Sentences with phrase «of deep craters»

Scientists now believe that ice collects on the floors of deep craters at Mercury's poles, where it can remain permanently shaded from the Sun and reach temperatures as low as -235 degrees Fahrenheit (125 degrees Kelvin).

The floors of some deep craters near the poles are never exposed to direct sunlight, and temperatures there remain far lower than the global average.

Not exact matches

Beyond the familiar sights that have long attracted tourists to the Hawaiian Islands, visitors today are finding, in the deep waters off the storied beaches, in the craters and in the mountains, new sights, new beauty and a new bounty of sport

In addition, ABC reports that the BX32 and BX 36 are still being rerouted due to a 6 foot deep crater in the middle of the street.

Morgan asked the International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP), a global collaboration of marine research, for more than $ 100 million to collect six 2 - mile - deep cores from around the crater's center to better understand peak ring formation and the impact's environmental effects.

Much of its prospecting will go on deep inside lunar craters, where it can't rely on solar panels and cameras like most spacecraft.

Prior to CRaTER and recent measurements by the Radiation Assessment Detector (RAD) on the Mars rover Curiosity, the effects of thick shielding on cosmic rays had only been simulated in computer models and in particle accelerators, with little observational data from deep space.

Each grainy image took eight hours to receive, but the payoff was huge: Surprising evidence of deep impact craters banished the popular idea of Mars as a chillier version of Earth.

Images taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft show that a mysterious bright spot on dwarf planet Ceres could be a plume of water spurting from a deep, icy crater

Of all the spots investigated, the strangest by far was found in a 90 - kilometer - wide, four - kilometer - deep crater called Occator.

Their abundant presence on this peak may be tied to the liquid carbon dioxide spewed by the volcano's hydrothermal vents, which kills virtually all life in the deeper reaches of the crater.

Among other things, GRACE may have found a crater deep under the Antarctic ice that may mark an asteroid impact greater than the one that doomed the dinosaurs, measured the seafloor displacement that triggered the tsunami of 2004, and quantified changes in subsurface water in the Amazon and Congo river basins.

The eruption destroyed the top three thousand feet of the volcano, blasting it into the air in pieces, leaving behind only a large crater three miles wide and half a mile deep, as though the mountain had been struck by a meteor.

Because Mercury's axis of rotation doesn't tilt at all (which means there's no summer or winter) some deep craters at the poles may be in perpetual shadow, and that could protect any ice patches from the heat of the sun.

It is surrounded by a mile - high rampart of material that was ejected from the crater — enough rock to bury the continental United States under a two - mile - deep layer.

In particular, the Deep Impact mission blasted a crater in the comet Tempel 1 so astronomers could study the makeup of the debris, providing a «Rosetta stone» for interpreting the composition of material around stars, says Lisse, who led the Deep Impact analysis.

Spanning northern latitudes of 43 ° to 56 ° (Phoenix landed at 68 ° N), five new craters were a few meters in diameter, a few decimeters deep, and floored with a bright, white material that looked like clean ice.

They also looked at whether craters made by the comets hitting the surface could excavate enough nitrogen — but that would require a very deep layer of nitrogen ice at the surface, which is not proven.

Among the oddities of liquid impacts into granular solids: slow - falling droplets can make deeper craters than their speedier brethren

Volatile ice occupies a few nearby deep craters, and in some areas the volatile ice is pocked with arrays of small sublimation pits.

You can scoop up bits of stishovite at the scene of meteorite impacts, such as a 50,000 - year - old meteor crater in Arizona that measures about 3 / 4 - mile across and about 570 feet deep.

Scientists thought most of Vesta outside the south polar region might be flat like the Moon, yet some of the craters outside that region formed on very steep slopes and have nearly vertical sides, with landslides often occurring in the regolith, the deep layer of crushed rock on the surface.

Scientists revealed that the deep hole on Mars is not an impact crater, due to the lack of signs of ejecta or a raised rim.

«Typically the deepest excavation would be in the middle of the crater.

Stardust spacecraft visited Comet Tempel 1 in February 2011 where it viewed the impact crater from the Deep Impact mission of 2005.

Last week, a group of scientists from the University of Texas delved deep into the eyes of two famous Marian craters, the Hellas...

