Sentences with phrase «about ancient water»

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The scene was much different about 4.5 billion years ago, though: Water covered about 20 % of the planet's surface, and 400 - foot - tall megatsunamis raced across ancient oceans.

WHY do they believe that their God is so concerned about whether or not they listen to musical instruments in church on Sunday, get dunked or sprinkled in ceremonial water, speak in a tongue as some kind of sign... to whom ever, read from the correct translation of some long lost ancient books, etc, etc?

The Gihon spring, outside the city wall — ancient Jerusalem's only unfailing source of water — is made inaccessible to attackers, and its waters channeled through a tunnel cut through the rock, into the city, for a distance of about 1700 feet.

From what I can tell, the ancient Martian stream had water about waist - deep flowing at walking speed.

If both caps are composed completely of water, the combined volumes are equivalent to a global layer 66 to 100 feet deep, about one third the minimum volume for the ancient seas of Mars.

An ancient eruption, like the recent Holuhraun eruption in Iceland, brought up deep mantle material that contains clues about the origin of Earth's water.

But Curiosity's discovery will let researchers infer a great deal more about this particular ancient water on Mars.

In addition to the radiometric dating techniques that revealed the ages of these ancient zircons, geologists used other analytical techniques to extract information about the environment in which the crystals formed, including the temperature and whether water was present.

Pearce is a good storyteller: tales ripple through the book about how the Libyans are creating a great artificial river in the Sahara, how the ancient ziggurat at Ur was saved from bombing in the recent Gulf War, and how a tribunal in Valencia has been resolving disputes over water allocation continuously since medieval times.

Despite their violence, very little is known about silicic eruptions and most knowledge about them comes from ancient rock records, which lack details such as the timing, duration, source, and water depth of the events.

The location and amounts of iron in the rock gave important clues about ancient ocean water chemistries over time.

They used this method to uncover new secrets about the presence of water on ancient Mars.

The researchers estimate the ancient Eridania sea held about 50,000 cubic miles (210,000 cubic kilometers) of water.

Whatever the case regarding the presence of ancient, frozen water oceans on Charon may be, New Horizons» observations will provide significant new insights about the prevalence of water in the Solar System and beyond.

If you're unfamiliar with the water with lemon trend, you can read all about the benefits of this ancient philosophy in a great article Ashley Pitman here.

They return again and again to the ancient Native American legend about the river that flows through the town and the water spirit who lived there, sang songs and protected the town.

The Shape Of Water has been one of the front - runners this awards season, suggesting that there might be something to the «ancient god» theory about the sexy merman played by Doug Jones.

Visit a centuries - old watering hole at the base of Uluru, learn about the spiritual significance of the monolith's ancient cave paintings, and hear the creation stories of the area's traditional custodians.

You've heard about Italy — its mouth - watering cuisine, excellent wine, fabulous art, splendid beauty, ancient ruins, extraordinary statues, and remarkable architecture — and now it's your turn to experience it all!

Visitors can also camp, go sunrise or sunset watching, look for the Comberan water spring, and learn about the reason why there is always 7 families living on top of the ancient volcano.

You've heard about Italy — its mouth - watering cuisine, excellent wine, fabulous art, splendid beauty, ancient ruins, extraordinary statues, and remarkable architecture — and no... Read More

On this journey designed for families, we will learn about the ancient Maya and explore their former ceremonial centers, we'll visit and interact with local Maya communities to learn of their living traditions, we will refresh in the cool blue green water of the cenotes.

Our experienced guides will help you learn about the incredible Mayan Culture as you walk around the ancient ruins of Altun Ha («Water of the Rock»).

Swim alongside sea turtles and learn about these ancient reptiles found in the protected waters of Tulum.

The incredibly detailed paintings include landmark scenes from his life including him tranquilizing a polar bear, fishing shirtless, riding a horse shirtless, discovering two ancient Greek amphorae in the Black Sea, practicing martial arts, writing a book about martial arts, co-piloting a firefighting plane to drop water on a raging forest fire, and painting his series of oil paintings.

On this planet, the atmosphere is about 100 times thinner than Earth's — a very different situation from the ancient past, when geological evidence shows that water used to flow on the surface more than 4.5 billion years ago.