Sentences with phrase «into volcanic rock»

Carved into volcanic rock by time and human ingenuity, Goreme and its surrounding valleys contain underground cities, cave churches and striking pinnacles known as fairy chimneys.

Villa Olive is an outstanding new estate built into the volcanic rock of Gouverneur and offering a breathtaking view over the lush island hills towards the emerald waters of St. Jean Bay.

«We've documented how [extensively] these microscopic organisms are eating into volcanic rock, leaving wormlike tracks that look like someone has drilled their way in,» Staudigel reports.

Not exact matches

The eruption is thought to have spewed almost 1 trillion gallons (3.7 trillion litres) of molten rock onto the surface, along with just as much sulphur into the atmosphere, triggering what researchers now call a «volcanic winter».

In 1987, the Vandendriessche family bored a 6,000 square foot cave into the volcanic hillside of White Rock Vineyards.

The sports which have attracted and very likely will continue to attract men and women to Hawaii are those which fit intimately into the original geographic plan of water, rock, beach, rain forest, moor and volcanic crater.

The island is one of the best places to peer into the history of Earth's magnetic field because its fluctuations are recorded in the ancient volcanic rock.

We started finding the same organisms that people were reporting from deep - sea hydrothermal vents [where hot, mineral - laden fluid flows through volcanic rock into the ocean from deep within the Earth].

WHEN Michele Carbone first visited the Cappadocia region of Turkey, he was struck by the beauty of the volcanic landscape, sculpted by wind and rain into picturesque caverns and rock towers.

Volcanic rocks found in the south Pacific spent at least 2.45 billion years on a journey into Earth's interior — and back again.

The new variety has a narrower, more pointed head, ideal for nibbling insects and larvae from crevices in the volcanic rock, and fat lips to cushion its ventures into these sharp - edged fissures.

One possibility is that the eruption column of hot volcanic ash, gas and rock fragments now extending into the sky above the summit could collapse into what's called a pyroclastic flow and race down the flanks of the mountain.

Because volcanic rocks are porous, some oceanographers speculated that cold seawater percolates into seamounts, warms up in the crust, and emerges at other seamounts as mineral - rich fluids.

Now, new research by scientists at Washington University in St. Louis sheds light on what happens underground when CO2 is injected into basalt, illustrating precisely how effective the volcanic rock could be as an abatement agent for CO2 emissions.

Apparently it was once a molten world, similar to early Earth, whose interior separated into a mantle and a crust covered with volcanic rock.

Glinting silver - gray in rocks and soils, it mixes with other minerals as it seeps into water supplies, drifts on the dusty plumes of volcanic eruptions and travels on the wind.

By measuring the abundance of an isotope of the noble gas argon in the rock or its crystals, Gazel and his colleague Michael Kunk of the U.S. Geological Survey found that the magma was much younger than the last known volcanic event on the East Coast — which occurred when the supercontinent of Pangaea slowly pulled apart into North America, Africa and South America some 200 million years ago, forming the Atlantic Ocean in the process.

Matuyama studied traces of Earth's ancient magnetic field frozen into basalt, a volcanic rock.

Pinatubo also threw 20 million tons of sulfur dioxide into the air, which scientists say was a result of volcanic rock soaking up excess sulfur and other elements underground prior to the actual eruption.

Should the broiling rock breach the surface — which could happen, though not until tens of millions of years from now — it would transform New England into a burbling volcanic landscape.

A unique chemical signature suggests volcanic rocks recently collected on Baffin Island in the Canadian Arctic survived untouched for 4.5 billion years from before the melted mantle began firing up magma to form Earth's crust and plate tectonics then mixed that crust back into the mantle below.

Second, the mechanical action of volcanic rock — crushed into ultra-fine powder — helps to gently physically exfoliate skin.

Carved into Cappadocia's white volcanic rock cliffs, Esbelli Evi is a boutique cave hotel with ten suites and four standard rooms.

Fans drive out to the bush block where the huge, volcanic - rock ovens are housed, pluck freshly baked loaves from outdoor racks, and throw coins into a bowl.

Ice from nearby Lángjökull Glacier melts and travels into an ancient lava field, filtering underground through porous volcanic rock over 50 years before it emerges where you can go snorkeling or scuba diving in it for a very unique (but cold) experience.

Volcanic eruptions created this surreal moonscape: the lava flows formed tuff rock, which wind and rain sculpted into sinuous valleys with curvy cliff faces and pointy fairy chimneys.

Around AD 600, early Christians burrowed into the Anatolian plateau's soft volcanic rock, creating underground homes, churches and monasteries.

This volcanic rock was heavily fractured during the uplift phase that formed the island and over a hundred large sea caves have been carved into the resulting faults.

Volcanic flows are frozen into domes, pillars and finger - like ridges, while conduits of liquid rock empty to become cave - like lava tubes.

Another Manrique creation is the Mirador del Rio, an attractively - designed observation point built into a volcanic lava rock cliff, which is now home to a chic bar and café.

Güigüi is a clothing optional secluded beach on the Western coast of the island, hidden away at the bottom of a large ravine, and divided by rocks into two bays with dark sand and volcanic rocks.

The multi-colored volcanic layers plunge steeply into the and sheer faces of rock march up to the top of the range only a few miles inland.

There are several nighttime adventures you could undertake, such as a drive into Gran Canaria's volcanic heartland, to enjoy a traditional candlelit dinner in a quiet village in the shadow of Roque Nublo, the island's ancient volcanic rock.

Güigüi beach is hidden away at the bottom of a large ravine, and divided by rocks into two bays with dark sand and volcanic rocks.

Jagged volcanic rock spills into the sea to create a dramatic contrast with the brown sand, red rocks and crushed shells that make up the variety of different beaches along the way.

Carved into striking volcanic rock are modern hotels, international...

She writes: «Contemporary ceramic sculptor Aneta Regel incorporates volcanic rock, basalt, and granite into her colorful clay pieces.

Built in 1970, the 6,650 tons of black basalt (a volcanic rock also common to the moon and Mars) was paved into a 1,500 - foot counter-clockwise coil.

From an extraplanetary landscape scattered with the Seuss - like silversword, to a seemingly endless cinder desert pierced with jagged volcanic rocks, you can easily trick yourself into thinking that you're on the Road to Mordor.

But under even greater heat and pressure, the CO2 is released from the rock, and makes it way back to the surface where it is emitted into the atmosphere through volcanic action.

The surreal natural formations of Turkey's Cappadocia region, where soft volcanic rocks have eroded over the eons into

The surreal natural formations of Turkey's Cappadocia region, where soft volcanic rocks have eroded over the eons into fanciful cones and spires, now have some serious man - made competition for tourist attention: The world's largest contemporary land art park, comprising 10 giant sculptures made out of more than 10,500 tons of stone.Australian sculptor Andrew Rogers picked this part of central Turkey for the latest installment of his five - continent «Rhythms of Life» art project due to its natural beauty and long history of settlement by many civilizations.

It's been around longer than many other islands, which has given the island time for two things: Break down the volcanic rock into soil; and allow species to evolve that can thrive in the harsh, rocky land.