Sentences with phrase «waves along its body»

Measurements made by former Ph.D. student Sarah Sharpe revealed that the snake propagates traveling waves down its body, from head to tail, creating a body curvature and a number of waves along its body that enhance its movement through the sand.

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Some treatments may sound like a wacky mix of the scientific and the spiritual — Crystal Bowl Sound Healing (at Rancho La Puerta Fitness Resort and Spa in Baja California) claims to activate alpha waves in the brain; Spirit Flight treatment (at Miraval in Tucson, Arizona) is touted as a blend of energy medicine, full - body massage, acupuncture, craniosacral therapy, and spinal alignment, along with indigenous ceremonial rituals.

The sun feels great on your face and on your topless body as you stroll along the waterline, the small foamy waves lapping up against your ankles.

Scraggly, suicidal Hank (Paul Dano) is all noosed up and ready to go on his speck of a remote island when, along the beach, he sees a limp body buffeted by the waves (Daniel Radcliffe, taking on a role that gets progressively weirder).

Wearing headphones as he faces his iMac, Tony can barely stay seated; he's doing a full - body - bouncing, hand - waving dance from his chair, punctuated by the lyrics he's singing along with from his tattered, spiral - bound notebook.

Whatever kind of board you're looking for, they're sure to have it here: long boards, short boards, even SUP (Stand up and Paddle) boards and body boards are available, along with all the gear you might need for a day on the waves.

I enjoyed walking on the sand along the water's edge and getting one of the most amazing and relaxing full - body massages that I have ever had on the beach, while listening to the sounds of waves crashing against the shoreline.

The rock formations along Laem Sing Beach offer some very fast surfing waves excellent for body boards.

The pictures all contain a number of repeating elements: a horizontal band along the top of the canvas punctuated by a colored circle (like Forrest Bess's horizons, or celestial bodies); tidal flats beneath the cliff that become an oversized U-shape; an island just off the coast, a compositional anchor; the ocean tide coming in underneath him; and radiating waves of color, reminiscent of Charles Burchfield's mystical swamps.

A flood can also be caused by a collapse of land along a shore of a lake or body of water where the collapse was cause by erosion, waves or currents of water.

As defined by NFIP, it is a temporary or general condition of partial or complete inundation of two or more acres of normally dry land from: mudflow, overflow of inland or tidal waters, unusual or rapid accumulation or runoff of surface waters from any source, and a collapse or subsidence of land along the shore of a lake or other similar body of water as a result of erosion or undermining caused by waves or currents of water exceeding anticipated cyclical levels.