Sentences with phrase «icy layers of»

Ten days on, my curvy, hilly street is still mired in sooty, icy layers of snowpack.

There are two layers - an external icy layer of 30 - 40 km, and an internal rocky core made up of silicates.»

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I grew up on the ones where the creamy ice cream layer was beneath the sweet and icy orange outer layer of the pop.

The contrast between the fruity, creamy and icy layers, plus a bit of crunch from chia seeds and bee pollen is truly heavenly.

While most New Yorkers were layering on sweaters, bemoaning icy sidewalks and posting images of chilly weather readings on social media, a lucky few were, if not celebrating, at least turning a profit.

There Voyager had laid bare vast, surprisingly smooth stretches that told of a past marked by intense internal activity and maybe even a liquid - water layer buried below its icy shell — both on a moon seemingly too small for such phenomena.

All of these molecules stick to the surface of dust specks, accumulating icy layers over millions of years.

One possiblity is that an icy object might have collided with 24 Themis, leaving behind a layer of ice.

The icy deposits appear to be patchy and thin, and it's possible that they are mixed in with the surface layer of soil, dust and small rocks called the regolith.

But the team calculates that if the layer of rock and icy soil above the water table is particularly conductive, it could be absorbing enough energy from the radar to obscure a telltale signal.

What makes that layer possible are temperatures that approach -20 °C within Jupiter's outer icy moons at certain depths — exceeding the melting point of ice at high pressures.

A strong sun will melt surface snow, which then refreezes at night into an icy crust, off of which the next layer of snow can easily slip.

Future wet suits with surface textures like the thick fur of otters that trap insulating air layers could keep tomorrow's divers warmer in icy waters.

Because the gas would have remained frozen within the comet's interior unless exposed by the impact, that suggests the probe did penetrate some sort of icy layer — but perhaps one much different from what astronomers originally predicted.

The Lukina Jama - Trojama is the deepest cave system in Croatia, extraordinary for its vertical shape, long pits and great depth of -1392 m. From an ecological point of view this cave system is extremely interesting for having three microclimatic layers: firstly entrance icy part with the temperature of about 1 °C, secondly, middle part with the temperature up to 2 °C and bottom part with temperature till 4 °C.

Parts of this small, icy Saturnian moon are covered with a thick layer of extremely powdery snow, according to a presentation here today at a joint meeting of the European Planetary Science Congress and the Division for Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society.

The new insights could be useful both when it is desirable to have droplets stick to surfaces, such as in some kinds of 3 - D printers, to help make sure each printed layer adheres thoroughly to the previous layer, and when it's important to prevent droplets from sticking, such as on airplane wings in icy weather.

Erosion carved these icy blue cliffs from sheets of ice just below Mars's layer of dust (Science, DOI: 10.1126 / science / aao1619).

The key factor in determining if a crack is going to occur is the strain rate, the rate of pull from another body that would have caused the moons to deform at a rate that the top, icy layer could not sustain — leading to cracks.

In some Saturn scenarios, only the outer layer of frozen water was swept up by the planet, creating proto - rings that could have evolved into the icy bands visible today.

However, there is evidence that some may have layers of liquid water beneath their icy crusts.

When an icy impact occurred, the impactor's kinetic energy became heat energy, instantly melted some ice, gouged out a crater, and kicked up into Mars» thin atmosphere large amounts of debris mixed with water (liquid, ice crystals, and vapor)-- and complex organic molecules that obviously came recently from life.127 Then, the dirt and salt - water mixture settled back to the surface in vast layers of thin sheets — strata — especially around the crater.

But, this amazing icy - hued Alfred Shaheen dress from Jess James + Co (a new local favorite) was just asking for a bit of chill in the air and 12 layers of froth and wool and sparkle.

Still, Madden's film, which is based on the 2007 Israeli drama «Ha - Hov,» is an overwhelmingly icy one, built as it is on deep, dark shadows, cold stone buildings and a layer of Eastern bloc grime.

Zigzag sipes increase the number of biting edges, and the hydrophilic coating absorbs a micron - thin layer of water that improves traction on icy surfaces.

Her striking compositions, typically using acrylic, often evoke a fragmented version of the landscapes of her native Scandinavia, with abstract geometrical motifs layered over scenes resembling icy mountain ranges or seascapes.

The polar bear is perfectly suited to its frigid, icy habitat: They have two layers of fur — glossy, waterproof «guard» hairs and dense under - fur — and a thick layer of fat — 2 to 4 inches (5 to 10 centimeters)-- beneath their skin that helps keep them warm.

Layer pale icy blue or pale green china sets with white china patterns and you will have stunning Christmas tablescapes with subtle amounts of wintry color.