Sentences with phrase «wave against a sea»

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First, it is important to remember that from an Old Testament Hebrew perspective, the forces of rebellion and chaos arrayed against God were often identified with the sea, and especially with the storms and waves that often rage across the sea.

There was a roar of excitement for the first game at home against Stoke and a sea of red filling the stadium, waving scarf's, banners and flags.

Well, all that and a giant photo of the thrice - married Gingrich and his wife of 11 years, Callista, set against a diverse sea of smiling Americans waving American flags and looking to the heavens.

By validating model results against geological observations, the study indicates that changes in runoff, sea level and wave energy have profoundly affected the past evolution of the Great Barrier Reef not only in regard to reefs evolution but also sediment fate from source - to - sink.

Andy Howse suggests that sea waves lose energy because they have to lift the water against the force of gravity...

Yesterday New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg revealed a $ 19.5 billion plan to protect his home town against future sea level rise and other effects of climate change such as heat waves.

Lonergan uses a brilliant and unconventional structure to dole out these fragments of the past in a way that feels almost poetic, like the waves of the sea splashing up against the present day as Lee struggles to face all of these old memories and suffers the guilt and self - destructive anger that he's tried so hard to bury inside by running away all these years.

Some are mounted on a cross and placed in the sea until death comes mercifully after repeated pounding of the waves against them.

DOWN AT THE FOAMY SHORELINE, where small tight waves explode against black rocks, a lifeguard with feet wedged in the wet and vaguely tangerine sand stands shirtless like a magnificent sea - Jesus.

Meanwhile, the wind has picked up strength and the sea is rough, with waves splashing high up against the red rocks.

Constant sunshine, cocktails, gentle waves of a stunningly clear blue sea lapping against the sand, and an occasional cooling breeze is an appealing holiday option.

Barbados offers constant sunshine, cocktails, gentle waves of a stunningly clear blue sea lapping against the sand, and an occasional cooling breeze.

The waves of the Atlantic crash against eroded sea walls, sea gulls circle the skies, and the smell of fresh fish and open sewers permeates the air.

Upon checking my email while watching Pacific waves crash against sea stacks I saw an unexpected message from my former Katmai National Park supervisor.

Enjoy the sun setting over the beautiful Caribbean Sea as the waves crash against the sugar sand beach making music to your ears.

Deep V hull design and wave breaking bow knuckle to minimize surface wave action against the hull as the Rocio Del Mar moves forward through the sea.

Journey to the site of the iconic wave - sculpted limestone rocks known as the Twelve Apostles and feel the wild force of the sea against the coast.

When a solid S / SW swell rolls across the kaleidoscopic coral reefs, there aren't many surfers who would want to be anywhere else: the waves are an exercise in perfection — spitting barrels run into long smackable walls, the turquois water and white spray of the sea set against the intense green background of the rainforest.

The work incarnates a team of mythic personages, their heads rising above a stylized frieze of the sea, whose curling waves seemingly allude to Poseidon and riff on the Pergamon Altar, which depicts the battle of the giants against the Olympian deities.

Severe weather, river flooding, heat waves, drought, sea level rise, increased pests and disease and on and on — we can not defend against the worst case for every threat.

When we put these developments against the harsh warnings of an organization as conservative as the World Bank — that «we're on track for a 4 °C warmer world marked by extreme heat - waves, declining global food stocks, loss of ecosystems and biodiversity, and life - threatening sea level rise» — the only reasonable conclusion is that the world has gone mad.

By using a raft of measures including altering piling schedules, air - filled tubes, hydro - sound dampeners, and even utilizing bubbles as a barrier against underwater sound waves, the research — published by WWF and conducted by SMRU Consulting — suggests that a drop of even 8 decibels in construction noise could reduce the chance of a 1 % annual drop in North Sea porpoise populations.