Sentences with phrase «into stalactites»

We were honored when Artforum chose the exhibition as a «Critic's Pick,» noting, «Under a barrel - vaulted skylight, Diana Al - Hadid's monumental sculpture Nolli's Orders, 2012, glistens as if wet, a tiered fountain's downward currents frozen into stalactites.

The framework that holds the dish in place has been painted so many times that the white paint has formed into stalactites that drip down from every strut.

Not exact matches

Stalagmites (which grow from the ground up) and stalactites (which hang from the ceiling) form when water at the surface seeps through the soil and drips into underground chambers over hundreds or thousands of years.

When the conversation turns to the weather and the climate, most people's thoughts naturally drift upward toward the clouds, but Jessica Oster's sink down into the subterranean world of stalactites and stalagmites.

Rohling's team dated the stalactites by measuring how much of the rock's uranium has decayed into thorium.

Water falls lightly from the tips of stalactites into the river flowing through the cave.

Geoscientist Anton Vaks of the University of Oxford led an international team of experts — including the Arabica Caving Club in Irkutsk — in sampling the spindly cave growths known as stalagmites and stalactites across Siberia and down into the Gobi Desert of China.

If the water evaporates before dropping to the floor, it leaves the limestone behind, and over the centuries those bits of limestone grow into a downward - pointing stalactite.

While this means a lot of hacking and slashing, it almost means dropping stalactite on its head or tricking it into standing on an erupting lava flow.

«Spelunk» is a spellbinding descent into the mouth of a cave, where stalactites form «fairy - tale castles,» while «Subway» tracks the endless activity of a train, «growling as it goes from street to street.»

Climb up into ceremonial chambers that bristle with glittering stalactites and stalagmites, and examine artifacts from Mayan rituals.

Drip stalagmites may form under tubular lava stalactites, and the latter may grade into a form known as a tubular lava helictite.

Alternatively, join a local guide to hike into Chechem Ha Cave, which is strewn with well - preserved pottery, and enter cathedral - like Río Frio Cave, where stalactites hang like chandeliers.

Put on hardhats and get ready for a guided decent into these beautifully adorned stalactite caverns.

As sea levels rose during the last Ice Age, the cave flooded and its roof collapsed into this sinkhole resulting in a marine wonder known for its sparkling blue waters, wealth of coral formations, sharks and fish, and deep caves filled with stalactites.

Here in the V - shaped ledges, cut into solid limestone, are stalactites, stalagmites and columns (where stalactites and stalagmites have joined) which do not exist in the shallower waters of the Blue Hole.

Venture into the best deep dive there is and view stalactites, stalagmites and enjoy the view of the sharks as you plunge into the depths.

You'll journey into otherworldly caves, where huge stalactites hang from the vaulted ceiling above you.

After the whole group is safely placed behind the big stalactites or stalgmites or whatever those hanging thingys are called... which begin at 125 feet or so at the top of the opening into the caves, forcing one to go down 25 or so feet lower where there is room for a diver with a tank on their back to squeeze into, down into the opening to the caves.

Venture into amazing caves where you'll see stalactite and stalagmite crystal structures and otherworldly formations, all formed by single drops of water and the slow passage of time.

Your expert guides will lead you on an extensive route into the depths of the Earth, where you will witness a truly beautiful and strange underground world full of amazing rock formations including an array of stalagmites and stalactites.

Similarly to the cave tour you will be able to dive into the crystal clear water and make your way round various columns, stalagmites and stalactites.

The colorless cave's caverns and age - old stalactites — reaching lengths of 40 feet — are the main attraction, beckoning divers 130 feet into the rare geological formation.

Struck by the eerie similarities between the giant megalopolises of Los Angeles and Beijing, Sterling Ruby (born 1972) takes the reader into his own journalistic vision - sourcing photographs of landscapes and interiors of the two cities, both shot and found by the artist - each page claustrophobically framed by collaged imagery of stalagmites and stalactites.

What begins life as a mere lump of clay, the artist molds and carves into artworks that appear like arrays of honeycomb, undulating coral, or dripping stalactites.

A sprawling accumulation of found objects, Merzbau gradually spread through multiple rooms and floors, to the balconies and the attic, transforming these spaces into caves complete with stalactites and stalagmites of collaged elements.