Sentences with phrase «on ridges»

Last night the voters of Roxbury, Maine succumbed to promises of much lower property taxes and voted 87 - 81 to allow 22 turbines on the ridges above the town.

Hey, lets put some gambling casinos up there on the ridges, there are great roads, the power lines are run and the views are fantastic!

On - shore wind turbines are often on ridges and therefore are conspicuous from long distances.

Here is the problem facing Maine: We have allowed hundreds of wind turbines to be placed in the woods, high up on ridges.

The location, on ridges east of Taralga, is shown on the Goulburn area map.

This explains why the government in the southwestern state of Baden - Württemberg has no qualms about building turbines in the Black Forest, while neighboring Rhineland - Palatinate is even proposing the construction of wind farms on ridges in the scenic Hunsrück and Eifel regions.

The story of the fight to protect Coal River Mountain from the mining companies who seek to exploit it, and the plan to instead build a wind farm on its ridges.

As increased wind speed causes golden eagles to decrease their vertical air space, it could be argued that industrial scale wind farms on ridges are a great danger to migrating raptors as they descend.

Emergency Fire Service records would need to be examined for fires that had been started by lightning and for the number of these that were on ridges.

It is logical to suppose that bushfires caused by lightning strikes on ridges should be less common when the ridges involved are «protected» by tall wind turbine «lightning rods».

Lightning strikes occur more often on ridges and hilltops than elsewhere.

Working on the ridges — and at times on surfaces mounted behind them — Polke deploys an indescribable abundance of figurative and abstract imagery and painterly techniques.

I specifically remember a screen full of snipers perched on ridges, and having to figure out how to use my current card deck to sneak past them.

Luxurious, intimate log cabins are dotted about the resort, tucked into hillside or resting on ridges with breathtaking views of the surrounding mountains.

On the ridges sit a fine collection of club finger coral, large brain coral, yellow pencil coral, the ever - present boulder coral and lots of forked sea feathers.

Gorgeous waterfalls cascade down, emerging from «hanging glaciers» perched high on the ridges.

Crossing deeper out on the ridges and stopping at 30 meters, we see one ridge after the other disappearing in to the blue, giving us the sense of wonder: «how far out do the ridges continue?».

Achensee is popular all year round, with walkers and climbers enjoying over 450 km of marked paths around and above the lake, from gentle lakeside strolls to challenging hikes on the ridges and peaks of the Karwendel Mountains.

Mixed broadleaf woodland stands, oak woodlands, and pine stands are scattered throughout on sheltered slopes and canyons, or on ridges exposed to frequent moist fogs.

Coral growth is lush and varied on the ridges.

Although coral development on the ridges is similar to that at Sandbar, the shapes of corals are more dramatic at Pillars.

You can even smear doggy toothpaste on the ridges and give your dog a little brushing (unless you are like my neighbor and you can just use your husband's toothbrush).

«Now, at night, if you look out over the valley of Oaxaca, cradle of the Zapotec civilization, you will see stars above the dark and ancient mountains, shadows of pyramids on the ridges, maybe the moon rising behind — and down by the baseball stadium, the great golden chichis of Santa McDona.»

Not that it doesn't have fun with the obvious archetypes — Josh Brolin was basically born to play the kind of gruff, no - nonsense commanding officer who stands on ridges talking to the wildfires as he tries to predict where they're headed next.

The invigorating walk on the ridges was extremely enjoyable in my opinion and I would recommend it for anyone who loves taking long walks in green, open spaces among thick foliage and fauna.

But the ancient humans who camped on the ridges unwittingly preserved these landforms, Sandweiss says.

Taken together, the cultural evidence strongly suggested that ancient Peruvian fishers had camped on the ridges, possibly year - round, eating shellfish meat and tossing away millions of shells.

The giant wind turbines cropping up on ridges, shorelines and other windy locales across the world affect more than the wind — they are also changing local temperatures, notes a new study.

High points on the ridges tend to be associated with higher mantle temperatures, while low points are associated with a cooler mantle.

I usually make 3 - 4 cuts on the ridges to remove the peel.

You looking for a nice golden color on top and some golden color on the ridges on the sides... be patient and let that hot oven works it's magic!

Your looking for a nice golden color on top and some golden color on the ridges on the sides... be patient and let that hot oven works it's magic!

Gardeners should take pride in their pepper patch and remove weeds by hand, because hoes and shovels can damage leaves, stems, and the roots of peppers grown on ridges.

The way of willing to be oneself before God keeps one moving forward on the ridge.

That not many others walk with him on this ridge is suggested by the fact that Karl Heim and Melville Channing - Pearce make use of Buber's thought to point to the unqualified transcendence of God, while J. B. Coates writes, «I find the experience of Buber's «I - Thou» world a convincing demonstration of divine immanence»!

Stressing the endeavor for social justice as a complement to the task of evangelism, recognizing the inadequacy of benevolences to meet the challenge, and therefore seeking concrete, structural, political involvement based on a Biblically informed concept of «social justice,» editor Smedes argues that the church's action will «find its way on the ridge between harmless generalities and divisive particularities.

The Santa Cruz Mountains appellation was among the first to be defined by mountain topography, following the fog line along the coast to encompass the highest vineyards on the ridge tops as high as 2600 feet elevation.

5TH ANNUAL BLUES, JAZZ & ARTS ON THE RIDGE FESTIVAL: Live music, juried art and craft fair, children's games and activities, food booths.

Pivoting arms on ridged latch allow for easy installation accommodating different vehicle seat angles.

«We're looking at the most marvelous combination of balsam fir and northern hardwood trees on a ridge line that stretches north,» said David Gibson with Adirondack Wild.

«Were looking at the most marvelous combination of balsam fir and northern hardwood trees on a ridge line that stretches north,» said David Gibson with Adirondack Wild.

They were usually set on a ridge for winds to sweep through, like a bellows, and were best for smelting smaller amounts of high - quality silver.

He had set up a number of weather stations on the ridge after his first visit in the 1990s, and these indicated that the area was steadily approaching the «tipping point» established by his models.

Adams points out that the snow being deposited on the ridge top by a strong wind is a significant factor that shouldn't be overlooked.

Poised on a ridge overlooking the 14 - mile - wide crater Endeavour, the Mars rover Opportunity snapped a photo made more dramatic by the long shadows before sunset.

«Because there's inundation going north, south, east, west, but there they were on the ridge, and they understood it.»

Analyzing and dating these rocks, they found that ocean water began to appear on the ridge's land - facing side in 1945, even as the ice sheet remained grounded on the ridge's summit, scientists report online today in Nature.

It was a perfectly symmetrical circle around this one spot on the ridge.»

As we near the small area known as Oosh, our destination, the vans circle and then stop on a ridge that looks like every other ridge we have passed in the past few hours.

Studies of fossil trees on a ridge of Mount Achernar in the Transantarctic Mountains near the Ross Ice Shelf show that temperatures in the region must have been warmer than they are today.