Sentences with phrase «volcanic features»

The large monochromatic drawings, which depict volcanic features in a stark Hawaiian landscape are made using ink, carbon and volcano ash.

Spirit is now busy at work exploring an intriguing site called «Home Plate,» said William Bruce Banerdt, MER project scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. «I wouldn't say there's anything like a consensus, but there is opinion that this is some sort of volcanic feature,» he told Space News in an Oct. 18 phone interview.

The area south - west of the summit has interesting volcanic features with smoking craters, bright yellow sulphur deposits and steep slopes of fine black sand.

Today, it is home to some of the country's most spectacular volcanic features, from the bubbling hot pots of Rotorua to frequent eruptions at Whakaari, or White Island, in the Bay of Plenty off of the North Island.

These darker regions are covered by dark bedrock and fine - grained sand deposits ground down from ancient lava flows and other volcanic features.

The Tongan island may also help researchers understand volcanic features on Mars that look similar.

The camera was aimed near Io's north pole at a nondescript volcanic feature that the team now calls «Tvashtar,» after an Indian sun god.

The new model proposes that the oceans formed before or at the same time as Mars» largest volcanic feature, Tharsis, instead of after Tharsis formed 3.7 billion years ago.

Mars is home to some impressive volcanic features.

The natural setting of all three lakes surrounded by the steep escarpment of the Rift Valley and associated volcanic features provides an exceptional experience of nature.

Stretching from San Diego nearly to the Oregon border, these protected settings range from the remote desert of Death Valley to Yosemite's vast wilderness and the ancient volcanic features of Lava Beds National Monument.

The unequalled quality of the Geomunoreum lava tube system and the exhibition of diverse and accessible volcanic features in the other two components demonstrate a distinctive and important contribution to the understanding of global volcanism.

The hikes and biking in the North are epic, with options to visit the Waitangi forest trails, (bordering fantastic beaches and historical villages), trail around waterfalls or volcanic features as well as peddling around protected Kauri Tree Forests.

Located in the summit area, the interior of the crater is dotted with numerous volcanic features, including large cinder cones, and can be accessed by two main trails.

For example, the bright orange spots just inside the rim of Caloris basin are thought to mark the location of volcanic features, such as the volcano shown in image PIA10942.

The small orange specks visible at the basin's rim are thought to be volcanic features.

Examining the volcanic features within the caldera required high - resolution imaging, which the researchers obtained from the Context Camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

-- to use Earth and Solar System input of geophysical fluid dynamics and thermal evolution of solid planets and the tectonic, glacial and volcanic features that shape their surfaces to model and study a wide range of possible planets and moons inside and outside our own Solar System.

There is potential for further extension of the property to include other significant lava tube systems and volcanic features of Jeju.