Sentences with phrase «sheer rock wall»

Add to this another couple of little foibles Tom has — jumping up a sheer rock wall and magically floating to the top, and falling in a river but unable to get out — and the game begins to feel a bit rough around the edges.

Two thousand years ago a storm drove a Roman ship against a sheer rock wall on the north side of the remote Greek island of Antikythera.

These compact puffin dogs would climb the sheer rock walls, worm their way into tiny passages, and snatch the birds.

Cenote Ik» kil is a large and perfectly round cenote situated deep underground, with lots of long tree roots hanging from the ground level all the way down into the water and sheer rock walls on all sides.

Some of them are located at the ground level and are open and exposed to the air, resembling a lake, while others are situated completely underground with either a small opening at the top or tall and sheer rock walls on all sides.

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The next day, set out on a guided hike to the Narrows of the Virgin River to take in jaw - dropping views of the park's high plateaus, sculpted rock towers, and sheer sandstone walls.

Over 5 kilometres long, its sheer cliffs rise like a bulwark, a solid wall of rock 1, 220 metres high along its length.

This morning, we enjoy a scenic excursion around Jasper National Park, discovering the beautiful Maligne Canyon, a 164 foot (50m) deep gorge of sheer limestone walls, waterfalls and rock formations.

The Maligne Canyon, a 164 feet (50 metres) deep gorge of sheer limestone walls with a number of interesting rock formations, is very popular with tourists, as is Maligne Lake - the largest glacier - fed body of water in the region.

The cliff scenery is spectacular, and the boats go in close to the vast, sheer walls of rock to give you a close - up view of the birds.

This is a beautiful, satisfying yet long drive; this Pass effectively cuts through mountain ranges revealing incredible vistas of peaks, scree slopes and walls of sheer rock.

This spectacular rock formation consists of dome shaped mountains, sheer walls and deep gorges over an area of 500 square kilometres.