Sentences with phrase «nocturnal light»

Philippe Cognée is presenting a new collection of highly personal pieces bathed in nocturnal light.

The unique nocturnal light, something in the shape of the vigilant animal, possibly exposed to danger, the glimmer of its hollow eyes in which human figures appear occasionally to be reflected — all of these elements along with the dense lines of the flickering «text,» create a disturbing feeling that something is amiss, perhaps the creature is artificial, maybe a cloned jackal, maybe a hybrid.

The title Nocturnal Light is taken from one of the largest works in the show, made in 1987, a mixed media on linen triptych which depicts three sources of nocturnal light: angel, moon and torch.

Alison Jacques Gallery in collaboration with the Birgit Jürgenssen Estate, Vienna, presents Nocturnal Light, a solo exhibition of work by the Austrian artist Birgit Jürgenssen (b. 1949, Vienna).

Personally, our beacon of identity (the CN Tower, now with a nocturnal light show), serves no other purpose than directional orientation.

It's not just healthy sleep cycles that are at risk, say the researchers, noting «recent evidence linking chronic suppression of melatonin secretion by nocturnal light exposure with the increased risk of breast, colorectal and advanced prostate cancer associated with night - shift work.»

If you want nocturnal lighting, the flashing red light may not work well for seeking out night critters.

On the very top floor, overlooking the nocturnal lights of Ipoh town is The Deck Gastrobar.

Nocturnal Lights - Installation View from the exhibition at Mathilde Hatzenberger Gallery, Brussels, Belgium, 2017.

All bikes have three speed gears, a foot peg for the resting position, anti-slip pedals, a nocturnal lighting system and both front and back breaks.

Not exact matches

We're talking high - power twin motors with differential thrust for optimal steering, a hot - swappable, USB - rechargeable 3.7 - volt lithium polymer battery (to juice three - minute flights max, meh, not so awesome), bright LED night lights for nocturnal excursions, a tiny onboard camera for capturing high - res aerial video, and, well, you get the the picture.

Even at their nocturnal best, the housing projects are - ablaze with harsh fluorescent lights, and they are perpetually noisy and far too impersonal for many Asians.

October 26: Get ready for Halloween with a bit of After - School Pumpkin Carving — take home a jack - o - lantern, enter it into the Pumpkins in the Park Contest, or display it on the pumpkin - lit Nocturnal Trail (Walpole)

At three overnight programs, 9 - and 10 - year - olds will learn about nocturnal animals and go on an owl hunt, attend a tea ceremony in the candle - lit Japanese garden or learn how to read the stars.

A green safety light on the back of the headlamp provides additional nighttime visibility ideal for nocturnal runners and bikers.

We liked the multiple light settings that came with this headlamp, including the steady red light for seeking out nocturnal animals!

The lakes can be broadly classified as «clearwater,» in which full - spectrum light passes relatively unimpeded, or «blackwater,» in which most of the visible light is absorbed by dissolved tannins, creating an almost nocturnal environment with only dim, red - shifted light filtering in from above.

It turns out lower mammals that are active during the day, such as ground squirrels, lack the local pupillary light reflex Yau's team found; the same applies to primates, whether nocturnal or not.

The red light is ideal for nocturnal hunting adventures since it won't disturb any animals that are out and about.

This light blocks our view of the night sky and stars, creates glare hazards on roads, messes with our circadian sleep - wake rhythms, interrupts the patterns of nocturnal wildlife, and is by and large annoying.

Like cockroaches, kissing bugs are nocturnal insects that hide in cracks and crevices during daytime or when lights are on at night.

In fields lit during the night, flowers had 62 percent fewer nocturnal visitors than flowers in dark meadows, researchers report August 2 in Nature.

Light - emitting diode (LED) streetlights often draw moths and other insects into small areas at night, setting a buffet for nocturnal predators, but certain aspects of the lights themselves might be rendering insects vulnerable in even more sinister ways, new research suggests.

It's much like an after - image on a human eye, caused by «burning» in an image, in this case caused by the excessive amount of light from the tail light in relation to the extreme sensitivity of the videdochip that's making these nocturnal images.

To test this, the team studied the strategy of the nocturnal European catfish as it stalked swimming guppies in a test aquarium illuminated only by infrared light, in which catfish can not see.

To determine whether rats, too, are less ticklish when they are anxious, the researchers put them on an elevated platform and exposed the nocturnal animals to a bright light.

Dark Sky at Night Artificial night lighting doesn't just spoil star shows; it can confuse nocturnal animals and waste energy.

