Sentences with phrase «of icy plains»
Not far from a range of giant ice mountains on Pluto lies a vast stretch of icy plains whose surface is broken into cell - like blocks by snaking troughs, new photos by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft reveal.
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Individual chunks seen in the image range from 1 to several kilometers long, and chains of the bergs seem to mark the edges of nitrogen glaciers flowing from the icy highlands onto a broad plain.
Its icy surface was as white and bright as fresh snow, and whereas the other airless moons were heavily pocked with craters, Enceladus was mantled in places with extensive plains of smooth, uncratered terrain, a clear sign of past internally driven geologic activity.
Other data have shown the icy plains are predominantly made of nitrogen but also include carbon monoxide and methane, all of which are soft enough to flow at Pluto's frigid 37 K -LRB--- 236 °C).
Stunning new panorama of Pluto backlit by the Sun, showing the icy plains, rugged mountains, and hazes in the atmosphere.
Still more folks are headed up to the icy cold plains of Fargo.
From the shores of Cuba and the streets of New York City to the icy plains off the arctic Barents Sea, our elite force will crisscross the globe to stop an anarchist from unleashing chaos on the world's stage... and to bring home the man who made them a family.
It was 17 degrees Fahrenheit outside when I boarded the plane in Boston, the harsh January reality of New England in plain view as my breath formed icy clouds in front of my face on the jet bridge.
Rising up into the foothills of the Andes, the snow - capped peaks and the icy, glacial waters that roll down from the mountains feed a lush natural habitat of Patagonian plains, rich in fauna and flora unique to this wonderful environment.
On top of that, Mario, in true penguin fashion, could plop on his belly for added speed on icy slopes, which made for some fun, thrilling action aside from plain jumping and running.
Developed by tech start - up Carbon Engineering and partly funded by Bill Gates, the system will essentially do the job of trees, but in places unable to host them, such as icy plains and deserts.