Sentences with phrase «small explosion»

These flexible bots use small explosions to jump up to 2 meters.

Lava and small explosions of volcanic ash began in February that year leading to a major explosion on March 17.

Guest essay by Caleb Shaw I once had a very good science teacher who I fear I made wild, not so much by causing small explosions in the back of his classroom, (which I think he secretly approved of,) as with my failures in math.

The buttons animate when clicked using small explosions from under your mouse.

The dike, or crack, then stepped to the west and followed a line north of the caldera to about 9 miles (15 km) north of the volcano, with thousands of small explosions on the way.

The staffs could be used for hand to hand combat and could also generate small energy blasts, which put small holes in walls and occasionally caused small explosions.

Gone Baby Gone is, above all else, about the full weight of action and reaction, with small explosions engendering long stretches dissecting the aftershocks.

Most subsurface imaging relies on seismic waves, often generated by small explosions or by «thumper» trucks — measures far too disruptive for a national park.

There were times this evening that the Chicago Fire - the no - longer - winless Chicago Fire, the no - longer - pitiable Chicago Fire - were absorbing punishment like the hero of a hackneyed action movie, taking punches that sounded like small explosions, blood, sweat, and gore streaking down their lumpen, stubborn faces.

The array listens for the echoes of seismic waves — generated by distant earthquakes or small explosions detonated nearby — as they bounce off subsurface structure.

Now, researchers have suggested that relatively small explosions known as «nanoflares» may be responsible for the corona's extreme temperatures.

Having several smaller explosions instead of one really big blast also reduces the chances of fragmenting the asteroid, which would make it more difficult to handle, Remo adds.

He found that the test site was divided into two distinct areas: a western zone used for small explosions, and an eastern zone used for all blasts bigger than 10 kilotons.

At other times, the white dwarf may pull just enough material from its companion to briefly ignite in a nova, a far smaller explosion.

A firework of small explosions crackles from the exhaust as I back off to give a wandering sheep a wide berth.

For example a sequence of sparks or small explosion effects can be followed by a large explosion effect.

They hope to map features as small as 50 meters tall — dramatically better than the present map, which scientists pieced together in the 1970s by setting off small explosions on the ice every 50 kilometers and recording the echoes.

Small explosions of volcanic ash accompanied this activity.

A video later emerged on social media showing rebels surrounding Filipov before a small explosion is heard and a plume of smoke rises.

We turned them into crispy oven baked chips, but if you have more suggestions on how to use these small explosions of color we'd love to hear them.

He pops open a tin can, creating a small explosion of bright green powder.

From the air, the slanting rays of Southern California's winter sun seem to race from one backyard to the next, the light collecting in the swimming pools in a series of small explosions, like flashbulbs popping.

A small explosion from the Halemaumau crater in Hawaii's Kilauea volcano at about midnight local time created an ash cloud that reached up to 10,000 feet, according to an alert from the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.

Small explosions have been reported at the British embassy in Tehran, as the dispute over 15 Royal Navy personnel seized by Iran took a new turn.

Furthermore, when a «near miss event» — in this case, a small explosion in a tank — «occurred just prior» to the disaster, «none of the researchers related this... event to the similar hazards posed by other ongoing experiments involving even larger quantities of the gas mixture.»

I»VE BEEN intrigued by the exploits of Kit Tucker from the CSIRO Division of Mining and Mineral Processing ever since I saw him conduct a small explosion in the parking area at last November's Great Australian Science Show in Brisbane.

Walter and Livermore colleague Sean Ford have started to develop new models that better capture the physics involved in small explosions.

The announcement prompted a small explosion of news stories.

An explosion at 7:36 was the one that probably ignited the cook - off, but it was followed by a series of small explosions that gave the soldiers on the base time to take cover.

Lava flows are regular features on the volcano's broad slopes and every once in a while, the summit lava lake has a small explosion when pieces of the walls fall into the fiery pit.

The sounds are also great and realistic (firing your gun, small explosions, enemy grunts, etc) 10/10.

During some sequences, players can toss «cartoony» projectiles at nearby enemies, resulting in small explosions and comical yelps.

In the last few years, there's been a small explosion of films about Orthodox Jewish communities — especially about the lives of women.

Blue Valentine Where: Sundance Kabuki Cinemas, 1881 Post St., 415-929-4650 When: All Week Why: The best of intentions can't rescue a flatlining relationship, a lesson learned through tears, small explosions and passionless embraces by Dean (Ryan Gosling) and Cindy (Michelle Williams), a still - young married couple watching the embers of their romance turn cold in Derek Cianfrance's Blue Valentine.

Fed tightening cycles often start with a small explosion where short - dated financing for thinly capitalized speculators evaporates, because of the anticipation of higher financing rates.

The first Smart Beta ETFs were launched over 10 years ago but a small explosion in Smart Beta ETFs began in 2011, resulting in hundreds of new Smart Beta ETFs being launched and billions of dollars poured in.

But if you're both having «one of those days» when bus rides, back pain, hunger and general fatigue happen to all coincide in two very stubborn people (that's us), then you're only one wrong word away from a small explosion over nothing — and worse, there are no biscuits!

Thanks to its explosive payload perk, each round will cause a small explosion - the blasts are weaker than Sunshot's, but as a scout rifle, Nameless Midnight has a big edge in range and accuracy.

At the start of the game, you are obviously at your weakest, only able to drop a single bomb that has the smallest explosion at your slowest pace against plodding enemies.

An unusually heavy impasto of lines, drips and dots are applied atop the canvas and on another until vivid repetitions of color lay way to waves, cascades and small explosions of pure paint.

Then the small explosions of cheers as the winning names are called: Cai Guo - Qiang, China.

A man was taken to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries on Monday morning, following a small explosion at a Tewksbury work site.

A few weeks ago I woke up on a Saturday to a small explosion on my Twitter feed (when you write on an arcane topic like legal operations, small explosions seem significant).