Sentences with phrase «of nocturnal»

But most likely it's because he knows I'm more of a nocturnal creature and a wee bit of a silent type in the AM's anyway.

They had higher levels and percentages of nocturnal activity, were twice as active at night and they emitted a higher percentage of their total daily activity during the night than the control groups.

Strong correlations were found between the repeated sleep measures for nocturnal sleep duration (r =.82), daytime sleep duration (r =.89), number of night wakings (r =.88), duration of nocturnal wakefulness (r =.95), nocturnal sleep - onset time (r =.95), and settling time (r =.94).

While taking up a small amount of space is a big plus, a small downside to owning the unique pets in this category comes with some of their nocturnal tendencies, as well as a few states that have specific laws in place for their owners.

Here too there is a curious oblique Biblical resonance: the story of the escape of Israel from Egypt describes how the Israelites were guided in the wilderness: «And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light...» (Exodus 13:21) The natural «fire from heaven» reverses this supernatural pattern: by day the ground and sea receive fiery direct sunlight, while (as we shall see) a significant fraction of the nocturnal «fire» is provided by cloud.

Ackerman, A.S., O.B. Toon, D.E. Stevens, and J.A. Coakley, Jr., 2003: Enhancement of cloud cover and suppression of nocturnal drizzle in stratocumulus polluted by haze.

Golaz, H. Jiang, M. Khairoutdinov, M.P. Kirkpatrick, D.C. Lewellen, A. Lock, F. Müller, D.E. Stevens, E. Whelan, and P. Zhu, 2005: Evaluation of large - eddy simulations via observations of nocturnal marine stratocumulus.

McNider, R.T., G.J. Steeneveld, B. Holtslag, R. Pielke Sr, S. Mackaro, A. Pour Biazar, J.T. Walters, U.S. Nair, and J.R. Christy, 2012: Response and sensitivity of the nocturnal boundary layer over land to added longwave radiative forcing.

Evolution of the Nocturnal Inversion Layer at an urban and nonurban location, J Clim Appl Met 791 ff here.

Oke, T. R., G. T. Johnson, D. G. Steyn and I. D. Watson, 1991: «Simulation of nocturnal surface urban heat islands under «ideal» conditions: Part 2.

Since the 1960 «s, the intensity of nocturnal UHI in the spring and summer has increased by approximately +0.12 degC / dec, this has been contributed to more rapid night time warming in the city that in the outlying rural areas.

2) The discussed problem (the formation of a nocturnal boundary layer) over mid-latitudes only occurs for a number of nights during summer, i.e. for perhaps 30 - 60 days a year.

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.

The exhibitions opened for The White Night of the Galleries had a stake in inscribing the artistic scene of Cluj into the practice of this type of nocturnal cultural marathon.

Artists take nighttime as their muse in this group exhibition of nocturnal works — including drawings by Trenton Doyle Hancock, paintings by Charlotte Hallberg, and incredibly realistic cast stone sculptures of discarded clothes by Jude Tallichet — whose palette is nonetheless exuberant and bright.

The exhibition also presents some striking examples of Madden's paintings of the sea and of nocturnal gardens, and of her 2001 - 02 series The Garden of Love inspired by lines from William Blake's poem of the same name: «I went to the garden of love... and I saw it was filled with graves».

You'll find Peter Brueghel the Younger's gutsy paintings of pig slaughters and country brawls; Sarah Lucas's mythical beast made from fags; Nicole Eisenman's paintings of nocturnal revelry, where tankard - swilling night owls have more than a passing resemblance to the Bruegels» inn scenes; and Peter Doig's Night Fisher.

ELI LANGER»S RECENT SOLO SHOW IS AN ENCHANTING LANDSCAPE of nocturnal emissions and conversations.

Her series of nocturnal photographs of animals won the Clarence John Laughlin Award and was featured in solo shows at The Ogden Museum of Southern Art in 2014 and at Arthur Roger Gallery in 2016 and in the group show Beauty and the Beast: the Animal in Photography at the Museum of Photographic Arts in San Diego.

While simple in form, her ongoing series of nocturnal paintings exhibits a range of colors, such as orange, neon green, and pink - violet, that glow and illuminate the otherwise dark scenes.

In 2012, a retrospective of her series of nocturnal portraits titled «Visages de Nuit» was exhibited at The Lumiere Brothers Center for Photography in Moscow.

