Sentences with phrase «clouds over the mountains»

A cloud over a mountain may look stationary, but it more closely resembles a standing wave in a river — an atmospheric river.

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From her mountaintop lair, where she is served by demonlike minions, she conjures a dark cloud that spreads its shadow over the castle where the bespelled princess sleeps, much as Satan's shadow spreads across the village at the foot of Bald Mountain.

Once it was when from the summit of a high mountain I looked over a gashed and corrugated landscape extending to a long convex of ocean that ascended to the horizon, and again from the same point when I could see nothing beneath me but a boundless expanse of white cloud, on the blown surface of which a few high peaks, including the one I was on, seemed plunging about as if they were dragging their anchors.

During our stay, clouds hung heavy over the sky, releasing large, white flakes by the hour, enclosing the mountain with an opaque fog.

Prather and DeMott made a dozen flights through clouds as high as 25,000 feet over the mountains of Wyoming, Colorado, and Montana.

French credited modern technology with making the detailed cloud - seeding observations possible, citing the use of ground - based radar as well as radar on UW's King Air research aircraft and multiple flights over the mountains near Boise.

«And the companion clouds are similar to so - called orographic clouds that appear as pancake - shaped features lingering over mountains on Earth.»

Similar processes occur at Earth, with the flow of winds over mountains creating clouds.

Fitness and weight loss, due to their touchy and unique nature, have been particularly clouded with mountains of bad advice over the years.

On a rainy day (it is often rainy on the north shore, with a misty cloud hanging low over the dripping mountains, but it's still T - shirt comfortable, and this is part of the charm), she walked us through the gardens, pointing out shampoo ginger, sugar cane, and the taro fields that were the lifeblood of early Hawaiians.

The sun peaking over prairies on the left; moody storm clouds gathering above; snow - capped mountains to the right.

Spinwards, over the city center and the still more distant mountains, the clouds were parting, revealing a few of the brighter stars as the weather system cleared.

The cloud patches trying to rise over the mountains are breathtakingly beautiful.

When you fly in to Ushuaia keep your eyes peeled for the beautiful Martial Mountain Range (part of he Andes) before you descend through the billowing clouds that seem to always hang ominously over the city.

Inca trail consider the best 10 top hikes in Peru, this amazing trail is unparalleled for its ecological diversity and rich in archaeological treasures, The trail combines the mysterious and religious Inca ruins stunning mountains and lush cloud forest rich in flora and fauna, over 450 species of birds and 300 species of orchids, ending this adventure in the historical sanctuary of Machu Picchu.

WHEN THE WEATHER»S GOOD, I LIKE TO ride up Cloud Nine on my mountain bike to appreciate the spectacular view over the whole of Sedgefield and the surrounding lake areas.

The 4 - days hike takes you around one of the highest mountains of Peru, over high mountain passes up to 4600m and through tropical cloud forest.

Once the food was finished, we started the windy climb down the mountain, rushing a bit to reach the beach site on the west side, trying to catch a cloud free sky, the sun slowly setting over the mountains.

I would've preferred to have some cloud coverage (especially over Table Mountain) to make things interesting for the photos, but it's hard to complain about weather so perfect.

During the day you can sign up for different eco tours like waterfall tour, zip line or canopy tour over the cloud forest, aerial trams, caving, hiking, mountain biking or horseback riding, ATV Tours, explore Arenal Volcano and island cruising.

Weather wise it's been a real beauty with nothing but blue sky from sun up till just before sun down when the big black clouds started rolling in outta the North from over the mountains.

On horseback to Monteverde, the route is considerably more rugged, heading over the mountains through rain and cloud forests to the town of San Gerardo.

«I think it's pretty staggering that you can be in a jet flying fast and high above the clouds, looking past the mountains to the city below you and then hit eject and parachute out over the map, seeing the world sprawled out beneath you and knowing the level of detail that exists across everything you can see.»

You can walk around the top of a mountain, looking at clouds float by and birds soar over your head - all while this adorable pup runs around your ankles, waiting for you to pick up a stick and throw it.

The sun peaking over prairies on the left; moody storm clouds gathering above; snow - capped mountains to the right.

In «Farm Mountain» (2012 - 13) he takes us across flat, dramatically foreshortened fields, then up an abrupt mountain wall, over which clouds float in a limitlMountain» (2012 - 13) he takes us across flat, dramatically foreshortened fields, then up an abrupt mountain wall, over which clouds float in a limitlmountain wall, over which clouds float in a limitless sky.

In reality, there are a host of both natural and anthropogenic aerosols, ranging from sea salt (the major source of cloud nuclei over the ocean) to biogenic aerosols from forests (the «smoke» of the Great Smoky Mountains of the Eastern US) to partially burnt organic materials (the «brown cloud» over Asia, generally absorptive / warming) to various sulfur compounds (generally reflective / cooling).

There are all sorts of known phenomena which will affect cloud cover as air comes in land and rises over mountains.

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Fan and her postdocs focus on getting a process - level understanding of how wildfires and urbanization affect cloud formation and storms, particularly when plumes of fine smoke particles well up over the Rocky Mountains and interact with storm systems on the central plains.

The upward motion comes from air rising over mountains, warm air riding over cooler air (warm front), colder air pushing under warmer air (cold front), convection from local heating of the surface, and other weather and cloud systems.