His reverence for nature — particularly the rugged, rain-drenched landscapes of the Pacific Northwest — along with his earnestness and dogged attention to detail continued to define him as a writer.
During my season at Palmer Station, he wore a fleece sweater covered by a royal-blue windbreaker that was faded by the sun and ripped in places by bird beaks and rocks; rugged black rain pants heavily stained by guano and crusty with sea salt; and ankle-high leather hiking boots, deeply scarred by years of scrambling over Antarctic rocks.
Thus, the print ads feature color images of fields and trees, rugged coastlines, a rain forest and mountains.
"I'd cultivate water for flushing the toilets," Mr. Marks said, describing a creative, if rugged, system of turning rain gutters into catch basins that would funnel drizzle, morning dew and even a little rain into buckets around his yard.
They lost, 17-10, thethe Wisconsin Badgers in a tense and rugged thriller in the rain and mist before a loud and rowdy crowd in Camp Randall Stadium.
Éfaté's terrain is rugged and covered by tropical rain forest, nurtured by the island's warm and humid climate.
Some of the images on the screens were striking: imposing brick dissolving into walls of fire; a realistic, rugged harbor in the driving rain.
In this context, the land is rugged, which coupled with infrequent rain and drought, made subsistence farming difficult for everyone – contributing to poverty and undermining local responses to HIV.
KABUL, Afghanistan (Reuters) — Dozens of people were killed and thousands more were rescued by NATO-led Afghan forces after flash floods set off by heavy monsoon rains that struck rugged and remote northeast Afghanistan, officials said Saturday.
The muddy roads, rugged and uneven, flood in heavy rain.
