The word
"outcrop" refers to a part of a rock formation or geologic feature that is exposed on the surface of the Earth. It is essentially when a section of rock or soil appears above ground, allowing people to see and study it.
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«Yak» means «giant» in Thai, but giant is the one word that doesn't come to mind when you first see this small
rocky outcrop of an island.
Starting an hour outside of Melbourne, the Great Ocean Road spans Victoria's epic, wave - crashing coastline all the way to the spectacular rocky
outcrops of the 12 Apostles, and beyond to the South Australian border.
But in late 2005, when the rover was still mobile, it had investigated a group of
rock outcrops in a region of Gusev Crater known as the Columbia Hills.
Forty to fifty percent of the nests in this area have been found on rocky
outcrops in the back dunes, about 490 to 980 feet (150 to 300 meters) from the shoreline (USFWS 1995).
Approximately 45 km off the Andaman coast, to the south east of the Surin Islands, this site somewhat resembles the form of a horse - shoe with a central limestone pinnacle and several smaller rock
outcrops on either side.
South of Salalah towards Yemen, the deserted beaches stretch forever and form into gorgeous coves overlooked by rocky
outcrops with spectacular blowholes.
The spectacular Phu Lang Ka is perched on the side of a mountain that looks down into a valley with a couple of
limestone outcrops of the same type that grace destinations like Krabi, Vang Vieng and Ha Long Bay.
Simply a 40 - minute drive outside Cape Town, at the foot of the second - largest
granite outcrop in the wo...
Swimming is good here because a coral reef and long rocky
outcrops at both sides of the bay protect the beach from strong currents.
During the quest, farm as many
mining outcrops as possible to get Dragonite Ore and Zorah Carapace.
Of its three beaches one is fringed
by outcrops of coral and colourful fishlife.
It was fashioned out of volcanic rock
from outcrops in central Turkey, a minimum of 700...
The new Mars photo by Opportunity shows a close - up of a rock
outcrop called Kirkwood covered in blister - like bumps that mission scientists can't yet explain.
We then journey by coach to Melk Abbey, enjoying entrance to this 11th century Benedictine Abbey which stands on a rocky
outcrop overlooking the Danube and is home to the Abbey Church, considered one of the most beautiful Baroque churches north of the Alps.
Curiosity had also earlier examined some of the «fossil» (petrified) dunes in the Stimson
sandstone outcrop which initially formed as sand dunes but then became cemented into rock.
End the day an hour away in Stanley, a fishing village framed by the
volcanic outcrop known as The Nut.
A favorite loop trail brings visitors into the sanctuary past the power lines to heron rookery and then toward the exposed rock
outcrops where porcupine live.
Glovers Reef is a 20 mile long, 7 mile wide, circular chain of coral
outcrops which surround a crystal clear lagoon with more than 600 coral pinnacles and patch coral heads reaching toward the surface.
This morning our ship sails into Melk, a town that boasts a glorious Benedictine Abbey which stands on a rocky
outcrop above the Danube.
Close by the spectacular
outcrop known as Devil's Tear, this secluded bay is a great place to relax and easily spend the whole afternoon under the palm shades.
At the Caerfanell, a stream that cuts through the middle, a path of sorts takes you into trees and over rocky
outcrops as the water splashes over a succession of small falls.
Many of the flow systems seem to start in the Antarctic mountains,
near outcrops of exposed rock, or in places where fierce winds have scoured snow off the ice beneath.
The geology of Belize can be divided broadly into the Northern Lowlands, the Maya Mountains, the Toledo Beds and the Pliestocene deposits, but there are other features including volcanic deposits of bentonite in the north and volcanic
outcrops along the southern boundary of the Maya Mountains.
Its main feature is Bald Rock, which is a large granite
outcrop rising about 200 metres above the surrounding landscape.
Elsewhere we see a flat
stone outcrop on an Alaskan roadside bearing in white paint or chalk the single name JESUS.
The Costa Concordia — carrying 4200 passengers and crew — was holed by a rock
outcrop just off the island of Giglio, Italy, at 9.42 pm local time.
Equipped with a rock - abrasion tool and a suite of spectrometers, the robotic geologist poked around the formation known as the
Comanche outcrops, but its findings were not conclusive at the time.
Munising, Michigan — The only way to get to Mosquito Beach, a
tiny outcrop on Lake Superior, is to drive 5 miles down an «unpaved access road» and then hike 1.9 miles through the woods.
Exposed rocky
outcrops provide a surreal landscape with birds flying low or just resting.
First, the Paracas National Reserve and the Ballestas Islands, in the vicinity of Pisco and the Paracas Peninsula, in the Pacific Ocean, which form one of the world's nine most important
marine outcrops.
However, because plate tectonics constantly changes and revamps the crust, the first rocks have long since been recycled, melted down and reformed into
new outcrops.
Really, I think the biggest surprise has to be finding that
bedrock outcrop at Meridiani Planum.
Whenever you're on a High Rank Expedition or quest, there will be additional mining
outcrops for you to mine, offering new materials for weapon upgrading and armor forging.
A
nearby outcrop of a flintlike rock called chert, they believe, was the source for many of the stone tools they found: long, triangular blades shaped with six or seven deliberate, strategic strikes.
10 waterfront acres on Smith Cove: 330 - foot shoreline, which bars at low tide to a rock
island outcrop; 1500 foot private driveway; electric power and telephone lines two - thirds to site (posted on private driveway), dock with float and boat... Ver detalles de la propiedad»
The 2,000 - plus limestone
outcrops soaring from the emerald waters of Halong Bay form a seascape of otherworldly beauty: 600 square miles of secret coves and echoing grottoes with names like Pelican Cave and Cave of Awe.
Orientation Sihanoukville is situated on a hilly
outcrop jutting into the sea between the Gulf of Thailand to the south and Kompong Som Bay to the north.
Tour the magnificent Arkaroola area, marvel at the beauty of the ancient ranges, rugged
mountain outcrops, ravines and rock pools.
Perched on a
lofty outcrop on the hill above the Hotel Pitrizza, it affords stunning views overlooking the bay below and extending to the horizon.
High - grade, zinc - oxide mineralization is known to
outcrop between the mined area and the Charlotte Bongará Project, which is nearly six kilometres to the NNW and where past drilling intercepted various near - surface zones with high - grade zinc.
The lodge is situated on a
natural outcrop overlooking the Batoka Gorge, some 200 breathtaking metres above the mighty Zambezi River cutting its way downstream after falling down the Victoria Falls.
A bug has been fixed that caused Mining
Outcrop points to not increase during High Rank quests and expeditions in all locales despite the environment info indicating that they are in upsurge.
Julian Rocks, a granite rock
outcrop featuring Cod Hole, is favoured for its wide diversity of both tropical and temperate marine and reef life.
Pluto's water ice «bedrock» was also mapped, with isolated
outcrops occurring in a variety of settings.
And then to arrive, to sit on this
beautiful outcrop of old rocks, earlier than Cretaceous rocks — some are Precambrian, which means they're very old, very smooth, very black — and the water flows over these rocks in a special way so that it almost looks like the whole river is rising up and coming down.