In addition, the collision with a 372 - kilogram (820 - pound) projectile launched by NASA's Deep Impact probe in 2005 has created a 150 - meter - wide (490 - foot - wide) crater with a small mound in the center, as some of the ejecta of the impact apparently fell back down within the crater, but the crater's relatively soft outline indicates that its edges have undergone significant changes since the 2005 impact (NASA / STARDUST / NExT news release; Astronomy Picture of the Day; David Shiga, New Scientist, February 15, 2011; Jonathan Amos, BBC News, February 15, 2011; and Richard A. Lovett, Nature News, February 15, 2011).

The most conspicuous feature on Vesta is a giant impact crater located around its south polar region, which is 310 miles (499 kilometers) across and nearly 12 miles (19 km) deep around a «bull's - eye» central peak rising 11 miles (or 18 km) above the exposed mantle rock of the crater floor — that is characteristic of rock rebounding from an impact.

Both hyperpigmentation (not true scarring, but the spotty aftermath of a breakout) and atrophic scars (those crater marks more deep and sunken) benefit from a stimulating collagen boost because thickening the skin leads to less visibility of existing scars, Moy says.

Once you're there, the hike is a quick but rocky climb along the Cleetwood Cove Trail to the top of the 90 - foot - deep crater.

We don't see a single person when we pull off to see a 430 - foot - deep lunar crater in Tonopah, and the Fiat almost runs out of fuel before we get to the small city of Ely, Nevada, 304 miles from Mammoth.

Visiting the Azores means getting in touch with nature, seeing gorgeous volcanic landscapes with glistening lakes at the bottom of green - lined calderas, dangerous peaks that fall into the sea, intriguing caves that hide surprising secrets, lava tunnels that lead deep into the heart of the earth and awe - inspiring mountain trails that guide you to otherworldly craters.

Other climbers have reported looking deep into Lengai's gurgling crater and of spectacular views from the summit right across the plains to Mount Kilimanjaro.

These beaches are famous as sea turtle breeding grounds and under the shade of trees further up the shore we find deep craters gouged out by the patient effort of scaled flippers.

The histrionic, rugged landscapes feature stunning volcanic craters, deep caves, large lava fields and a variety of thermal waters and hot springs, making the peninsula a destination in its own right.

Come along to explore the island's rugged landscapes with stunning volcanic craters, deep caves, large lava fields and a variety of thermal waters and hot springs, to see the famous Snæfellsjökull volcano, the setting of Jules Verne's Journey to the Center of the Earth, and, of course, to experience the surf of a lifetime!

Haleakala volcano dominates the southeastern region of Maui with a crater 3,000 feet deep and 21 miles around.

Azores is a true paradise for nature lovers with blue lakes smothered in flowers, deep verdant craters of dormant volcanoes and breathtaking landscapes from the mountains.

As the world's largest dormant volcano, Haleakalā's crater measures 3,000 feet deep, 2.5 miles wide and a circumference of 21 miles.

The restaurant and accommodation are perched on the edge of a massive volcanic caldera, looking out over the smoking volcano Mt. Batur, and its deep crater lake.

After witnessing the sunrise, the trip will be continued to explore a deep cave found in the main crater of Mount Batur.

With depths of up to 500m, it is said to be among the world's deepest crater lakes.

The Absolutely Green in the lush high heartland of Bali at an altitude of 1.142 meters above the sea level which surrounded by rolling mountain, crater lakes and ancient forest, the course design is meant to blend the fairways and create a dramatic backdrop for tea shots and approaches.The deep blue sky, the air fresh, clear and the temperature average between 14 - 20 Celsius degrees.It is rights comfortable golfing destination in Bali.It features tall trees and flowers of riotous colour separating the fairway of this 18 holes championship course.Designed by Peter Thompson, Michael Wolferidge & Associates, Bali Handara Kosaido Country Club will make you feel a part of the rich, sporty, and exotic nature.

Clusters of excavated craters or deep jagged rifts define the topography of the resulting works.

When the smoke cleared, the methane eruption craters were plainly visible — a rim of sloped and ejected earth surrounding a black, gun - barrel like structure tunneling deep into the ground.

Scientists from the Center for Arctic Gas Hydrate (CAGE), Environment and Climate at the Arctic University of Norway, published a study in June 2017, describing over a hundred ocean sediment craters, some 3,000 meters wide and up to 300 meters deep, formed due to explosive eruptions, attributed to destabilizing methane hydrates, following ice - sheet retreat during the last glacial period, around 12,000 years ago, a few centuries after the Bølling - Allerød warming.

Also, most of the methane is in the deep gas deposits, not in the possible regional layer of shallow methane hydrate possibly associated with the Yamal crater.