Sentences with phrase «of enormous trees»

In many cases, they use an empty field as their starting point, ignoring the fact that to set up a cedar farm you may have to raze a stand of enormous trees that would otherwise have stored large amounts of carbon for decades.

I found moments of beauty, like a stormy history of Soviet bloc architecture from David Maljkovic, objects out of everyday life and surgery from Doris Salcedo, ants collecting colored paper from Rivane Neuenschwander with Cao Guimarães, and a ghostly photo of an enormous tree from Tacita Dean.

Views of an enormous tree growing right through the space provide a fitting distraction from the paperwork!

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Last week, Hurricane Irene blew down an enormous oak tree in front of the cathedral, causing minor damage.

It is replacing natural forests with monoculture and causing enormous loss of soil for trees through erosion.

Regarding the amount of zest, I used a microplane grater which produces really fine, fluffy zest and eight enormous lemons from our backyard tree.

Two enormous trees flanking either side of an old country farmhouse glowed so orange that they hurt my eyes a little.

Our first stop was letting the kids play on the enormous Grandfather Tree House and slides, then we went to visit the goats at the Schoolhouse and then we snapped a quick picture of the kids in a pie over in the Little Dreamers Play Area!

The new genetic tree uses an enormous amount of data to refute the notion that turtles are most closely related to lizards and snakes.

Tropical trees act as enormous water pumps, drawing gallons and gallons of water up from deep in the soil.

Dates are the fleshy, oblong fruit of the date palm, an enormous tree that closely resembles the coconut palm.

Villa d'Este is a dream and I love every corner and piece of it and the most spectacular view is from this balcony over the fountains and the enormous trees thousands of years old.

Though it is an enormous area with plenty of islands, only a few of the landmasses are memorable, and over time become a blur of palm trees, sand, and rocks.

The field was surrounded by horse chestnut trees, which each autumn delivered the most enormous conkers for hard fought conker fights — no - one had heard of risk assessments then.

He and his pal, Babe, the blue ox, stand tall — as enormous statues — outside of the Trees of Mystery theme park in the California coastal town of Klamath, California.

Growing up, my favorite stories of all were the ones that my mother, Concetta Lucia, and my grandmother, Amalia, used to tell about the two enormous fig trees behind the family's Italian market — Goglia's (it's still open, in Bristol, RI)-- where my mother spent her youth in the tiny apartment above the store.

And enormous quantities of acorns are created by the oak tree.

The dry ochre - colored savannah, pockmarked by enormous «upside - down» baobab trees and thorny shrubs, was quite a contrast to the lush green scenes of the river.

At its centre was an enormous Christmas tree, reaching high above the chalets and rivalling the spire of the market hall beyond.

In the Canggu district of southern Bali where humble farmers can be found tending their rice paddies, the three - bedroom luxury estate Villa Levi lies peacefully under an enormous tree ready to host groups of up to eight epicurean travelers.

Guests of the lodge are freely able to enjoy the pristine rainforest environment by taking advantage of the many opportunities for hiking, bird watching, or simply relaxing among enormous trees and jungle creatures.

Sandy Lane Beach, backed by huge mahogany trees, is one of the most exclusive beaches on the island, overlooked by enormous mansions.

Bokissa Private Island Resort All accommodations are right on the beach and shaded by the canopies of enormous beach trees creating a private retreat.

This trip runs through the heart of Oregon's Cascade mountains and is filled with giant Douglas fir trees, crystal clear cascades, and enormous basalt columns.

Set in a lush well established garden with enormous shady trees, Pension Marianna offers timelessly elegant accommodation to the discerning guest looking for a quiet retreat, away from the hustle and bustle of city life.

Enormous spruce and hemlock trees surround the property, with vistas of the Chugach Mountains in the distance.

At the heart of the island towered an ancient, enormous tree that stretched up to the very heavens.

When Gravity Rush 2 pulls back the curtain, it only reveals more mysteries, sending Kat on a slide through a glittering world of mirrors and asteroids or a foray through a starlit sepulcher where ammonite shells hang like enormous tree ornaments.

Along the way, he'll explore an enormous open world, undertake a variety of exciting quests, do battle with vicious foes in real time and develop his abilities in a freeform skill tree.

About the Work Dying Oak / Elephant, 2009 (3 min loop) Ballerina (Wild Raspberry Bush), 2009 (1 min loop) Of her process in creating Dying Oak / Elephant, the artist says: «I came upon 3D scanning technology in 2009 while exploring options for creating a death mask for an enormous California Oak tree in the Sierra foothills.

Books are everywhere in tranquil rooms filled with the sounds of finches fluttering in an enormous bamboo birdcage among ficus trees and potted plants.

For example, just down the road from where I live we have fossil tree (not really a tree, more like an enormous horsetail) dating from over 300 million years ago, found well preserved in the Durham coal measures, and showing lovely detail of its bark and roots.

Through creating their own tree nurseries — at least 6,000 throughout Kenya — and planting trees, women began to control the supply of their own firewood, an enormous power shift that also freed up time for other pursuits.

As the 1908 Tunguska event, which leveled trees across an area of Siberia some 30 km in diameter demonstrated, even relatively small objects (30 - 50 m diameter) are capable of inflicting enormous damage.

The amount of pesticides used to grow these trees is enormous.

And the biggest family of trees is within the enormous plant group called Leguminosae.

ADD to that the senseless destruction of «carbon - sequestering» trees, with the enormous loss of pristine rainforest threatening endangered animal species like the majestic Sumatran elephant...

This recycling effort saves enormous quantities of resources every day: 6,000 trees, 2 million gallons of water, 140,000 gallons of oil, 30,000 cubic feet of landfill space, and 22,000 pounds of pollution.

About five years ago I attended a biomass industry conference where one of the presenters talked about the Northeast's «unmanaged» forests as being an enormous unrecognized economic opportunity, a «Saudi Arabia of trees» was how he put it.

Whether its a municipally run landfill, agricultural residue in the form of mountains of coffee husks, oilfield cuttings and tailings, or acre upon acre of decomposing trees from pinebeetle infestation, it all represents an enormous global storehouse of energy.

His brother - in - law, Edward Ball, acquired enormous amounts of land so the mill would have plenty of raw materials — trees — to supply the mill.

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It's just a typical urban yard: A long skinny space (12 feet by 50 feet), with rocky soil, eclipsed by an enormous maple tree and featuring sparse grass between patches of dirt.