Sentences with phrase «for ancient lake»

There's also evidence for ancient lake systems, like those at Gale Crater where NASA's Curiosity rover is currently exploring and at Jezero Crater where the next rover may land.

Not exact matches

This week, the Shedd unveiled Sturgeon Touch, an indoor freshwater pool for fondling the giant, ancient, cartilaginous fish that dwell in the Great Lakes and occasionally make sport fishermen...

Lying 150 kilometres north of Chad's capital, N'djamena, Lake Chad is one of Africa's great and ancient lakes, sustaining rural communities on the edge of the Sahara for millennia.

Turning over rocks across the crater, the rover has compiled evidence of ancient water — a lake fed by rivers once occupied the crater itself — and organic compounds and other chemicals essential for life.

Land O'Lake: I found evidence for an ancient freshwater lake on Mars.

Around West Lake, one of Hangzhou's more famous sightseeing spots, famed for its willow trees, lotus blossoms and ancient stone - arch bridges, public bike docking stations are set at every attraction.

An international team of geologists has a new explanation for how the Midwest's biggest geological feature — an ancient and giant 2,000 - mile - long underground crack that starts in Lake Superior and runs south to Oklahoma and to Alabama — evolved.

With the help of a graduate student, Williams will look for a kind of mammoth proxy: sporormiella, a fungus that lives in the dung of large herbivores, and grains of ancient pollen that can reveal what kind of vegetation once grew around the lake.

«At first we thought the lakes were crucibles, museums for ancient life,» Bell says.

Clay deposits and landforms suggest this ancient region once hosted lakes, rivers, and a delta, making it just the sort of place to dig for signs of possible martian life.

-- and by the time Darwin got there, it was generally agreed that the shelves were actually ancient beaches, each formed over hundreds of years when the glen had contained a lake — a lake that for some reason had stood at three different levels on three different multicentury occasions.

In this case, the researchers combined records of ancient lake levels, location and extent of glaciation, variations in the composition of stalagmites in caves, and evidence for changes in vegetation and subsurface soil deposits associated with water table depth.

Curiosity is climbing a layered Martian mountain and finding chemical evidence of how ancient lakes and wet underground environments changed, billions of years ago, in ways that affected their potential favorability for microbial life.

Antarctica's Friis Hills in the central Dry Valleys of the eastern portion of the continent contains ancient lake deposits indicating that the area has remained frozen for 14 to 17.5 million years.

NASA has selected three potential landing sites for the upcoming Mars 2020 rover: an ancient lake, a past volcanic hotbed and an early hot - spring site.

Windows to other worlds: Antarctic lakes, astrobiology and milestone moments for life on ancient Earth.

' The report adds an important type of wet ancient Martian environment to the diversity indicated by previous findings of evidence for rivers, lakes, deltas, seas, groundwater and hot springs.

The Opportunity and Spirit rovers have also found evidence for ancient playa lakes and groundwater, although they were more salty and acidic than the lake in Gale crater.

Recently, scientists concluded from evidence in Mars's ancient lake on Gale crater that the planet once harbored a very Earth - like environment for about 700,000 years sometime between 3.1 and 3.8 billion years ago.

Studying the wildlife of a modern East African savanna ecosystem provides students an analog for studying the ancient environment of the Lake Turkana Basin, which millions of years ago was much more lush and green than today.

Ongoing projects examine the paleoenvironmental context for human evolution and cultural development, reconstructing ancient rivers and lakes, dating geological formations, and attempting to understand the role that climate change had in producing new species and stone - tool cultures.

In 2013, the mission found evidence of an ancient freshwater - lake environment that offered all the basic chemical ingredients for microbial life.

Go on an expedition (for example, in the Ancient Forest), and find a small lake or go to the ocean.

The presence of several salt lakes also made the island important as a source of salt for the ancient Maya.

The geography of the Hudson Valley is immensely rich: The terrain features sandstone, red beds, granite cliffs, dense forests and charming lakes, as well as highly fertile soil for farming, such as in the Black Dirt Region created from an ancient glacial lake, and a rich biodiversity of flora and fauna.

One of the most popular myths is the tale of an ancient, magic queen who was responsible for the creation of the lakes.

Nestled in the Santa Ynez Mountain near Los Padres National Forest, the seemingly ancient ruins remain a popular destination for hikers and photographers, offering breathtaking views of Lake Cachuma, the Santa Ynez Valley, and the Pacific Ocean.

Its towering mountains, ancient beech forests and turquoise blue rivers and lakes make the region perfect for a fantasy setting.

From the summit of active volcano Pacaya, colorful markets, ancient ruins abound, culture persists, Zip - lining across the mountains, views of dormant volcanoes and paddle the turquoise waters of Lake Atitlan, these are the ingredients for an unforgettable family adventure to Guatemala.

The Picos Region extends from the shadow of the ancient volcano of the Água de Pau Massif (known locally for the lake that rests within its volcanic crater: Lagoa do Fogo) until the area around the Sete Cidades caldera.