Researchers also analysed the levels of light pollution around the breeding colonies using a nocturnal satellite image.

Peter Aldhous reports that night - time lighting is having a disruptive effect on nocturnal animals, and suggests we dim the lights...

«Today, predators are largely active in dim light conditions,» says Schmitz, and his earlier work suggested that some predatory dinosaurs were nocturnal.

Peter Aldhous reports that night - time lighting is having a disruptive effect on nocturnal animals, and suggests we dim the lights for their sake (17 July, p 8).

The model was suspended from the roof of the darkened hangar and bathed in nocturnal blue light.

Bright LED lighting may leave moths unprepared for ambushes from nocturnal hunters.

The light - receptive cells that an armadillo does have, called rods, are so sensitive that daylight renders the nocturnal animals practically blind.

In his encyclopaedic Natural History of around AD 77, he wrote that the «phenomenon commonly called a nocturnal sun... a light emanating from the sky at night» has been seen many times.

It is not known how or why these fungi emit light but it is thought that the light might attract nocturnal foraging animals to aid dispersal.

Such delightful details fill Ekirch's narrative of the night, which examines nocturnal habits from lamp lighting to dividing the night into first and second sleeps, broken by periods devoted to chores, reading, and eating.

Compared with fields where there were no lights, 60 percent fewer nocturnal pollinators were found on illuminated flowers.

This is the expected pattern because nocturnal species need larger corneas to increase the light gathering capacity of their eyes at night.

(11) This is not surprising given that the presence of light - at - night disrupts nocturnal melatonin production; (12) and that melatonin is active in regulating gut function, including peristaltic contractions, as well as protecting intestinal wall integrity.

In dim light, the onset of nocturnal melatonin secretion occurred before scheduled sleep in 98 % of participants (102 of 104).

In the initial study, mice provided with an HF diet were fed exclusively during the dark phase (i.e., the «right» time of day for nocturnal mice) or the light phase for 6 wk (30).

In addition, the normal diurnal feeding rhythms present in mice were significantly blunted in the mutant mice: on a standard laboratory 12 - h light: 12 - h dark (12:12 LD) cycle, nocturnal mice typically consume ~ 75 — 80 % of their total daily calories during the dark phase; in contrast, Clock mutant mice consume ~ 50 % (2).

The National Zoo's ZooLights offers the opportunity to see the zoo decorated with thousands of lights, as well as the chance to see the nocturnal animals awake.

Turning to a somewhat lighter subject, Bridges incisively contrasted the banal details of working - class Houston life with the frontier fantasies driving the nocturnal honky - tonk scene in Urban Cowboy (1980).

WINNER: Denzel Washington «Fences» RUNNER - UP» Colin Farrell «The Lobster» And then: Nate Parker «Birth of a Nation» Logan Lerman «Indignation» Viggo Mortensen «Captain Fantastic» Jake Gyllenhaal «Nocturnal Animals / Demolition» Ryan Gosling «The Nice Guys / La La Land» Paul Dano «Swiss Army Man» Casey Affleck «Manchester by the Sea» Tom Hanks «Sully» Anton Yelchin «Green Room» Stellan Skarsgård «In Order of Disappearance» Michael Shannon «Midnight Special» Michael Fassbender «The Light Between Oceans»

OTHER CONTENDERS Bleed For This Deepwater Horizon The Founder The Girl on the Train Hidden Figures HHhH LBJ The Light Between Oceans The Lobster The Lost City of Z Nocturnal Animals The Zookeeper's Wife

Director Roger Michell makes good contrast with light and darkness, the bright daylight of Cornwall and the nocturnal interior of the manor where Philip and Rachel come to know each other in pale candlelight.

It's definitely a Michael Mann film - nocturnal cityscapes are lit up like sexy birthday cakes, everyone wears cool shades through the daylight hours and tense chats are had near the glare of siren flashes.

OTHER CONTENDERS Woody Allen — Café Society Ben Younger — Bleed For This Peter Berg — Deepwater Horizon Kelly Reichardt — Certain Women Denzel Washington — Fences Robert Zemeckis — Allied Tate Taylor — The Girl on the Train Cédric Jimenez — HHhH Damien Chazelle — La La Land Rob Reiner — LBJ Derek Cianfrance — The Light Between Oceans Yorgios Lanthimos — The Lobster James Gray — The Lost City of Z Tom Ford — Nocturnal Animals Morten Tyldum — Passengers Clint Eastwood — Sully Niki Caro — The Zookeeper's Wife