In Durham, its red-hot spirals and plumes were gathered in and around the cathedral, and the whole thing felt thrillingly medieval.
A few weeks after the start of the eruption of Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull volcano in March 2010, ash plume data gathered from the London VAAC factored into the decision by national aviation authorities to ground flights for several days throughout northern and central Europe.
Dressed in staid business suits, in gleaming white uniforms or even with hats topped with red plumes, foreign visitors gather in the lobby of 1 Police Plaza and cram into halting elevators with detectives and deliverymen.
LONDON — About 1,000 people, some in homage plumes, nearly all in raven black, gathered here on Monday under the soaring dome of St . Pauls Cathedral to celebrate the life of the renegade designer Alexander McQueen, whose genius remained resiliently set against the minor and the conventional.
Researchers from Tel Aviv University said their Mediterranean Israeli Dust Experiment had gathered solid information on the plumes of dust and other aerosol particles blown from deserts by storms before being carried worldwide by high winds.
Data gathered by the Hubble Space Telescope suggest that plumes of water vapor hundreds of kilometers tall, possibly originating in a subsurface ocean, spew from the moon's south pole.
The air is filled with heady plumes of incense, bells are tolling and the gathered devotees begin a chant that echoes under a lavishly decorated ceiling.
Plumes of smoke rose above Kathmandu as friends, relatives and others gathered by the river to quickly cremate their loved ones' remains.
Talk of Biosphere and POLE and "early Aphex" and GAS will gather in plumes of Camel Blue smoke above the torn grass and plastic-cup recycling points.
Plumes of smoke, meanwhile, rose above the capital as friends, relatives and others gathered by the river to quickly cremate loved ones' remains.
