Sentences with phrase «ridge lines»

After the turbines went in above the canyon, the annual October invasion of Turkey vultures came to a complete halt, and they never returned because so many of them were killed by the many wind turbines that now guard the ridge lines of this one peaceful, beautiful water canyon.

«I could locate it roughly on Google Earth, just by comparing the ridge lines and the river, and the nearby village,» she says.

Other problems with the LBWEG as perceived by HMANA include its failure to require that developers of industrial wind energy projects avoid known bird migration pathways and daily movement flyways, avoid features of the landscape known to attract raptors (such as ridge lines and coastlines), avoid areas formally designated as Important Bird Areas and avoid documented locations of any species protected under the federal Endangered Species Act.

It defaults to hipped roofs (a roof type with diagonal ridge lines extending from the corners to central ridge line), but designers can «unpitch» sections to create a gable roof (see Figure 3 below).

These forms appear as abstracted bodies and inverted vertical horizons, echoed in the silhouettes of the photogram ridge lines.

These paintings contain barns and houses, ridge lines and paths, trees, brooks, pools and horizons.

Dipping into gullies and creeks and rising to the ridge lines of the surrounding hills, there is currently 30 kilometres of off - road tracks to explore but over the next five years, expect to see this park double in size as more bikers take up the sport.

Soak up the ethereal scenery of vast flood plains, razorback rocky outcrops and the glorious scale of this ancient land, on a guided 72 kilometre (45 mile), six - day walk along the high ridge lines of the West MacDonnell Ranges.

Peer into massive volcanic craters and race down steep winding ridge lines...

From the ridge lines, spectacular views of Bali's north coast await visitors.

It's why people buy ridge lines vs f 150s.

I now serve as executive director for an organization that has protected and now stewards nearly 5,000 acres of land with high conservation values, including farmland, ridge lines and river corridors.

Ahead of us lies a 5K along the ridge line at almost 12,000 feet of elevation.

«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.

To do this, the cells are driven to a region of instability — like climbers on a mountain ridge line — and they are then left to evolve freely towards one of the two possible stable configurations.

His company was called Overhead Roofing, the letters forming a wide inverted V like ridge line of a roof.

Now I always have to flip the mitten hook around to orient it properly, to hook it on the ridge line.

If the hammock was 12 ′ instead of 11 ′ that would have raised up the ridge line a couple inches, which is all I needed.

Finally, I'm a big guy, 6 - 6, and the ridge line was too low for my torso.

The built in ridge line of Blackbird series of hammock is great because it allows you to put everything up without really guessing if the hammock is too tight or too loose.

The shelf it a great design that removes the need for a ridge line organizer and can hold much more gear.

Dermoid Sinus are found along the ridge line from head to tail although rarely has it been found in the actual ridge area on a ridged dog.

Located along a ridge line overlooking the beach at Oneloa Bay, the first row of the Ridge Villas is uniquely positioned to take in panoramic ocean views that stretch from Hawea Point to Honolua Bay.

Take care to stay close to the ridge line as you walk through drier open woodland where giant grasstrees domin...

Every snow - capped peak and hair - raising ridge line of the landscape is captured in stunning detail thanks to Hollywood - style camera effects and an industry - leading lighting engine in «Forza Motorsport 4.»

Fire erupted across a ridge line just to the northwest of Sala, Sweden and about 120 kilometers north of Stockholm.

Researchers publishing the study estimate that it will take between 20 and 30 years for the glacier to melt back to an underwater ridge line that should somewhat slow its melt.

Another underwater ridge line stretches from Greenland to Iceland and on to the Faeroe Islands and Scotland.

In this case, there are two skylights towards the back of the house, as well as some vents along the ridge line.

'' I would have thought the ejection of magma along the ridge line would sooner create a new chain of islands... That is the case where plates are moving apart, e.g. Iceland.

I would have thought the ejection of magma along the ridge line would sooner create a new chain of islands rather than, say, shove Japan under China.

I am thinking about a manifold along the roof ridge line to deliver water from the tank to the roof.

There's something about the sharp ridge line that runs the Google phone's periphery that makes its aesthetic more distinct.

Not exact matches

The wind howled through the snow - tipped ridges that lined a narrow canyon.

No; but with them gone I see the years ahead opening like a pathway deep in snow above the tree line; ridges I can't tread at half the pace of thirty years ago, when I was starting out.

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.

Also available are Silk Tracer plates, which feature black lines along the ridge for stunning visual appeal.

As you approach the green get more precise with your read by looking for ridge tapers either on or near your line, seeing if your putt is uphill or downhill, and how much slope you have to tend to for speed control.

We are way above the tree line as we start skiing down from the ridge above Val Thorens, and we have a giddy sensation of being weightless in a vast white outer space.

India currently wants Pakistan to authenticate the 110 - kilometre Actual Ground Position Line (AGPL) along the Siachen Glacier - Saltoro ridge in disputed Jammu and Kashmir, fearing Pakistan will move its soldiers forward in the event of an Indian pullout.

Scientists have shown that temperature differences deep within Earth's mantle control the elevation and volcanic activity along mid-ocean ridges, the colossal mountain ranges that line the ocean floor.

This simulation shows that a perfectly spaced array of nanoscale petal ridges (left, yellow cross section) creates true iridescence, with different wavelengths visible (yellow lines) from different angles.

Such vents line the midocean ridges, where magma wells up to form new ocean crust.

The ridge of clouds — known as a squall line — is a stretch of shelf clouds created by a string of storms hundreds of kilometres long.

The day was brisk, and he held the rock aloft, fixated on its one blemish: Along the entire length of the stone ran a single ridge, almost like a biology teacher's notation indicating what is known as the Brodel's line of the kidney.

Looking at the 10 per cent of Europa's surface that Galileo has imaged at high resolution, the Arizona group found that roughly half of it consists of «tectonic» terrain, dominated by long, straight ridges and fault lines.

In veterinary medicine, immunotherapy will be employed for the treatment of mammary ridge cancer (milk line cancer) in dogs.

The chick has bright orange feathers, some lined with black ridges and tipped with white barbs, so it looks and moves like a caterpillar.

By analyzing the speed of seismic waves generated by earthquakes, scientists have shown that temperature differences deep within Earth's mantle control the elevation and volcanic activity along mid-ocean ridges, the colossal mountain ranges that line the ocean floor.