Sentences with phrase «ice patches appeared»

The state of the previous facilities, which were over 15 years old, meant that the surface became extremely dangerous after sustained rainfall thanks to its poor drainage, and when temperatures dropped below freezing, ice patches appeared.

Not exact matches

The areas that appeared bright in the radio images but dark in the laser observations correspond to warmer patches on Mercury, where ice would be stable only if buried under a 10 - centimetre - thick layer of other material.
The comet appears to have undergone visible changes, including the changes in the size and number of surface features such as smooth patches, pits, and craters, and the loss of ice vaporized by the Sun or blasted off its surface by the Solar Wind into its tail as well as failing back on the object like snow, so that it appears to shrink, on average, by 25 to 50 centimeters (9.2 to 19.7 inches) with each orbit around the Sun.
To reduce the frequency of rollover crashes, drivers should be diligent about steering technique and not overcorrect steering in a panicked attempt to avoid an object in the roadway such as an animal that suddenly appears or a patch of snow or ice on the road or highway.
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