Sentences with phrase «site of a cliff»

At sunset, this is the site of a cliff - diving ceremony.

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Suddenly, out of the corner of his eye he caught site of a beautiful strawberry growing within reach on the side of cliff.

Along the shores of the deeper northern end are stark cliffs, flowing springs and biblical sites.

Situated overlooking the cliffs at Lagg, on the south coast of the island, the new site sits alongside fields of barley that are currently used in distillation at Lochranza.

Some of the site's most evocative evidence for the ancient Egyptians» seafaring prowess is concealed behind a modern steel door set into a cliff just 700 feet or so from the Red Sea shore.

When he returned to the site a few months later, he was able to free from the cliff almost the complete skeleton of a bizarre mammal, the size of a horse, with an enormous pelvis and a narrow, long face, resembling that of an anteater.

Besides the frigid weather, they have to use bush planes that are capable of landing on gravel bars and inflatable boats to access the sites, and often have to repel down the side of a cliff to do the digging.

Lesley Kool, a member of Rich's team, sits with me in a car overlooking the cliffs that line Flat Rocks, a coastal site in southeastern Australia.

«At these sort of sites, you want the cliffs to erode because you want to keep new fossils being uncovered,» Bennett notes.

The site is a beautiful stretch of desert, bordered by high cliffs.

For insights into why ancestral penguins might have abandoned their command of the air, the researchers turned to the thick - billed murre, Uria lomvia, which nests on cliffs in Alaska, Canada, and other northerly sites.

We move to another site, a dried lake bed, and start peeling shale off the edge of a cliff.

Sandwiched between towering cliffs and a dramatic coastline 50 kilometres north of Vancouver, the site is home to a small pilot plant where engineers are busy pulling CO2 out of the air so it can be stored or turned into a fuel that displaces conventional gasoline.

Besides the frigid weather, they have to use bush planes that are capable of landing on gravel bars and inflatable boats to access the sites and often have to rappel down the side of a cliff to do the digging.

Google has partnered with the nonprofit to launch Open Heritage, which uses CyArk's data to create VR tours of 27 cultural sites around the world, from the Buddhist temples of Bagan, Myanmar, to the cliff dwellings of Mesa Verde, Colorado.

This cliff - surrounded beach and network of windswept hiking trails is the place savvy SFers bring first - time visitors, and a site that has many locals coming back again and again on weekends.

The cliff notes of the review is that the site is smaller in terms of sheer numbers, but has a lot of quality members, a price way below the industry average (awesome!)

Although the cliffs were also riddled with caves, which were common in limestone, these unusual shelflike formations created shelters of stone that made exceptionally good living sites and had been used as such for a great many thousands of years.

Consisting of a group of rocky outcrops, the Farallon or Farallones (derived from the Spanish, farallon, meaning pillar or «sea cliff») are a remote resting and breeding site for an incredibly diverse species of wildlife.

With its jagged cliffs and outcroppings to its display of wildflowers in the spring, this park site in San Mateo County is a prime locale for your selfie.

The Best Western Hotel Salobrena is located 3 km from Salobreña historic centre, on a cliff overlooking the sea, the town and the beach.On - site features include spacious and refined accommodations, an excellent restaurant, a charming swimming pool, and free shuttle service from the hotel to the center of Salobreña.

The site is characterized by its dramatic landscape of rocky needles, spires and cliffs that follow the horizon, with trees at higher levels often stunted by the weather and difficult climatic conditions.

As defence became less of a priority, the town gradually moved downhill to its present site, although people were still living in caves in the side of the cliff until the 1950's.

Baan Thai Spa that rises 120 meters up on a cliff Complimentary non-motorized water sports 7 swimming pools (five of different colors) including one Infinity edge pool perched on the cliff overlooking the sea and one Infinity edge pool by the beach «Planet Trekkers» kids club centre Fully equipped fitness centre (open 24 hours daily) Connected to the fascinating archipelago of Angthong National Marine Park and the incredible diving sites of Koh Tao for exploration and discovery.

Immerse yourself in ancient Roman history when we stop at Pont Du Gard, a UNESCO World Heritage Site built in the 1st century; visit the amphitheater in Arles, the city with the most Roman remains outside of Rome, Then, moving on to the Middle Ages, visit Rocamadour, a town perched high on a cliff; walk by the ancient battlements in the beautifully preserved, medieval town of Carcassonne; and visit Beaune's Hôtel - Dieu charity hospital, built in 1443 after the Hundred Years» War left many of the town's population destitute..

The Jurassic Coast isn't a UNESCO World Heritage Site for nothing; the towering cliffs are home to some of the most important geology in the world, with early fossil discoveries from the region giving birth to geology as a science.

