Sentences with phrase «ancient volcanic»

Mt Stromboli has been erupting almost continuously for more than 2,000 years, but that's a sneeze compared to the ancient volcanic activity of Mars.

Ancient volcanic rocks interacting chemically with the thin atmosphere of Mars could produce methane, they acknowledge.

The stunning look of these ancient volcanic ruins deliver a stunning contrast to the azure blue waters of the Aegean Sea.

Apart from being an ideal destination for beach lovers, Gran Canaria also has a few mountains with ancient volcanic activity.

Crescent shaped Molokini Island is the partial ring of an ancient volcanic crater.

Sitting on the ancient volcanic crater and being ideally positioned Bandama offers the chance to visit Gran Canaria's main attractions.

At low tide take a walk along the beach between Wye River and Separation Creek to see some incredible rock formations created from ancient volcanic activity and find a private sandy beach to have all to yourself.

Ancient volcanic activity created a wonderland of undersea sights, including underwater pinnacles, caverns, arches, tunnels, and swim - throughs.

Photograph ancient volcanic eruptions frozen in mid arch.

These 7 islands are eroded stumps of an ancient volcanic crater that are scattered along the shore next to Paritutu Rock.

There are several nighttime adventures you could undertake, such as a drive into Gran Canaria's volcanic heartland, to enjoy a traditional candlelit dinner in a quiet village in the shadow of Roque Nublo, the island's ancient volcanic rock.

WHERE YOU STAY: Our volunteering programs are based in the remote Yasawa Island group, consisting of a chain of 20 ancient volcanic islands.

It is defined geographically by an ancient volcanic landscape, the largest freshwater crater lake in Australasia, geothermal attractions, and the mountains and ski areas of Tongariro National Park, a dual World Heritage National Park.

In South Canterbury we hike up a canyon through an ancient volcanic landscape.

Playa Las Flores is a dramatic, natural cove, hemmed in by severe topography and dense tropical flora, a playful black sand beach bordering a cauldron of whitewater and waves detonating in the background, a throwback in time to a prehistoric vision of Central America where the tropical waters of the Pacific Ocean meet the charcoal sands of ancient volcanic outflows.

Read more: Ancient volcanic eruptions disrupted Earth's thermostat, creating a «Snowball» planet

In Wailua River State Park, enjoy a stunning 151 — foot waterfall that overflows over basalt from ancient volcanic eruptions.

Tour through the ancient volcanic Tropical Tablelands region, where you can swim in beautiful crater lakes, visit picturesque waterfalls and even spot the very elusive Platypus!

Balmy weather, soothing trade winds, intoxicating floral aromas and idyllic white sand beaches sheltered by ancient volcanic mountains.

Wander along rainforest trails to the crystal clear waters of Lake Eacham to swim or relax around this ancient volcanic Crater Lake.

The second - largest of the Canaries, Fuerteventura boasts the best beaches and a kaleidoscope of colours thanks to its ancient volcanic activity.

From ancient volcanic peaks, crystal - clear waterways, sub-tropical rainforests to beautiful waterfalls and natural swimming holes to laze away the afternoon, there's a peaceful calm you can't help but feel when you visit.

From misty cloud forests to ancient volcanic landscapes fringed by jungle, Costa Rica brims with natural wonders.

It is located in the Campi Flegrei, a sprawling constellation of ancient volcanic craters scorching hot just below the surface.

Morro Rock is actually a 581 - foot high magma mixture that is the remnant of ancient volcanic activity, one of 13 along the coastline in this area.

Located inside an ancient volcanic caldera, it's an area of stunning scenery, luxury lodges, an abundance of locally produced food, and communities that offer a friendly welcome to visitors.

Some may be the result of ancient volcanic activity but others may be made of debris from meteoric impacts.

The researchers made this discovery by studying rocks left over from ancient volcanic eruptions in Central America.

