Sentences with phrase «heat of the midday»

Four years ago this very week, my own story began to intersect with the small island of Haiti when I stepped off a plane in Port - au - Prince to the sweltering heat of midday.

This contradicts the standard view, which envisages early hominids in Africa running about on dry, grassy plains in the heat of the midday sun.

Over two million tourists visit the site every year and in the heat of midday it can feel like they're all there at once.

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Spotify lost some of its initial heat in midday trading Tuesday after soaring as much as 28 percent from its reference price in the company's stock market debut.

I try to avoid the midday heat and instead spend most of my outdoor time during the morning on my exercise walks and in the evening, lounging around with my family and friends.

* The name Temecula means «sun shines through the mist» in the Luiseño Indian language, a phenomenon of Temecula mornings that often limits the full heat of the sun to the midday hours, before our daily ocean breezes begin.

Baby Copa (crèche)-- quite good facilities — painting, plasticine, lots of buckets / spades / balls and pool inflatables (so you don't need to buy your own) obviously my son being only 2 and a half I didn't leave him unattended so I don't know what activities the staff organise but it was good to wile away a couple of hours during the midday day heat in here

Whichever hemisphere is currently tilted toward the Sun experiences more hours of sunlight each day, and the sunlight at midday also strikes the ground at an angle nearer the vertical and thus delivers more heat.

Named P2, this iteration of the X-Prize concept rover has vertical solar panels to absorb energy even at sunrise and sunset and sports a white band around its shell that will act as a radiator during the intense heat of lunar midday.

Unlike many tropical plants that close the pores on their leaves at midday to reduce sun exposure, mangroves remain active, absorbing heat to prevent evaporation of the shallow waters they depend on.

By CHARLES ARTHUR Despite the stifling heat outside, at midday in Hiroko Sakaki's office in the University of Tokyo it is cool, dark and cramped.

I decided to slick the edges down today, and used Eco Styler gel, and applied a bit of Ouidad's Heat Protectant tkeep my hair from frizzing midday.

I need to keep myself warm while flying from 28 ° in the early morning at Detroit, to 85 ° at the midday heat of Cancun.

Running around all day in the heat and in need of a midday pick - me - up?

The hardwood deck outside offers plenty of space for relaxing in the sun, with the infinity swimming pool providing a welcome and cooling respite from the midday heat.

The only downside was the amount of bugs around most of the time, only the fiece midday heat will hold them back.

On the roads outside of Saigon, villagers toil away in passing fields donning sedge hats — the iconic conical straw hats that shield them from the midday heat.

Of course, I get there around midday and struggle with the heat as I clamber over the ruins.

When to Go: The Nazca Desert's consistently dry climate means visibility is good year - round — but since a haze of dust often hovers during the height of the midday heat, plan to fly in the morning or late afternoon.

The majority of the route is exposed to sun, and therefore it is recommended to start early in order to avoid the midday heat.

The main dangers are the sun — cover up, avoid the midday heat and drink plenty of water — and local drivers.

Lions lazed in the midday heat in the Serengeti; rotis sizzled in a clay oven on Zanzibar island; the waves peacefully grazed the sandy banks of Lake Malawi.

The crystal - clear water of the hotel swimming pool is the perfect refuge from the midday heat, while the sea is a short distance away.

The large heated swimming pool, accessible from the lower level of the home, is an excellent retreat from the hot midday sun.

It was sunny and warm — I avoided the worst of the midday heat — as I set off to explore.

He contemplated with seasoned maturity the exhilaration of daybreak and the frustrations of midday, the call of spring and the heat of summer, never losing his sense of expectation and wonder.

Because maximum temperatures are measured near midday when strong convection mixes the air column, maximum temperatures are the better measure of any heat accumulating in the atmosphere.