Sentences with phrase «like stalactites»

There are a number of different types of proxy data types in this group including glacial deposits, glacial erosional features, shoreline features, aeolian deposits, lake sediments, relict soil deposits, and speleothems (depositional features like stalactites and stalagmites).

Over time, this repositioning of ions can create tendril - like buildups — almost like stalactites forming inside a cave.

Interesting and very different, liked the stalactites.

The pigment is inch - thick, molten as cream or mud, or calcified hard like a stalactite.

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In the torchlight, they eyed the stalactites, like monster's teeth, on the ceiling.

50 - foot waterfalls, limestone walls, and stalactites make you feel like you are leaps away from modern day Austin.

Cigarette tar like a gummy stalactite hanging from a rear view mirror?

With their stalactites and stalagmites, and pools of water shining an unearthly blue, Riviera Maya cenotes look like wondrous underground cathedrals.

I surveyed the surreal surrounds, the snow - covered ice, the deep crevasses and small, narrow canyons, the enormous icicles hanging down like crystal stalactites, dripping water and glistening in the afternoon sun.

Four fantastically decorated halls surround the courtyard, with ceilings of muqarna (an ingenious Lego - like system of ceiling decoration which gives the impression of stalactites), central pools and the customary tiling.

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.

Fallen stalactites litter the lower ledge of the cave some 50ft (15m) below where stalagmites grow upwards like a set of rotten teeth as if to complete a grotesque subterranean shark's mouth.

Although the stalactite and stalagmite formations within the cave aren't glowing like crystals, each of them has a fascinating story to tell.

When you enter, you will see huge stalactites hanging from the massive cathedral - like vault which was part of a cave system that the Maya used to bury their dead.

It offers divers a great opportunity to see geological wonders like giant stalactites, dripstone sheets and amazing marine life such as nurse sharks, groupers and a vast array of fishes and Caribbean sharks.

Within these vast caverns you can witness incredible formations of stalactites and stalagmites some shaped like human and wildlife figures.

There's a lot I could talk about here: the undulating rhythm of this fight, composed of brief openings in which we could deal meaningful damage and long stretches where every attack we tried required great precision, lest we be devastated by Nergigante's powerful claws; the wins afforded to us by our use of the environment, which in one instance let us crush the dragon under loose hanging crystal stalactites; our use of items like flash pods, bombs, and healing powders — things that only 5 hours of play before we'd only seen as curiosities, but now felt like necessities.

The single player Journey Mode offers a sequence of 80 levels, taking place in a variety of themed locales, with each slightly tweaking the core gameplay - the snowy tundra features snow blocks, which cause avalanche - like chain reactions, whereas the cave sections have stalactites that can fall on enemies from above.

The work consists of several thousand stalactites that simulate candles and engender a cave - like experience.

The result is a self - contained world, devoid of people (despite a model of the U.N. building suspended in a tree) but heavy on neon lights, mushrooms, and oily black stalactites, evoking the subterranean realms of caves as well as the more metaphorical depths of newer hidden places like the Deep Web.

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.

The largely unabsorbed polish in works on canvas such as «Fresh Attitude» creates fat streaks of color that extend beyond the bottom of the canvas to suspend in space like tiny, fragile stalactites, evoking the drip technique of Action Painters such as Jackson Pollock.

In a film, the great stalactite of Doolin cave in County Clare emerges out of darkness like some magnificent inverted spire, a monument not made by human hand.

The exterior looks like mountain peaks formed out of manipulated aluminium whilst the interior is a cave of wooden strips forming stalagmites and stalactites.