Dark, cinematic and spatially resonant, the images make use of geometry and abstraction to shed light on unseen elements of the nocturnal world.

The blues of these nocturnal paintings, made in the forest, are at the mercy of the moon's moods.

Experts from Volunteers for Wildlife share the mysterious lives of nocturnal wildlife.

Eckersley's vision of nocturnal London dissembles the conventional imagery of built environments.

Doig's painting Echo Lake is a David Lynch - like image of the nocturnal menace of the great outdoors; Bourgeois drew all night because she had insomnia; while Blake, long before the surrealists, drew his dreams.

The exhibition is based on the collection of images in their iconic photobooks — Brassaï's The Secret Paris of the 30's from 1976 comprised of iconic images of the nocturnal denizens of Paris, unsettling portraits from Diane Arbus: An Aperture Monograph from 1972, and Goldin's The Ballad of Sexual Dependency from 1986, a searingly poignant documentation of her life and those in it.

Night Vision: Nocturnes in American Art explores the critical importance of nocturnal imagery in the development of modern art by bringing together 90 works in a range of media — including paintings, prints, drawings, photographs, and sculptures — created by such leading American artists as Ansel Adams, Charles Burchfield, Winslow Homer, Lee Krasner, Georgia O'Keeffe, Albert Ryder, John Sloan, Edward Steichen, and Andrew Wyeth, among others.

«Detroit After Dark,» at the Detroit Institute of Arts, a show of nocturnal photographs from the museum's holdings, has stayed with me like a slow tune.

A night dive in Indonesia can be like no place on earth as the range of nocturnal creatures here is second to none.

For something more unique why not enjoy Tjapukai by Night which is a fantastic dinner and Aboriginal show, Flames of the Forest dining experience, Cairns Dinner Theatre or you can book one of many wildlife spotting night tours and see by torch some of our nocturnal animals in the rainforest.

Several operators offer guided tours where you can explore the reefs at night when a whole new community of nocturnal wildlife comes out like lobster and octopus.

In addition to a highly readable blog, The Night Tour's bug - loving duo has recently released a full - color book full of original photographs of all sorts of nocturnal animals of Drake Bay.

On The Night Tour in Drake Bay, Costa Rica, you'll have the opportunity to witness an impressive set of nocturnal species in their natural rainforest habitat, all by the light of the stars and a headlamp.

Many of the nocturnal or light - sensitive animals can be found here during the daytime.

Wake up to the soothing chirping of the birds and fall asleep to the lulling sounds of our nocturnal friends.

Kicking Horse Mountain resort is thrilled to announce the addition of a nocturnal vertical race, launching a dual format counting for a new national title.

After dark, you'll have a chance to get back on board the canoes with a spotlight in search of the nocturnal caiman (South American crocodile) lurking in the river.

A variety of nocturnal creatures come out to play and their chirps, whistles and buzzing echoes through the night.

Because of its nocturnal habit, it is not commonly seen.

Night diving is popular to see a variety of nocturnal sea creatures that are completely different than those seen during the day.

Learn about the lives of our nocturnal creatures and go spotlighting for bats, sugar gliders and frogs with one of our team.

In the evening, walk the lodge grounds in search of nocturnal fauna.

If it's the nightlife of the nocturnal inhabitants of the rainforest you are more interested in then you may want to book yourself on a night walk thru the rainforest on the Jungle Adventures Night Walk where you will come across some of the most rarest of rare animals in the world along with some of the most dangerous

The store has a nocturnal room where you can see some of their nocturnal animals in a moonlit environment.

For instance, I need to go do something about the cover of Nocturnal Serenade because it doesn't come across at all that there's a sexy woman silhouette behind the letters.

I'm on the downhill side of Nocturnal Interlude, the third full novel and fourth entry in the Nocturnal Lives series.

Before we devised artificial lights and atmospheric pollution and modern forms of nocturnal entertainment we watched the stars.

This time, the night - loving creatures of the Nocturnal Brigade — Bismark, Dawn and Tobin — must band together with a group of camouflaged creatures in order to solve a new mystery and maybe even break an evil spell that's wreaking havoc on their forest home.

It contains the complete — to date — series comprised of Nocturnal Origins, Nocturnal Serenade and Nocturnal Interlude.