Sentences with phrase «many small boulders»

In particular, none of the hypotheses about their origin explain why individual ring particles, which range in size from hailstones to small boulders, average between 90 % and 95 % ice.

In the 2020s, NASA's human spaceflight program will revolve around sending astronauts to high lunar orbit to study a small boulder robotically plucked from the surface of a large asteroid, agency officials announced yesterday.

Officials in charge of NASA's Asteroid Redirect Mission announced that they will snatch a small boulder off an asteroid, as illustrated above, rather than bag up an entire asteroid.

The game's second boss is a giant flaming boulder that splits into two, smaller boulders every time its health is depleted, until the environment is rippling with fiery ball bearings - which brings Asteroids to mind.

A smaller boulder next to it did just that in the 1940s.

The climb at first starts out as a loose, rocky field of small boulders that soon gives way to a rocky, undulating and twisting dirt road climb.

To the right of the boat ramp, the shoreline is made of rocks and small boulders.

Our road takes the marshrutka across streams and into dirt tracks with small boulders of rock we push into the river by hand.

It's huddled next to the somewhat weird Fontainebleau Forest, where, strung all throughout the conifers, there are lunar landscape - looking outcroppings of small boulders.

And guests need to be told that you have to cross over 5 - 10 ft of small boulder rocks at the shore to get to the sandy part of the water.

Victoria Bay is a popular spot for surfers, as the area has right - hand, reef - like waves which roll over small boulder - like rocks for about 200 m.

These big stones are surrounded by smaller boulders and patches of coral.

The reef - flat features many small boulders of lesser star and brain corals, interspersed with clusters of staghorn corals, all covered in colourful reef - fish like chromis, wrasse, parrotfish and surgeonfish.

The cane also doubles as a golf club — Small boulder in your path?

Elsewhere DeFeo's transfigurative impulse expresses itself through a deft withholding or reshuffling of visual information, as in many of her photo collages, or even the big paintings that scale up views of DeFeo's dental bridge to the proportions of small boulders.

Some smaller boulders had been shunted 222 metres inland, and 26 metres above high water.

And, for the doubters, a fourth piece of research delivers the ultimate in hard evidence: winter storms off the Irish coast have shifted boulders that weigh up to 620 tons (630 metric tons) and hurled smaller boulders of up to 100 tons far above the high tide mark.

The fence marked a severe boundary: on the road side there was a verge of still greenish grass and weeds, decorated with the occasional white styrofoam cup and silver - glinting beer can, the wildflowers of civilization; beyond the fence a swath of small boulders gave way to a field of beige dirt and stone that seemed to stretch forever.

Let's say you have a small boulder.

Not exact matches

I sold stock in a company for a small profit to buy my wife a new couch when she was pregnant with our first child; our existing couch felt like you were sitting on a boulder.

The first concept would fully capture a very small asteroid in free space and the other would retrieve a boulder off of a much larger asteroid.

NASA is currently developing concepts for the redirect mission that will employ a robotic spacecraft, driven by an advanced solar electric propulsion system, to capture a small near - Earth asteroid or remove a boulder from the surface of a larger asteroid.

It takes millions of years for boulders to be whittled down to small rocks by wind, snow and sublimation.

The boulders are much smaller than the ones in Friedmann, and the terrain is easier to navigate.

«You can take a certain amount of water, and divide it up into many small drops or just a few big drops,» Shaw says, explaining that it's like having a lot of sand or just a few boulders.

In fact, that's a mystery in itself: The F ring is believed to contain many large boulders and moonlets, which would make it hard for a small satellite to survive multiple crossings.

We stop to rest on boulders below a small Tibetan Buddhist monastery.

The only signs of people here are the small tent sites that dot the boulder field.

Even if your training is sub-par at first, if you simply force yourself to keep on going, eventually, you will grow in your ability to apply the remaining boulders (and smaller rocks) as you mature as a lifter.

Small pockets of lakes surrounded by sunken land and large boulders.

