Sentences with phrase «deep canyon walls»

Mt. Tam's deep canyon walls protected these redwoods from the logging industry that decimated America's old growth forests in centuries past.

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Visiting the remote gorge of Nasja Creek in Arizona one summer, Abbey walked along its amber stream in the deep shadows of canyon walls towering hundreds of feet above on either side.

Mineral discoveries high up on the walls of Valles Marineris, the largest, deepest canyon in the solar system, suggest it once hosted glaciers

This is a deep cavern dive with vertically walled canyons, tunnels, caves and deep intervening sand channels.

Named after the Tackle Box bar that used to be situated directly onshore (now Shark's Bar), this site features several deep, narrow canyons with vertical walls.

Pyramid Lake is the deepest lake in the California Water Project system, built up along the steep canyon walls surrounding Piru Creek.

Among the long list of must - do dive sites in the area are Canyons, where a trio of deep clefts in the wall allow divers to drop out of the way of the current and discover sandy alcoves that are home to octopus, scorpion fish and sea snakes, then return to blue water frequented by manta rays, thresher sharks and hammerhead sharks.

Diving around the atolls is mostly wall diving, while diving around Ambergris is spur - and - groove with some deep canyons, swim throughs and reef cuts.

Caverns, small tunnels and deep, vertically walled, narrow canyons contrast with the well lit, clear waters at the top of the coral ridges.

Drop in close to the Hole in the Wall and let the current take you deeper along the slope until you reach an area where currents and mother nature has formed three spectacular canyons in the reef.

There are deep walls, shallow walls, unique geographical formations, vast canyons between spur and groove reef systems, swim throughs, caverns, and an exotic array of Caribbean marine reef creatures.

Also to be seen are coral encrusted rock formations with interesting sponge structures, sea fans and tunicates.The north side is the deepest at 80 ft and the most fun, as you're swimming through a canyon with almost totally vertical walls.