Grey columns of rain shift imperiously across the rusty brown earth as slanting towers of sunlight break through the clouds.
On the horizon a column of falling rain races landward.
Suspense builds up until (*spoiler alert*) Mount Vesuvius erupts in a red column of flame, showering fiery rain down on the children and forcing them to flee for their lives.
Ahead, the station's traffic signals could already be seen — their green, yellow, and red lights, partly covered by visors, were dim, but when he turned a certain way they sparkled like rippling columns seen through a veil of rain or tears.
Ahead, the station's traffic signals could already be seen their green, yellow, and red lights, partly covered by visors, were dim, but when he turned a certain way they sparkled like rippling columns seen through a veil of rain or tears.
Rainfall distribution at this spatial scale is assumed to be equal, thus all soil columns receive the same amount of rain.
At the combined air-operations centre, the Americans want to destroy a concentration of enemy forces, or a column of vehicles, with cluster bombs, which rain bomblets over a wide area.
He will make the argument in an outdoor stadium again, on Thursday night under the threat of rain, but aides say there will be no Greek columns.
The small holes they live in collect varying amounts of rain water, which affects the volume and depth of the air column within.
Because of an editing error, a report in the Sports Briefing column last Monday about the golfer Luke Donald's victory in the Scottish Open -- it was shortened because of rain to three rounds -- misstated his final score.
