Modern microbiology has determined that tiny organisms can derive energy by feeding on rocks.
The tow rope snapped, however, in heavy seas and the fishing boat went aground on rocks.
The captain blamed the crash on rocks that he said were not on his chart.
The ship got caught on rocks on the Farne Islands about 3 miles (5km) from the mainland.
In the second incident two people were stuck on rocks at Dunraven Bay.
In 2011, the charity's safety boat was stolen and later found wrecked on rocks with its engine cut out.
And though Mr Darling's plans evoke Keynesian high theory, they may crash on rocks of the most mundane kind.
In August 2010, she came close to grounding on rocks off the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall after he engines failed.
The ship got caught on rocks on the Farne Islands, a sanctuary to seals and seabirds, about 3 miles (5km) from the mainland.
At Christie's the sale is heavy on rocks, most of them previously owned by wealthy, glamorous American women who knew how to marry well.
The vehicle they were travelling in veered off the motorway, crashed through a fence and ended up on rocks on the shoreline of Belfast Lough.
The kit will be fitted on rocks three kilometres from the main island of the Ecrehous and six kilometres from the main island of the Minquiers.
While pulling weeds in his son's garden at Palm Beach, north of Sydney, he fell backwards over a cliff, landed on rocks and cut his head.
"One traditional method involves cutting large bundles at low tide and roughly tying them together with net or old rope, anchored on rocks, " Mr Walsh says.
For more than a hundred years, some scientists have believed the first living things evolved elsewhere, perhaps on Mars, and then stowed away on rocks that made their way here.
Mr Thompson went looking for her with his children and neighbours and a few hours later she was found by a local couple, still alive, and lying on rocks on a railway embankment.
Environmentalists treasure Plum Island as a home to rare plants, a site where seals rest on rocks in large numbers, a stopover point for migratory birds and a habitat for endangered species like the roseate tern.
The wildlife has always been the draw here there are 200, 000 kangaroos, a million wallabies, koalas, seals clustered on the rocks or sleeping on the beach.
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While most of the artists behind these quirky designs prefer to remain unnamed, sculptor Bill Dan likes to entertain tourists in downtown Sausalito by balancing large rocks on top of smaller rocks.
The 20ft (6m) vessel became stranded on the rocks at Jaywick near Clacton at 15:19 BST on Thursday.
Jet black and glistening, they bask on the rocks like mermaids, or slip easily into the freezing Atlantic to feast on sardines.
And I think that the -- we both agree that a peace based on illusions will crash eventually on the rocks of Middle Eastern reality, and that the only peace that will endure is one that is based on reality, on unshakeable facts.
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By then the whole country had heard that the couple's 10-year marriage was on the rocks.
On the rocks , conversely, means you want it poured over ice in your glass.
When we came up, at least a 100 more sea lions were draped on the rocks.
Drinks ordered on the rocks are chilled via large spherical ice cubes that both look elegant and melt more slowly.
If you really need (five star) lodges, whisky on the rocks and your 20-channels television, please go somewhere else.
Driving down the highway, seeing the pale spring sunlight on the rocks that we so recently looked at together.
Kavanaugh sails through the crowd in a Tom Ford suit, clutching a bourbon on the rocks, which complements his ginger-red hair.
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Both sides deny that the marriage is on the rocks, but start-up delays and squabbles over which equipment to buy suggest otherwise.
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