers also spotted distinct,
dark patches within the nests of these ants that were living in the lab.
Astronomers had suggested that this discrepancy may be due to the sun warming
discrete dark patches on Makemake's surface,» NASA said in the statement.
The
numerous dark patches in this picture show that the Eagle and Omega nebulae are only the brightest areas in a region which also contains many dark nebulae.
Views from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter released Friday show the crash site where Europe's experimental Schiaparelli lander fell to the red planet's surface from a height of several miles, leaving a
distinct dark patch on the Martian landscape.
For instance, some women
report dark patches of skin especially along neck creases, under their breasts, or in the groin area, called acanthosis nigricans.
By reducing excessive melanin production, it makes skin less prone to
uneven dark patches and scarring.
Eating and drinking sugar regularly will increase your chances of developing insulin resistance which can be the cause of
unsightly dark patches on the skin.
The light beam
targets dark patches below the skin surface, breaking down the pigmented cells that cause the spot.
There are no
shadowy dark patches here, but there's a line of brighter white up top, and at top brightness the colour appears to turn blueish towards the bottom.
There are
still dark patches in this report as their is no confirmation if this is going to be the same mediocre chip found in early Intel phones like Lava or if there are any improvements in the chip making it suitable for Android devices.
The breed is typically white with dark markings, including a «butterfly» on the nose, dark ears, dark circles around the eyes, spots on the cheeks and various
other dark patches on the body.
And, in case you were unfamiliar with the term «merle,» it refers to a coat that has a splattering of
dark patches against a light background (like Mia in the picture above.)
The dogo, on the other hand, is almost always completely white, according to the American Kennel Club, although a black or
dark patch circling the eye is permitted as long as it covers less than 10 percent of the dog's head.
It remains his scale and never that of the Sublime, just as the sober grays and
dark patches recall his early realism.
But he somewhat swallows all this in and his legacy is filling up fast
with dark patches.
Above all though, it's inspiring: showing you that, even though there are
dark patches during the process, there can be so much light on the other side of a divorce.
The researchers found dozens of graphite particles in a
small dark patch on the sample — a region just 0.1 square millimeter in area — as well as seven needle - shaped rolls of carbon called graphite whiskers.
However, it doesn't take long to accept him in the role, despite the physical differences and not altogether convincing aging (or lack thereof), as he delivers a quality performance that carries the film through some
very dark patches.
These stars shine brightly in front of a dramatic landscape of
dark patches of dust and richly hued clouds of glowing gas.
So you may see
dark patches on your skin if your adrenals and HPA axis are very fatigued.
After soldiers reported that
the dark patches on the DBDU made it difficult to blend into the terrain effectively, the Army began issuing a new, three - color desert camouflage uniform in July 1991.