Sentences with phrase «vast stretches»

A quick and cheap method of sequencing vast stretches of DNA would help enormously.

Note the multiple dark burn scars covering vast stretches of land near upper center frame.

There are also vast stretches of desert, dotted with small towns.

It is hard for most people to wrap their brains around such vast stretches of time.

It is a broad beach that has vast stretches of sand with very little shade.

Researchers already knew that two photons can form long - distance connections across vast stretches of space, whereby measuring the state of one causes changes in the state of the other — a phenomenon known as entanglement.

Because instead of driving for hours along vast stretches of sand road without a sighting, the Pilanesberg's generous grassl...

A coastline of rare beauty and surprising choice — choose from vast stretches of golden sands, tiny fishing coves and rocky shorelines in the shadow of looming clifftops.

And salt marsh mosquitoes are a challenge to control because they breed in vast stretches of pristine marshland along the coast.

The researchers believe the implications extend beyond the scope of ceratopsians and have consequences for the study of evolutionary theory over vast stretches of time.

It is an isolated beach with vast stretches of empty sand that has very little shade and is located in the Pernem read more...

Head to the coast to for vast stretches of golden sand, secluded coves and chic beach bars.

Ashwem beach situated south to the Arambol beach is another isolated beach in Goa where one can see vast stretches of sands until you arrive at a place that has some beach shacks and huts midway along the read more...

While nowhere near as vast a stretch of beach as Varadero, Playa Ancon is home to two beach hotels, and a few sections of public beach where you can get fantastic mojitos and really good grilled shrimp at really reasonable prices.

Along the way they pass vast stretches of coral killed when the city dynamited a shipping channel after repeated ship groundings.

A short drive from Hervey Bay, the picturesque fishing villages of Burrum Heads and Toogoom offer vast stretches of unspoilt beachfront.

This private cottage is located in the Hole in the Wall Resort that is situated 8 km from Coffee Bay and surrounded by vast stretches of unspoiled coastline.

What's more, both rain gauges and ground - based radar have limited ranges, leaving vast stretches of ocean where hurricanes spend most of their existence unmeasured.

That almost inconceivably vast stretch of time, usually reckoned as 500-1500 a.d., has a kind of double life in our culture.

If the galaxy is 2 million light - years away, then we are viewing it as it was 2 million years ago because that is how long the light traveled, undisturbed through vast stretches of empty space, before it reached us.

These Old World beetles were imported and released in the early 2000s as a biological control for tamarisk, a once - beloved Eurasian tree that now monopolizes vast stretches of western waterways.

Radioactive dating techniques have illuminated vast stretches of geologic history, bringing the most ancient eras of the earth's evolution into view

During two days of observation, Messenger surveyed vast stretches of Mercury's surface that had lain in darkness when NASA's Mariner 10 probe made its last flyby in 1975.

More than half the fish that people hunt in the sea are gone, more than half the corals are gone too, and pollution is strangling vast stretches of seafloor.

During the early 2000s, a massive oil - extraction industry boomed here, rapidly transforming vast stretches of boreal forest into strip mines.

The heat may have also melted vast stretches of retreating glaciers, kicking off a cold spell by slowing ocean currents.

Optically thick smoke aerosol plumes originating from biomass burning (BB) in the southwestern African Savanna during the austral spring are transported westward by the free tropospheric winds to primarily overlie vast stretches of stratocumulus cloud decks in the southeast Atlantic.

These days he patrols vast stretches of the new American West, not on horseback but in his cruiser.

It is located halfway between Vila Nova de Milfontes and Porto Covo, and it features vast stretches of golden sand interspersed with rocky formations and bounded by dramatic cliffs pounded by the Atlantic waves.

Few vacation destinations offer the stunning natural beauty of Costa Rica, where vast stretches of white sand beach give way to lush tropical forests and misty mountain peaks... where whale watching, marlin fishing, zip - lining, snorkeling, orchid hunting and sunbathing are tempting diversions.

On St. Kitts you will discover vast stretches of beautifully preserved land and sea, which are more stunning than you will find anywhere else in the Caribbean.

Ocean views looking out to the sparkling Red Sea are not hard to come by, with resorts such as Sharm El Sheikh and Hurghada City boasting vast stretches of beaches and fantastic views.

With nearly all forecasts for Arctic sea ice showing a progression in coming decades toward vast stretches of open water and thin ice elsewhere, you can expect ever more such trade.

While the rich North mulls which light bulbs to buy, the poor South — particularly vast stretches of sub-Saharan Africa — toils in the dark.

In addition, energy is used in harvesting and transport while vast stretches of land are needed to create the forests to supply generating stations with the wood they need.»

His death comes at a time of increasing alarm over Brazil's development policy in the Amazon, which has set off a scramble for land by speculators and ranchers, who destroy vast stretches of rain forest every year.

They're capable of a devastating volley, sure, shredding the ships, hopes, and dreams of other players, but they're that much more fun when you're firing crew members out of them across vast stretches as if one of Nintendo's other great mascots: Mario.

Because instead of driving for hours along vast stretches of sand road without a sighting, the Pilanesberg's generous grasslands, rocky outcrops, sloped hills, dense pockets of vegetation, and thickly wooded gorges are home to the Big Five and 30 other mammal species besides.

From vast stretches of sand to pebbly coves, a romantic walk along a beach is the perfect way to get to know one another.

Mr. Aitken's camera takes in vast stretches of barren terrain and highway cloverleafs.

This synchronous gamete release of thousands of animals over vast stretches of reef is thought to be cued by rhythms of the Moon.

It is an isolated beach with vast stretches of empty sand that has very little shade and is located in the Pernem taluka which is the northernmost taluka of Goa.

Since almost nobody talks to anybody else for vast stretches of this tense classic, it's all the more impressive that two female characters converse at all.

All - wheel - drive traction and a firm but comfortable suspension should keep you happy on the highway, where the A7 covers vast stretches of interstate in supreme comfort, and on winding roads, where all - wheel drive helps it «shine on slimy, slick, twisty bits,» according to Drinnon, who used the A7 as a support vehicle for the California Mille last spring.

Travel through most American farmland, he notes, and you'll see vast stretches of unpopulated fields waiting for the occasional visit by crop duster or combine.