Sentences with phrase «volcanic slopes of»

Often used a gateway to exploring the South Island and even Antarctica (International Antarctic Centre); Christchurch is bordered by geographical wonders and breathtaking scenery — the Pacific Ocean to the east, the volcanic slopes of the Port Hills to the south, the Southern Alps mountain range to the west and the vast Canterbury plains and magnificent braided rivers to the north.

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On the east side of Tanna, at the bottom of the volcanic slopes of Mount Yaser, the last of the cargo cults live awaiting the second coming of an American deity they call John Frum.

The coffee is shade - grown on steep volcanic slopes of the Northwestern Highlands of Guatemala by Maya Quiche coffee farmers.

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Farmer's Choice Kona Coffee is grown in rich volcanic soil on the slopes of the Kona coffee belt, receiving beautiful sunshine in the mornings and gentle rainfall in the afternoons.

Millstone replies: A medium - dark roast, Millstone's 100 % Organic Rainforest Reserve coffee comes from the forested slopes of Latin America, where the high - altitude volcanic soils have produced high - quality coffees for centuries.

The best Coffee beans are grown in rich volcanic soil on the slopes of Hualalai, receiving beautiful sunshine in the mornings and gentle rainfall in the afternoons.

There are massive ferns, more ferns, backup ferns for the backup ferns, odd conifers and clusters of the pohutukawa, aka the vermillion - bloomed New Zealand Christmas Tree, cabbage trees, and the occasional wide - windowed house spotted between plants on sloping hillsides diving right into blackish volcanic sand beaches.

On the lee slope of Mauna Kea, where the grasslands burnished by the sun are interspersed with brush and clumps of mamani trees, public hunting grounds stretch from 6,000 feet elevation up over the volcanic rubble that caps Mauna Kea at 13,800 feet.

Videos released by the National Disaster Mitigation Agency showed a mudflow of volcanic debris and water known as a lahar moving down the volcano's slopes.

The raw volcanic material of central Idaho lies over the slopes in haphazard heaps.

Bones of another forlorn bird — the po`ouli — dot volcanic lava tubes on the leeward slopes of eastern Maui where James and Olsen have done much of their digging.

The crisp pictures released today show mesas and canyons, sinuous valleys apparently carved by running water, features that hint at former glaciation, and «waterfalls» of dust at the slope of a volcanic caldera.

That sudden beginning, when it takes place on the slopes of a volcanic island, creates concern about a possible catastrophic flank event.

But he emphatically agrees with the authors of the Science Advances paper that the threat posed by collapsing volcanic slope and submarine landslides has been overlooked in the tsunami hazard field.

Willenbring, now an associate professor at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego, California, had alleged, in a lengthy complaint filed with BU in October 2016, and reported on by Science last month, that Marchant also physically harassed her, throwing stones at her while she was urinating, blowing volcanic ash in her eyes, and pushing her down a steep, rocky slope several times.

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Look at the slopes of the island interior and recognise the volcanic origin.This unit is the first in a series of 5.

Since 2012 a new colony has formed on the south - west facing slope of Letterbox, a volcanic headland < 1 km from Boatswainbird Island.

After lunch, descend 2,000 feet to the base of the Ngorongoro Crater, where volcanic slopes shelter almost 25,000 animals.

Kona is the very special coffee grown on the dark volcanic lava rock slopes of Kona, with enviable consistent quality.

The undersea landscape of the islands presents a series of volcanic slopes, steps and ridges near the shoreline, along with offshore pinnacles.

Both offer dense growths of brain and star coral, with slopes and walls that drop well past 100 feet, and include volcanic formations such as clefts and ridges that add interest to the terrain.

Drop into the water at most any point along the coasts of St. Kitts or Nevis and you will likely find coral growing on volcanic slopes that range from gentle slopes to steep drops.

Trek to the rim of the volcanic cone to peer into the crater of the last eruption and on the way back down, see the black lava which flowed down the mountain's slopes during the first and second eruptions.

Below the island's green hills and white sand beaches lie volcanic slopes encrusted in hard corals and festooned with undulating groves of colorful sea fans and sponges.

La Carolina Lodge is a rustic hotel which forms part of a ranch on the eastern slopes of Volcano Tenorio and located amidst sunny jungles and volcanic mountains.

Extra care is taken in choosing only the finest coffee beans, grown in the fertile volcanic soils on the upper slopes of the Kona district on the Island of Hawaii.

On Bartolome Punta, divers find more of the same, plus a volcanic and coral slope populated with red - lipped batfish, small groupers, schools of snappers, Creole fish and jacks.

During a guided kayaking excursion, watch for brown pelicans and blue - footed boobies while savoring views of the island's sloping volcanic peak.

Below the surface, snorkelers will find volcanic rock slopes covered in dense coatings of corals and sea fans.

Corals cling to some of the volcanic slopes that surround the islands, but the seascapes are not particularly colorful, and animal encounters are the primary focus.

We're in the volcanic highlands on the Caribbean slope of the country, about 25 miles from the cloud forest in Monteverde.

The effects of the volcanic eruption that took place in 1963 are still evident along the lower slopes.

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.

The dive sites offer a huge variety of topography, vertical walls and sand slopes, steel and wooden shipwrecks, limestone shorelines and black volcanic outcrops, peaceful tropical bays and ripping currents, shallow seagrass beds with both shore and boat diving in Lembongan and Penida.

The year - round warm sunny days tempered by gentle trade winds, perfect amount of rainfall and rich volcanic soils on the slopes of the West Maui Mountains is a major reason that Maui Gold ® grows so well on the lands above the Kapalua Resort.

The local people have a potentially deadly balancing act reaping the benefits of living on fertile volcanic slopes beneath a mountain which could one day destroy everything they own.

Many, many volcanic, fault and slope systems encompassed in its arc will feel the added weight of sea level rise caused by human warming.

Peter Rejcek, Antarctic Sun Editor: Al Fastier vividly recalls sloshing through nearly a foot of water as the first tourist of the season to enter what's become known as the Cape Evans Hut, a century - old wooden building that sits on a sloping black volcanic beach on Ross Island.

GHG and Volcanic were the only forcing agents that had CIs that were a low percentage of the slope values.