The closest and one of the most beautiful is at Tulum, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, which enjoys a breathtaking setting on a cliff edge overlooking a spectacular beach.

Spread out at the foot of towering cliffs, Emirates One & Only Wolgan Valley resort occupies just 1 per cent of a private 7000 acre (28 square kilometre) conservation reserve, sited between two national parks in the World Heritage - listed Greater Blue Mountains.

The uKhahlamba - Drakensberg Park is a World Heritage Site, its basaltic buttresses, huge cliffs and steep forested river valleys the playground of those who simply want to disappear into the wilderness.

Explore dramatic cliffs adorned with UNESCO World Heritage Site listed fossils, walk along hectares upon hectares of verdant slopes, or find yourself peacefully lost in a pine forest with nothing but the sound of gentle cascades and seabird song in the air.

In general, sites begin on a beach, rock - covered shore or low coastal cliff, where near - shore shallows from 10 to 50 yards in width lead to the upper end of a sloping reef at depths of 25 to 30 feet.

Jumeirah Port Soller Hotel & Spa crowns a cliff overlooking the Port of Soller and enjoys extensive, uninterrupted sea views on one side, and has a backdrop of the Tramuntanas — recently declared a UNESCO Heritage Site — on the other.

The Browns first built a rough redwood cabin on a site at the top of the cliffs opposite McWay Falls.

The Browns first built a rough redwood cabin on a site at the top of cliffs opposite McWay Falls.

However, the smaller Mayan site at Tulum is well worth a visit just to take in the spectacular sight of ancient ruins perched high atop cliffs overlooking the turquoise Caribbean water below.

Reputedly the final resting place of the biblical Saint Zaccheus this remarkable vertical village offers numerous historic sites to explore, whilst the views of the Alzou canyon and surrounding countryside from the top of the cliff are magnificent.

Clinging to a sheer cliff face in breathtaking fashion, the ancient pilgrimage site of Rocamadour (sixteen kilometres from St Denis les Martel) is unmissable.

Now listed as a UNESCO Heritage Site, Geirangerfjord has some of the steepest cliff sides of any of the world's fjords and is uninhabited for much of its stretch as a consequence save for the small village of the same name, which clings precariously to the shore edge.

The downtown area is also located thirty - five miles east of the Mesa Verde National Park, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site best known for its Ancestral Puebloans cliff dwellings.

With picturesque towns perched on the cliffs overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, the chance to visit the historical site of Pompeii, and one of the most beautiful drives in the world, it's easy to see why this is one of the most popular destinations in Italy.

You are cruising from awesome limestone cliffs of Bai Tu Long Bay toward the centre of the World Natural Heritage site, discovering exotic formations of a limestone cave, and exploring the daily life of local people living on the bay.

With gnarly cliffs, former prison sites, immense beaches and old - growth jungle thriving on mountains that reach up to 700 metres, Ko Tarutao does indeed stir up a primeval sense of awe.

As you marvel at the site, where cliffs rise above two rivers shrouded in emerald green foliage, learn about the disastrous end of the colony — due to hurricanes, crop failure, disease and mutiny — as well as the indigenous Tainos enslaved to find gold.

Tumbling down limestone cliffs, YS Falls is one of Jamaica's most beautiful sites yet visited by just a fraction of island visitors, especially compared to the crowds that mob Dunn's River Falls.

The Tulum ruins tours include all the sites, including the Temple of the Masks, the castle, the temple of the Mayan god Chaac, and the ruins of buildings and murals — as well as the stunning scenic views from the cliff top overlooking the Caribbean.

The remarkable variety of dive sites that are concentrated in such a small area, particularly off Phi Phi Don Island, is what makes this area unique, as do the amazing limestone cliffs that rise dramatically out of the sea and plunge equally dramatically straight down underwater.

These amazing self - launching motor gliders embody all the advantages of powered aircraft combined with the inherent safety of sailplanes, they regularly soar the rugged ridges of Mount Warning and the cliffs above the historic Byron Bay Lighthouse, as well as one of the longest ridges in Australia, the Coorabel, site of a famous endurance flight back in the 1930s.

The island is surrounded by coral reefs, white sand beaches and low limestone cliffs, with some of the best scuba dive sites and surf breaks in the region.

The island is surrounded by coral reefs, white sand beaches and low limestone cliffs, with some of the best scuba dive sites and surf breaks in the...

But for those of us looking for an authentic experience, we may still find some of the former charm and beauty of the site in the details; in the small blooming cactus flowers that line some of the walkways, in the rocky cliffs that stretch down to the ocean, or in the absolutely stunning seaside location the site finds itself in.