Once formed, the kettle hole depressions were very effective as sediment traps and acted as sink for materials washed in from the surrounding slopes or from more distant wind-blown sources.
Congress was told not long ago (by an Army lieutenant general) that there could be no line of defense against a hydrogen-bomb attack on Russia, for depending on the caprice of distant winds, the several hundred million casualties that could be anticipated might be scattered anywhere from Western Europe to the Philippines.
While it remains to be seen where distant winds carry the Lightnin' Boys, these upcoming summer tour dates ensure you can catch them as they take off, then soar.
The Voyager spacecraft are currently at about 50 Astronomical Units from the Sun, and continue to measure the properties of the distant solar wind.
In Ms. Thorvaldsdottir's piece, the strings and woodwinds effectively created a dark atmosphere and the impression of a distant, howling wind early on, before melting into the work's morphing harmonic fabric.
Uploaded to the YouTube channel Relax Sleep ASMR, "White Noise Sounds of Frozen Arctic Ocean with Polar Icebreaker Idling - Creating Delta Waves" is exactly what the title describes, a 10-hour recording of sub-zero reverberations of distant howling wind, falling snow, and a ship's engine.
Hoeke, R. K., McInnes, K. L., Kruger, J. C., McNaught, R. J., Hunter, J. R. & Smithers, S. G. Widespread inundation of Pacific islands triggered by distant-source wind-waves.
The distant rainstorm, the wind and the "retired" aircraft made for an affecting graveyard.
Walking the white streets, you could hear the wind, distant voices laughing, your own soul turning to appreciate life fully.
The duets continue until the final "air" section, in which Matthew Prescott holds Mercedes Ingram aloft to the distant sound of wind gusts.
