Sentences with phrase «mountain outcrops»

These understated pictures of rocky mountain outcrops, wide, lazy rivers and picnics in pine valleys have distinct pastoral overtones, yet it is only thanks to Gursky's trademark high - resolution that we are able to discern the tiny, lemming - like figures populating the vistas.

Tour the magnificent Arkaroola area, marvel at the beauty of the ancient ranges, rugged mountain outcrops, ravines and rock pools.

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I'm standing on a hard outcrop of rock at the foot of a mountain, salty spray tickling my face.

That's part of why the rover has already left the outcrops behind and is now heading first toward a spot called Glenelg, where three different rock types come together, and then full speed towards the mountain in the middle of the crater, alternately called Aeolis Mons or Mount Sharp.

It reached the base of Mount Sharp in 2014 after fruitfully investigating outcrops closer to its landing site and then trekking to the mountain.

Each country, although different in culture and history, shares snow leopard habitat characteristics such as mountains with steep slopes dotted by rocky bluffs, ridges broken by outcrops, and valleys interrupted by cliffs.

This area at the base of Mount Sharp on Mars includes a pale outcrop, called «Pahrump Hills,» that NASA's Curiosity Mars rover investigated from September 2014 to March 2015, and the «Artist's Drive» route toward higher layers of the mountain.

Returning back to Rosstrevor, a late afternoon sundowner on the rocky outcrops above the farm provides a fitting end to a true Wild Mountain Adventure.

Covering federal, state and county parks in the entire region, Sedona is an amazing natural wonderland of parks, hiking areas with red rock outcrops, bluffs, mountain ranges and spectacular views anywhere you go around Sedona's magnificent landscape.

After these mountains were uplifted, water would run off the crystalline rocks, and come into the outcrop of the Cretaceous limestone.

Sardinia was the first island to emerge from the Mediterranean and as a consequence it has a rugged interior and mountains with smooth granite outcrops.

The low - lying mountains surround a rivercarved landscape, where rushing streams wind through the rich green forests, and rugged rocky outcrops rise up towards the towering mountain peaks above.

Vietnam boasts stunning landscapes — the karst outcrops of Halong Bay and the hilltribe - settled mountains around Sapa spring to mind — as well as beaches, charming colonial towns, the fascinating villages of the Mekong Delta and lush national parks.

Soaring mountains, deep valleys and lonely castles atop rocky outcrops, all easily explored from Carcassonne.

Shielded by snowy trees amidst rocky outcrops, this cabin in Golden, B.C., feels middle - of - nowhere — except it's right on the slopes of Kicking Horse Mountain Resort, with prime ski - in / ski - out access.

The uplands to the Northwest, consist of the foothills of the Maya Mountains bordered by limestone outcrops - rugged, unexplored territory.

For nature lovers there is hiking at Schaapplaas with a chance to view Khoi San rock art, preserved on the rocky outcrops from centuries ago, as well as 4 x 4 trails in the Outeniqua Mountains and mountain biking on the Bonniedale nature farm.

The geology of Belize can be divided broadly into the Northern Lowlands, the Maya Mountains, the Toledo Beds and the Pliestocene deposits, but there are other features including volcanic deposits of bentonite in the north and volcanic outcrops along the southern boundary of the Maya Mountains.

Gansbaai's enchantment lies in its dramatic landscape characterised by rugged outcrops and stretching sand dunes, encircled by both sea and mountains.

Famed for their marine megafauna — creatures like manta rays, turtles, whales — and big - as - a-car coral bommies (short for the Aboriginal word bombora, which means outcrop or mountain of reef), these southern ladies are true coral cay islands.

Klein - Aus Vista Desert Horse Campsite offers ten basic campsites, set under large old camelthorn trees in a small valley of the Aus Mountains, surrounded by granite outcrops.

For example, trees that are especially responsive to drought conditions can usually be found where rainfall is limiting, such as rocky outcrops, or on ridgecrests of mountains.

Many of the flow systems seem to start in the Antarctic mountains, near outcrops of exposed rock, or in places where fierce winds have scoured snow off the ice beneath.

The road curves through the Ozark Mountains and becomes the quarter - mile - long main street of Kimberling City before sloping down and across gigantic Table Rock Lake,man - made, with jagged, fingerlike outcrops that form 867 miles of shoreline.

Awesome sightseeing: Enormous, rocky outcrop soaring out of the water in Calpe (pic above), castle inside mountain at Guadalest, ancient ruins dotting the hillsides, quaint seaside villages...

Awesome sightseeing: Enormous, rocky outcrop soaring out of the water in Calpe, castle inside mountain at Guadalest, ancient ruins dotting the hillsides, quaint seaside villages... 23.