Sentences with phrase «dunes dune field»

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Global Surveyor also returned tantalizing evidence of recent shifting sands in dune fields first seen in Mariner 9 pictures of Mars from the early 1970s.

Scientists are interested in dune fields isolated within large impact craters because their dark color suggests that the dust covering much of the rest of the planet does not accumulate there.

Every once in a while, one dune may violently tumble into the mantle, revving up convection and disturbing the magnetic field.

After examining the dune field, Curiosity resumed climbing the lower portion of Mount Sharp.

This image shows researchers climbing with heavy field equipment to the top of the 200m - high Eureka Dune in Death Valley National Park, Calif..

«Our recent work involves using field and laboratory techniques to probe natural avalanching and sorting on large desert dunes in Qatar.»

Last September, the orbiter studied the equatorial zone, where large sinuous channels wind near dune fields.

They appear uncannily alike in size and shape to dune fields in the Sahara, Namibia and Saudi Arabia.

Vast dune fields that look as if they were lifted from the Sahara sprawl along Titan's equator, yet the dark grains resemble ground asphalt rather than sand.

The poles are covered with hydrocarbon lakes and boast few craters, while the equator is a vast dune field peppered with impact scars.

One hindrance to real - world studies of entire dune fields is the amount of time required to acquire sufficient data: it often takes several decades to compile thorough measurements.

David Thomas of the University of Oxford and his colleagues investigated what might happen to the immense dune fields in southern Africa over the coming years using three global climate models.

Most authors consider booming sands a feature of warm dry climates, however, I have heard booming dunes in two cold climate fields — the Killpecker Dunes in Wyoming and the Great Sand Dunes in Colorado.

Dr Orengo said, «It soon became clear that detecting and mapping topographic features such as levees, riverbeds, bluff lines and dune fields could help provide insight into how palaeorivers behaved and eventually disappeared.»

On top of the Supai group is the whitish / grayish Coconino Formation — a younger, thick sandstone layer, deposited in the mid-Permian, in giant wind - blown dune fields (such locations are also known as erg, Arabic for sea of sand).

This Mars Global Surveyor image shows a martian crater that has been encroached by a field of dark, wind - blown sand dunes in the Syrtis Major volcanic region of the red planet.

Spectroscopic study of the Moses Lake dune field, Washington: Determination of compositional distributions and source lithologies J. L. Bandfield, K. S. Edgett, and P. R. Christensen Journal of Geophysical Research 107 (E11), 5092, doi: 10.1029 / 2000JE001469, 1 November 2002.

Titan, like Mars, is known for its dune fields — vast undulating landscapes of wind - blown material.

NASA's Cassini spacecraft has taken measurements of Titan's dune fields and revealed that although the prevailing winds blow from east to west, dunes as high as 300 feet (91 meters) seem to build up in the opposite direction, likely formed by gusts of very strong «rogue» winds that occasionally blow in the opposite direction.

The surface is composed of three major types of terrain: bright, rough regions that are similar to Xanadu Regio, dark regions that are rich in water ice, and dark regions that are covered by fields of dunes.

Gale crater, where the Curiosity rover landed in 2012, features extensive dune fields around the base of Mount Sharp, and the rover is now approaching some of them for the first time; their dark color makes them stand out starkly against the surrounding terrain.

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,» fascinating Dutch dark comedy «Borgman,» David Gordon Green «s «Joe,» Drake Doremus «undervalued «Breathe In,» top documentaries «Jodorowsky's Dune «and «Mistaken For Strangers,» Miyazaki «s swan song «The Wind Rises,» Ben Wheatley «s trippy «A Field In England,» rousing Chilean drama «Gloria, «the explicit and beautifully made «Stranger By The Lake,» and lovely Laos - set indie «The Rocket.»

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Field trips have been arranged to study dune formation, live oaks, and plants that grow and survive in desert - like conditions.

From the dirt and gravel of South Africa and the dunes of Dubai, to the muddy fields of Cheshire, and from -30 °C in the frozen North Cape to searing 50 °C desert heat, the Bentayga's ability to perform on any surface and even in the most extreme conditions has been proven.

This portion of the watershed, which will be an extension to Crissy Field Marsh, will entail restoring an area previously covered by pavement, landfill and Doyle Drive into creek, dune, and brackish marsh.

