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On top of the mountain ridges west of the large East Coast cities, it could feel closer to minus - 30 or even minus - 40, he said.
Each time we reach what we think is the top of the mountain, when the clouds of excitement lift, we see a ridge farther above us than we had previously supposed the pinnacle to be.
And nearly every evening, as the sun descends below its ridgeline, the whole mountain is briefly crowned in purple and pale gold, and the southwest horizon, where the ridge descends, is transformed into a gulf of amethyst, rose, and orange.
He took his spine for a mountain ridge, his ribs for mountain slopes, his vitals for broad floating clouds, his flare and his flesh for fatness of the earth, his arms and legs for strength of the earth; his finger nails and toe nails for scales and shells for the fishes, his feathers for trees, shrubs, and creepers, to clothe the earth; and his intestines for lobsters, shrimps, and eels for rivers and seas; and the blood of Ta'aroa got heated; and drifted away for redness for the sky and for rainbows.
If I may use a simile, responding to the call of God, the call of creation, is like walking up a narrow mountain ridge which drops off steeply on either side.
One of the most amazing of these outlooks is from the summit of the ridge north of Olivet - from Mount Scopus, well named the «mountain of outlook.»
In those moments I am willing even to indulge his somewhat romanticized view of himself: a figure in the twilight, at the end of a long journey through a large valley and into wooded hills, perhaps pausing on a low ridge that affords him a last narrow glimpse of the paths he has followed, watching the evening descending over the mountains and down toward darkening lakes and fields, trying to fix in memory the shape of a world soon to be lost in night.
From all the addresses and discussions, reports and resolutions of the two weeks» gathering one comes back with two impressions that overtop everything else like mountain peaks among low - lying ridges.
In the fall of 1944, Charles Haynes led the First and Second platoons of Easy Company in an assault on a German position atop a ridge in the mountains along Italy's Arno River.
Ratcliffe takes out another set of transparencies and displays them — a pi √ ± on pine on a mountain ridge permanently bent and distorted by the wind; coyote tracks on a red dune, partially filled in by drifting sand; a piece of the skeleton of a cholla cactus scoured by the wind.
It's one of the truly mysterious mountain ranges in Colorado with summits rising just shy of 14,000 feet and consisting of what one website described as, «dramatic serrated ridges... riddled with gnarled, tooth - like spires.»
Shedd acknowledges and appreciates all volunteer citizen scientists and extends its gratitude to organizations facilitating the research efforts, including the Park District of Highland Park, Urban Ecology Center, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Ridges Sanctuary, Door County Land Trust, Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission, and the Huron Mountain Club.
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.
Saturn's third - largest moon, 900 - mile - wide Iapetus, is girded at the equator with a unique ridge of mountains (photo on the left and in detail at right) that reach a height of 6 miles, taller than Mount Everest.
Initially, he believed the birds were using «wave lift» to get a boost — capitalising on gusts of wind forced upwards by the sloping edges of waves to create updrafts like those found along cliffs or mountain ridges.
A mysterious mountain ridge ringing the equator of Saturn's moon Iapetus may be a load of space rubble.
In California you can see rows of wind turbines along windy ridges and mountain passes.
Years of blowing away mountain ridges in search of coal and depositing the excess rock in nearby valleys have dramatically flattened the landscape in parts of Central Appalachia.
A rugged chain of volcanic mountains, the midocean ridge, runs down the center of the Atlantic, around Africa into the Indian Ocean, between Australia and Antarctica, and across the South Pacific, then up the East Pacific to California, where it becomes the San Andreas Fault.
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.
Parallel ridges toward the bottom of the mountain appear to be drop moraines — piles of rubble deposited at the edges of a receding glacier.
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.
«We're seeing enormous mountains, valleys, hills, cliffs, troughs, ridges, craters of all sizes, and plains,» says Chris Russell, Dawn principal investigator from UCLA.
Using crampons, ice picks and snow poles, risking life and limb, they reached difficult ridges near the highest summit of the Sør Rondane Mountains and other challenging locations near the station in search of this cosmic dust.
And so, by filtering out that blue haze, on a clear day standing on top of a mountain, individuals with high macular pigment — lutein and zeaxanthin phytonutrients from greens — may be able to distinguish distant mountain ridges up to 27 miles further than individuals with little or no pigment.
