The phrase "a dark ditch" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a physical location that is both dark and resembles a ditch, often conveying a sense of foreboding or danger.
Example: "As I walked along the path, I stumbled upon a dark ditch that seemed to swallow the light around it."
Alternatives: "a shadowy trench" or "a gloomy ravine."
The probe tumbled into a dark ditch on a comet last November after problems landing on the icy surface.
On touchdown, Philae bounced twice before coming to rest in a dark ditch.
Sharp images of the comet's terrain were eventually taken, but by then the robot had shot 1km across the comet and into a dark "ditch".
On touchdown, it bounced twice, crossing a large depression named "Hatmehit", before coming to rest in a dark ditch that has now been dubbed "Abydos".
After touching the surface, the lander immediately bounced away, travelling high over the comet for more than a kilometre, before finally coming to rest in a dark ditch.
After scientists had abandoned all hope of finding the washing machine sized robot, the Rosetta probe orbiting the comet snapped a high-resolution photo of its icy surface in which the body and legs of Philae are visibly poking out from a dark ditch.
The injured payload operator was unable to move and lying in the dirt and water of a cavernous construction area 50 feet below the streets of Midtown Manhattan - a dark, cold ditch far from the firefighters' grasp.
Light pours into the dark ditch, focused on her, and she becomes a bright womanly beacon in the demon-infested darkness.
If enough light can get into its dark ditch to illuminate its solar panels, Philae should be able to boot up.
A further 600 metres into its unexpected journey across the comet, Philae made a more solid touchdown, before briefly lifting up again and coming to rest, finally, in the dark ditch it managed to photograph just prior to running out of battery power.
(Ages 3 to 6) In a comical mixed-media collage, three small ghosts set off on a scare spree ("I scared some mean witches, sitting in dark ditches, lipsticking their lipses, plotting evil trickses," brags one), sending ghouls and ogres galumphing.