«At Crissy [Field Wildlife Protection Area], we'll see the plovers out on the open beach by the water sometimes, and other times they are in the vegetated dunes,» Merkle says.

Among the dunes and the wide, sandy shores of Ocean Beach and the Crissy Field Wildlife Protection Area lies the overwintering grounds for one of the 37 federally endangered or threatened species in the Golden Gate National Parks — a six - inch shorebird called the Western snowy plover (Charadrius nivosus nivosus).

The ideal habitat for Western snowy plovers consists primarily of coastal beaches, sandbars, sand dunes, and river - mouths, above the high tide line — making Ocean Beach and Crissy Field prime real estate for overwintering and finding their food source (small insects and beach invertebrates).

Dune Ridge is an award winning Country House nestled between thick coastal Fynbos teeming with a multitude of bird species and large dune fields to the rear of the propeDune Ridge is an award winning Country House nestled between thick coastal Fynbos teeming with a multitude of bird species and large dune fields to the rear of the propedune fields to the rear of the property.

«For a time, my family lived in a one bedroom house left over from the oil - boom days located on a small lane by the ocean... Our porch opened to unkempt forests and fields, high dunes, and the endless play of light and texture of the Pacific.

White Sands National Monument, New Mexico This park is one of the largest dune fields the world, made of rare, blinding white gypsum sand.

So there were problems of inadequate garbage and sewage disposal, not enough hotel rooms, and camps being set up — on the barrier islands of the Bay as well as on the peninsula itself — with only sporadic presence of field personnel to ensure that these operations were doing everything possible to minimize their impact on fragile dune habitat.

Sand dunes and hills • Shoot interesting rock sculptures • Trees in a field • Snow - capped mountains • Creeks or brooks • Covered bridges • Freeway rush - hour traffic • Fields of flowers • A unique - looking plant, such as a desert cactus • Look for long, winding roads.

Start: Woody Cape, Alexandria State Forest Finish: mouth of the Great Fish River Duration: 80 km, 5 days Fitness: moderate to difficult Our tip: highlights include wild and deserted beaches, the largest shifting dune fields in the southern hemisphere, shipwrecks, and the Diaz Cross

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I passed by several salt fields and sand dunes before I hit the beach with dozens of kite surfers.

From the dunes and paddy fields of the Delta de l'Ebre to the peaceful, verdant valleys which are overlooked by the Pyrenees, where you can wander, weaving your way through a natural paradise, dotted with quaint, lonely villages and romantic, Romanesque monasteries and churches.

A short 30 min walk through sheep fields brings you to the remote beach known for big waves, big dunes and ferocious winds.

Robert von Hagge, famous for being the creator of one of the most outstanding golf courses in the world, designed this field of 6793 yards and par 72 with undulating canals, 12 bridges and a dune - evocative topography.

Oyster Cove offers quiet and stylish self - catering holiday accommodation a few minutes walk across fields and dunes to Croyde beach, the surfing paradise of North Devon.

To the left of Tostarena is open field of sand and dunes.

Reluctant at first to believe that de Kooning was not too strongly rooted in the 19th century - because my perceived role at the Whitechapel in the Fifties and Sixties was to try to help the English public, visually backward at the time, to see and understand the different phases of abstract art from Malevich and Mondrian on - I was totally converted by his 1959 show in New York at the Sidney Janis Gallery of blazing, light - drenched landscape canvases, based on the fields and dunes around the coastline of the Hamptons where de Kooning had acquired a studio.

This particular eruption surrounds Walvis Bay and stretches north along the Skeleton Coast and south to the orange dune fields of the Namib Desert.

Very low biomass (a drop below a 14 % cover threshold) is very likely to make the Kalahari desert dune system in southern Africa susceptible to aeolian erosion (Thomas and Leason, 2005) and, with regional warming of between 2.5 and 3.5 °C, most dune fields could be reactivated by 2100 (Thomas and Leason, 2005).

There is a relict dune field in Nebraska called the Sand Hills, now I guess part of our grain belt.

The magenta areas in the image are fields of sand dunes, and the orange area along the bottom is the surface of the South Atlantic Ocean.

Beaches are beautifully soft and sandy, yet refreshingly quiet, bordered by rolling sand dunes and vibrant rice fields lined by cork trees — perfect for leisurely exploration, especially on horseback.

Drive your ATV or dune buggy on the beach, in your backyard or in a field whenever you want.