Sentences with phrase «silhouettes against a sun»

While the HARPS team monitors nearby stars for telltale wobbles caused by orbiting planets, Kepler scientists search a wide field of faraway stars, watching for planets that become silhouetted against their suns.

Occasionally a large shoal will be silhouetted against the sun above the diver.

The warm, emerald shallows of the Persian Gulf gently wash the shores of Saadiyat Island, and dolphins now play on the spot where the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi is about to rise in a helter - skelter cubist silhouette against the sun - blazed sky.

Made in the U.S. of A. from 100 percent organic cotton, water - based dyes, and PVC - free zippers, Trove's shirts, dresses, hoodies, blazers, shorts — and, yes — sweatpants are popular among Tinseltown hobnobbers like Liv Tyler, Kate Hudson, Jessica Alba, Rachael McAdams, and Mena Suvari.Eco - inspired graphics, like birds silhouetted against the sun, are juxtaposed with personal mantras like «Protect» and «Embrace.»

Then we got silhouettes against a sun setting in the background.

Not exact matches

In fact, from each ocean view room balcony hotel guests can observe the near constant clutch of surfers hanging ten — a quintessentially Californian vista, especially as they are silhouetted at dusk against the orange, red and otherwise polychromatic backdrop of the setting sun.

He's resting on a rock noting a distant tree, silhouetted against the last moments of the setting sun.

In 1611, less than two years after Galileo began examining the skies, German astronomer Christoph Scheiner spotted something silhouetted against the bright disk of the sun.

The bright florals bloom against the lightest fabrics in soft silhouettes that feel at home under the sun.

March 9, 2011 • Astrophotographer Alan Friedman captures the silhouette of space shuttle Discovery against the sun during its last mission.

The image shows the silhouette of seven men / women resplendent in cowboy attire, all against a red backdrop with a distant setting sun.

Mike Leigh's sprawling J.M.W. Turner biopic opens with a marvelous extended - take long shot: A windmill's silhouette churns its blades against the rays of the rising sun as two Flemish maids enter the frame carrying buckets of water on their shoulders, the camera tracking with them along the muddy banks of a canal before settling finally on a distant figure in top hat, Mr. Turner (Timothy Spall), fervidly sketching the scene in a portfolio.

On the one hand, his writing is beautifully descriptive throughout: «The sun touched the crenellated rim of the east wall, streaming through the crenels, blocked by the merlons: for a long moment golden rays shot above their heads to throw the silhouette of the ramparts against the western wall, playing on the gatehouse towers.»

While the sun dipped below the mountains of Baranof Island, the Wilderness Adventurer provided a spectacular silhouette against the cosmic canvas of the evening sky.

Tanah Lot offers an opportunity to witness the sun set against the silhouettes of shrines at an iconic sea temple - a must - do on your first visit to Bali.

What are those stahlhelms — the steel helmet so evocative of German militarism — doing in two paintings from 2009, one upturned and seen in silhouette against a bleak landscape, the other glinting in the sun with fertile fields in the background?