Cherokee in the Market The ability of the Jeep Cherokee to scale a small mountain / very large boulder won't be tested every day, but it does cement the slick crossover as a Jeep in capability as well as in name.

James Franco magnificently portrays Aron Ralston, a man trapped in the vast desert of Moab for 127 hours in the most dire of circumstances - virtually no water, no food, no sleep, and the small inconvenience of having his hand stuck in between a slot canyon he was traversing, and a half - ton boulder.

CNA and White Mountains were much smaller companies — AIG was dropping a boulder into the pond.

Some of the park's features: Visitors can enjoy and relax on quality benches and park tables Separate sections for small and large dogs over and under 30 pounds Each section has a water fountain and hydrant for the dogs covered by shade sails Several large shade trees, a shade structure, lush grass and large boulders for sitting / climbing «Poop» bags and metal scoops are provided free of charge to dog owners Five double gate entrances are available for visitor and dog safety Three red metal biscuit shaped cash boxes available for donations from park goers

Admittedly Sunday's rather busy rash of visitors to the popular but small beach meant that only one little black and white resident was bold enough to brave the crowds in the main cove of Boulders.

And if you give even the smallest indication that you are in fact, a first time visitor to any Capetonian, prepare for the impromptu assignment as your new tour guide to Cape Town, promising you a first time look at the views from Signal Hill; a trek up Lion's Head to take that infamous Instagram shot or check out a Supermoon; get raucously day drunk on the train to Kalk Bay; bathe in the sun among the Penguins of Boulders; engorge yourselves in Clarke's Bar's twice fried fries, all before finding yourselves at a secret block party or in the wake of the ever growing crowds of First Thursday, only to end the night with a craft beer from P&G, all the while making new friends of the vast array of metropolitan wildlife and colourful personalities Cape Town has to offer.

Ko Lao Liang Two neighbouring blips of dramatic limestone boulders that rise from the Andaman Sea, Ko Lao Liang is similar to Ko Ra in that it's only facilities are run by a small, environmentally - conscious private company.

Under a large coral boulder, two small white tip sharks lay out of sight.

Nudey Beach was ranked No. 1 in Australia's Best Beaches Award for 2018 and is a small stretch of pristine, white sand that slopes gently into the calm, clear Coral Sea and surrounded by rainforest and granite boulders.

Haad Sai Daeng This tightly ringed - in cove hosts a single resort — A-Na-Lay — with its bungalows backing the small beach and a boulder - rimmed headland.

Although small, the beach is so magical with its rolling sand dunes dotted with coracles and large boulders, and the clear waters that lap the shore.

2: Colomitos is a small, picturesque cove, located just around the bend from Boca de Tomatlan, and offers an up - close (seclude from the crowds) dive experience with a sharply - sloped underwater hillside... where we can observe a variety of aquatic creatures dwelling amongst the embedded rocks and boulders that are precariously perched along its walls.

It is not very commercial but rather a small haven tucked away and surrounded by large boulders...

Although Simon's Town is small in size, one of its biggest attractions still remains a trip to Boulders Beach.

About a half - hour drive south of Oamaru is the small fishing settlement of Moeraki where the famous Moeraki boulders are situated.

Çavuşin is best known for St. John's Church, one of the oldest and biggest cave churches in the region, dating back to the 5th century A.D.. On the city's north face, there's a nice trio of minarets topped with boulders and, towards the west, a small batch of secluded mountain dwellings look out onto the plateau.

Also nearby Unstad are some smaller cliffs with bolted routes or you can just take your shoes and crashpad, and explore the bouldering in the nearby surroundings.

The bar features a small terrace built between huge granite boulders and has great sea views, Thai triangle pillows and low tables and its atmosphere could not be more laid - back if it tried.

Small waterfalls connect some of the pools and the smooth surface of the boulders makes natural water slides and a great place for a swim or to hike.

The beaches of Troncones include segments of wide open beach great for swimming, boogie boarding and even surfing, punctuated by rocky outcrops ranging from small rocks at the water's edge to large boulders that set a striking scene.