Sentences with phrase «desert air made»

Both experiences had their pros and cons, but in the end, the heavy Atacama sun pounded our shoulders, the dry desert air made our skin rough like sand paper, and it was all worth it when we saw the barren desertscape turn into a kaleidoscope of purple every sunset and sunrise.

Not exact matches

In the pure air of the desert, they were making a protest against the worldliness of the Jerusalem hierarchy.

In computer models together with historical data, the team found that reduced natural dust transported from the Gobi Desert in central and northern China translates to increased human - made air pollution in highly populated eastern China.

They used a new analytical method perfected in collaboration with Joe McConnell at the Desert Research Institute in Reno, Nevada, to make extremely detailed measurements of the air trapped in the ice.

Trying to make sense of life while driving, working, living and breathing in the desert air.

When an Air Force Jet crash lands in the desert, the crew must battle a mysterious alien creature if they're going to make it out alive.

Further new - ness includes an almost lickable Pagani-esque carbonfibre windscreen frame, a subtle re-working of the bodywork aft of your head — the coupe's glazed rear deck makes way for some deftly integrated rollover protection — 8 kg of additional reinforcement in the carbonfibre tub, a greater choice of wheel styles, a transmission oil cooler to prevent cooked cogs on desert trackdays, air - con as standard, a slightly plusher cockpit with more leather and an uprated Alpine stereo, heavier but less ugly headlights and, crucially, tweaks to the chassis aimed at sweetening its steering and improving directional stability.

The same article quoted Col. James Cluff, the commander of the Air Force's 432nd Wing, which runs drone operations from a desert outpost about 45 miles northwest of Las Vegas: «Having our folks make that mental shift every day, driving into the gate and thinking, «All right, I've got my war face on, and I'm going to the fight,» and then driving out of the gate and stopping at Walmart to pick up a carton of milk or going to the soccer game on the way home — and the fact that you can't talk about most of what you do at home — all those stressors together are what is putting pressure on the family, putting pressure on the airman.»

According to The Washington Post, the sandstorm is actually a haboob, «caused by the downdrafts of a collapsing thunderstorm complex generated by the Southwest monsoon... When the downdrafts — made up of rapidly descending air — smashed down on the desert ground, they stirred up large amounts of sand and dust subsequently carried forth by the storm outflow.»

Once you've purchased tickets, consider making the most of your surroundings with an exhilarating hot air balloon ride, or a visit to the Desert Botanical Garden.

When the downdrafts - made up of rapidly descending air - smashed down on the desert ground, they stirred up large amounts of sand and dust, subsequently carried forth by the storm outflow.

, you are lying on the floor of your place looking up, a small draft runs through the room, between the door and the window, and all things seem perfectly still, wind only disturbs concrete in imperceptible ways, or it may take millions of years to be noticed and, as the air runs through the space, all your plants move and all is animated and all is alive somehow, and here are the thoughts of all men in all ages and lands, they are not original with me, and that wind upon your plants is the common air that bathes the globe, and we have no ambitions of universalism, and I'm glad we don't, but the particles of air bring traces of pollen and are charged with electricity, desert sand, maybe sea water, and these particles were somewhere else before they were dragged here, and their route will not end by the door of this house, and if we tell each other stories, one can imagine that they might have been bathed by this same air, regrouped and recombined, recharged as a vehicle for sound, swirling as it moves, bringing the sound of a drum, like that Kabuki story where a fox recognizes the voice of its parents as a girl plays a drum made out of their skin, or any other event, and yet I always felt your work never tells stories, I tend to think that narrative implies a past tense, even if that past was just five seconds ago, one second ago was already the past, and human memory is irrelevant in geological time, plants and fish know not what tomorrow will bring, neither rocks nor metal do, but we all live here now, and we all need visions and we all need dreams, and as long as your metal sculptures vibrate they are always in the Present, and their past is a material truth alien to narrative, but well, maybe narrative does not imply a past tense at all and they are writing their own story while they gently move and breathe, and maybe nothing was really still before the wind came in, passing through the window as if through an irrational portal to make those plants dance, but everything was already moving and breathing in near complete silence, and if you're focused enough you can feel the pulse of a concrete wall and you can feel the tectonic movements of the earth, and you can hear the magma flowing under our feet and our bones crackling like a wild fire, and you can see the light of fireflies reflected in polished metal, and there is nothing magical about that, it is just the way things are, and sometimes we have to raise our voice because the music is too loud and let your clothes move to a powerful bass, sound waves and bright lights, powerful like the sun, blinding us if we stare for too long, but isn't it the biggest sign of love, like singing to a corn field, and all acts of kindness that are not pitiful nor utilitarian, that are truly horizontal as everything around us is impregnated with the deadliest violence, vertical and systemic, poisonous, and sometimes you just want to feel the sun burning your skin and look for life in all things declared dead, a kind of vitality that operates like corrosion, strong as the wind near the sea, transforming all things,

We may be able to seed clouds, make desert bloom, change the course of rivers, and pollute the air, but natural forces are of a greater magnitude.

It is possible to use an air - cooled system, but CSP plants in the Mojave Desert face an obvious problem: It's hot outside, which makes air cooling inefficient.

Trying to make sense of life while driving, working, living and breathing in the desert air.

Trying to make sense of life while driving, working, living and breathing in the desert air.