These had been hinted at last year, when Alex Evans at the University of Arizona and colleagues used GRAIL maps to find evidence of more than 100 craters buried beneath seas of basalt formed by ancient volcanic eruptions.

Ancient volcanic activities there have pumped the gas into a saline aquifer 700 meters underground.

Robot explorers might also aim for lava tubes, tunnels excavated by ancient volcanic flows and shielded from radiation.

Giddy just to be here, they scramble atop a cluster of ancient volcanic boulders to peer over the edge of a vast camouflage green overlook.

Layered volcanic rocks in Eastern Greenland that are up to 4 miles thick were formed during ancient volcanic eruptions that caused a global warming event called the Palaeocene - Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM).

Frank Webb of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena has spent two years monitoring ground movement at the Long Valley Caldera, an ancient volcanic crater in central California.

Ancient volcanic activity some 3.5 billion years ago melted a portion of the moon's mantle, causing it to bubble up toward its surface, like goo drifting upward in a lava lamp.

The island is one of the best places to peer into the history of Earth's magnetic field because its fluctuations are recorded in the ancient volcanic rock.

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If it were conclusively demonstrable that tradition here preserves the eyewitness report of the sacred mountain under such violent natural seizure; and furthermore if such natural phenomena were unmistakably attributable to volcanic action (the strongest but still indecisive indication of this is the phrase in verse 18 «the smoke of it went up like the smoke of a kiln»), we could with some assurance locate Sinai Horeb in the only area within possible range where volcanic phenomena have existed - that is, in the territory of ancient Midian (present Arabia) east of the northern end of the Gulf of Aqabah.

«Ancient meteorite impact sparked long - lived volcanic eruptions on Earth.»

The researchers think volcanic lightning or the heat of ancient impacts on Mars» surface were responsible for nitrogen fixation on the Red Planet.

Last April, Pfefferkorn and Wang, a paleobotanist with the Chinese Academy of Sciences, described the full magnitude of the find: an entire swath of ancient swamp forest frozen in time beneath more than 20 square miles of volcanic ash.

The new results might even help earth scientists who seek to infer the thickness of Earth's ancient atmosphere based on the size of raindrop craters left in now - hardened volcanic ash.

The ruins of the ancient Roman cities Pompeii and Herculaneum, and the perfectly preserved shapes of inhabitants who perished in the ashes, offer an unequivocal expression of the destructive power of volcanic eruptions.

Using an interdisciplinary approach that combined evidence from climate modelling of large 20th - century eruptions, annual measurements of Nile summer flood heights from the Islamic Nilometer — the longest - known human record of environmental variability — between 622 and 1902, as well as descriptions of Nile flood quality in ancient papyri and inscriptions from the Ptolemaic era, the authors show how large volcanic eruptions impacted on Nile river flow, reducing the height of the agriculturally - critical summer flood.

Descriptions of volcanic ash have survived from ancient times.

Formed under ancient intense pressure deep in the mantle, these diamonds were occasionally spouted to the surface via volcanic eruptions.

This image shows a drill core of volcanic ash - hydrated lime mortar from the ancient port of Baiae in Pozzuloi Bay.

But those rulers may have had more to blame than just bad luck: According to a new study, volcanic eruptions around the ancient world likely suppressed the Nile's annual floods — critical for agriculture — by altering rainfall upriver in the Ethiopian highlands several times from the third to first centuries B.C.E..

Once the team discovered the link between volcanic eruptions and reduced Nile flooding, they turned their attention to more ancient times — specifically, to the period from 305 B.C.E. to 30 B.C.E., when Greeks ruled a dynasty centered in Egypt.

These darker regions are covered by dark bedrock and fine - grained sand deposits ground down from ancient lava flows and other volcanic features.

Yearly flooding along the lower Nile (green swath, above) was critically important for agriculture in ancient Egypt, but a new study suggests climate - changing volcanic eruptions occasionally stifled floods.