The north shore of Lake Atitlán has no true road access, so you will be hiking along ancient paths that have been used by the Kachekel Maya for centuries.

It was the first place in the world to be designated a World Heritage Site for its spiritual and cultural significance to the area's indigenous people, but it's the landscape that'll really wow you as you hike up the craters of active volcanoes, passing icy blue lakes and ancient lava fields.

You can fish for tiger fish in the lake and visit neighbouring villages for an insight into the rich, ancient culture of the Tonga people.

Mountains, lakes and beaches create a veritable playground for those wishing to explore the outdoors and cultural attractions abound with picturesque ancient towns, churches and monasteries nearby.

This is a great way to turn the trip from Bariloche in the north to El Calafate in the south into a real adventure, stopping on the winding route among the lakes and mountains for day hikes, steam train rides, kayaking and visits to a Mapuche village, a traditional estancia and ancient cave paintings.

Part of the Ramblers Walking Holidays group, their new additions for 2018 include «Magnificent Mont Blanc», exploring France's Chamonix Valley; «Mediterranean Switzerland», with its palm fringed lakes; and «The Romantic Heart of Spain» featuring the ancient cities of Segovia and Toledo.

Named after the ancient citadel, this deluxe ship sails Lake Nasser — a new waterway for Avalon.

We will spend three days exploring Mumbai, India's most cosmopolitan city, before embarking on our eight - day «Indian Sojourn» aboard the Deccan Odyssey, with stops in ancient Vadodara, Udaipur «City of Lakes,» Jodphur, Agra and the Taj Mahal, Ranthambore National Park and Jaipur before arriving in Delhi for two days of discovery.

Visit the Columbia Icefield and have the chance of a lifetime to enjoy a unique walk on ancient glaciers before arriving in Lake Louise for your final two nights.

The Absolutely Green in the lush high heartland of Bali at an altitude of 1.142 meters above the sea level which surrounded by rolling mountain, crater lakes and ancient forest, the course design is meant to blend the fairways and create a dramatic backdrop for tea shots and approaches.The deep blue sky, the air fresh, clear and the temperature average between 14 - 20 Celsius degrees.It is rights comfortable golfing destination in Bali.It features tall trees and flowers of riotous colour separating the fairway of this 18 holes championship course.Designed by Peter Thompson, Michael Wolferidge & Associates, Bali Handara Kosaido Country Club will make you feel a part of the rich, sporty, and exotic nature.

Privacy There are Entrance Guard at the entrance, like your own apartment, customers have to use special card to enter the hall.Green and Environment Friendly Tea boutique hotel encourage «low carbon» life style like lower energy consumption, low carbon discharge.This them is not only reflected at the hardware and decoration of the hotel, but also the usage of hotel facilities, Traditional tea culture» Tea is the national drink, and Hangzhou is the tea capital», hangzhou is famous for the West lake and Dragon well tea since ancient times.The Dragon well tea features green color, delicate fragrance, sweet flavor and beautiful appearance and have a long history.

The long summer evenings are perfect for taking a scenic stroll along Lake Wolfgang, past the majestic trees, ancient boathouses and the world famous White Horse Inn.

Christo sculpture set for installation in Hyde Park Westminster Council yesterday approved the scheme to install a floating ancient Egyptian Tomb structure, called a Mastaba, on top of Hyde Park's Serpentine lake.

Titled «The Mastaba (Project for London, Hyde Park, Serpentine Lake)», the artwork will consist of a stack of 7,506 stacked barrels, taking the form of an ancient Egyptian tomb on the water.

Left: Edward Weston, Juniper, 1936 (Courtesy the Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona); right: Eadweard Muybridge, Ancient Glacier Channel, at Lake Tenaya, Mammoth Plate No. 47,» 1872 (Courtesy The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley).

Researchers from the Lamont - Doherty Earth Observatory and the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Xi'an studied ancient water levels for Lake Dali, a closed - basin lake in Inner Mongolia in the northeast of ChLake Dali, a closed - basin lake in Inner Mongolia in the northeast of Chlake in Inner Mongolia in the northeast of China.

From the University of California — Berkeley Deep sediments are unparalleled record of biotic changes over past 200,000 + years University of California, Berkeley, scientists are drilling into ancient sediments at the bottom of Northern California's Clear Lake for clues that could help them better predict how today's plants and animals will adapt to climate change...

Namibia's Etosha National Park, designated as a game reserve in 1907, is one of Africa's major wildlife sanctuaries.2 It centers around a huge, parched depression of silver - white minerals — the Great White Place or Place of Dry Water for which the park is named.3 This ancient, evaporated lake deposit of salt minerals fills with water only after heavy rains.4 The park harbors more than 100 types of mammals, including rare and endangered species such as the black rhinoceros, black - faced impala, tssesebe, and gemsbok.2 Etosha is also home to more than 300 species of birds and more than 100 species of reptiles.4

Retreating glaciers opened a route for two ancient meltwater lakes, known as Agassiz and Ojibway, to suddenly and catastrophically drain from the middle of the North American continent.

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