Sentences with phrase «through ancient ice»
In conditions that redefine the word «cold» for this native Tennessean, White drills through ancient ice to unlock clues to the Earth's past climate — and predict its future.
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The Viking landers saw water frost on rocks, the Phoenix lander found water ice buried centimeters beneath the soil, and the Curiosity rover has rolled through an ancient riverbed.
It may also explain why other bodies in the Kuiper belt are unusually bright, the researchers say: Fresh ice is typically much brighter than an ancient stagnant surface on which dust and substances produced by interactions with sunlight or other radiation have built up through the ages.
The detailed mapping and sampling of the partially eroded Kima» Kho tuya in northern British Columbia, Canada shows that the ancient regional ice sheet through which the volcano erupted was twice as thick as previously estimated.
Ice from nearby Lángjökull Glacier melts and travels into an ancient lava field, filtering underground through porous volcanic rock over 50 years before it emerges where you can go snorkeling or scuba diving in it for a very unique (but cold) experience.
On this walk you will see an ancient landscape carved out by receding glaciers of the last Ice Age, enjoy lunch beside a pristine lake and walk through snowgum woodlands and colourful alpine meadows.
Halfway through the tour, you will be able to step out onto the ancient ice of the Athabasca Glacier.
Nate and Tenzin travel through ice caves, fighting off strange monsters on their way to an ancient temple.
You will go through deserts, ice - planets, jungles and ancient alien structures, with a lot of detail in each; you can practically feel the heat on one of the desert planets thanks to some convincing lighting effects.