The wineries we visited were surprisingly impressive, with wide open manicured valleys all around and beautiful views of the blue ridge mountains.
Libby's Library Welcomes You to the HOW BLUE ARE THE RIDGES — Highlight and Giveaway Hosted by Pump Up Your Book Promotions About the Book: In the midst of the Great Depression, the people of the Blue Ridge Mountains are as colorful and unforgettable as their home.
The gorgeous drive up is through the mountains and there are overlooks that provide the perfect view of the blue ridge mountains.
Born and raised in the foothills of the blue ridge mountains in virginia.
Every single structure in Shadow of the Colossus, every Colossus, mountain ridge, tree or shrine all exist to dwarf the player.
There are three Bluegleam formations north of this location, along the mountain ridge between the high and low trails.
And there, nestled on mountain ridges, were stone or brick houses converted to schools, with the proprietor or headmaster living with his family in one or two of its rooms.
When she picked her head up again she could see the dull orange sun glowing over the ridge of rounded mountains out the west - facing window.
Ill to do with as was the crest of the great north buttress by which they had climbed the mountain, seven times worse was this eastern ridge, leading to Koshtra Belorn.
When they reached a ridge from which he could see the peak of Chaganuul Mountain, where the brigade was quartered, he forgot the old man's warning and left the road — which curved around the mountain, adding twenty li to the trip — to take a shortcut that led straight Mountain, where the brigade was quartered, he forgot the old man's warning and left the road — which curved around the mountain, adding twenty li to the trip — to take a shortcut that led straight mountain, adding twenty li to the trip — to take a shortcut that led straight to camp.
«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.»
When Rajah and Pasha, his teenage companions discover the secret power of Dark Energy, they take flight with Sorcerer to Serenlandia, a hidden mountain kingdom where they meet the princess Loreenya and embark on a mission to rescue two missing boys.They cross the protective mountain ridge Westenra to plunge into the dark, swampy canyon Zenzagore, filled with primeval creatures and a threatening tribe of primitive hunters.
In «Out on a Limb» Phoebe McFarland has just moved back to her hometown of White Oak, Tennessee, a sleepy rural community nestled in the mist - shrouded ridges and isolated hollows of the Smoky Mountains.
They live on a mountain ridge overlooking the Pacific Ocean — a usually peaceful scene, except at this time of year, when people illegally set off firecrackers at local beaches.
Santa Cruz County boasts 14 state parks covering a range of terrain from wave - swept beaches to rugged mountain ridges.
Range: Remaining populations of Mission blue butterfly are found in only a few locations around the San Francisco Bay area in California: the Marin Headlands (Marin County), the Skyline ridges (San Mateo County), San Bruno Mountain (San Mateo County), and possibly at Twin Peaks (San Francisco County).
After reaching the top (which took about 1.5 hours of hard work), I was rewarded with sprawling ruins running along the whole mountain ridge and beautiful views in every direction.
Learn about the behavior of glaciers and hike with professional mountain guides on the Solheimajökull glacial tongue, a wonderland of ice sculptures, water cauldrons, ridges, and deep crevasses.
«Hell's Crest» was a narrow, 160 - foot - long, knife - edge ridge straddling the deep, black chasm between the Morinsheiði plateau and the next set of mountains.
On my second day in Kumano Kodo, I came across an unsettling sight nestled into the mountain ridge: a moss - choked shrine to Jizo, the guardian of travelers.
Beyond us in the distance we could see the steep vertical drops along the south ridge of the forebodingly titled Terminator Peak, the 7,900 - foot mountain that caps the southern portion of Kicking -LSB-...]
I regretted the decision almost immediately, with the trail starting out as a steep climb out of Takahara over a mountain ridge.
Finally, after an hour of watching the day arrive, I saw the first direct rays of sun hit the mountains, and the notched ridge blazed orange, a visual cymbal clash.
Beyond us in the distance we could see the steep vertical drops along the south ridge of the forebodingly titled Terminator Peak, the 7,900 - foot mountain that caps the southern portion of Kicking Horse Mountainmountain that caps the southern portion of Kicking Horse MountainMountain Resort.