Invariably, the cloud forest will seem well named, as tendrils of mist drift through the canopy.
An unintentional bonus, according to cafe staff, is the protection the canopy is providing diners from hungry seagulls.
In the gauzy light filtering through the canopy, the water, which was only a foot deep, looked crystalline.
Making the most of this, the architects projected the living area of the house into the canopy of trees.
During a forest survey, an aircraft-borne lidar sweeps a beam that fires about 70, 000 pulses a second over the canopy.
Fiordland's forests are predominantly made up of beech trees, whose tiny, regular leaves dot the canopy with small, delicate brushstrokes.
The canopy created can block the sun and stunt or kill many of the younger trees, adding to the fire hazard.
Well, at first, there may be a fluster in the trees or a violent shake in the canopy above your head.
Earthy yellows and blues complement the canopy beds with pure white bedding and carved chestnut brown furnishings commissioned from local artists.
The reverse would be true if protection from ultraviolet light were the answer, since the canopy is sunnier than the understorey.
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Mr Parker said the ice punched a 10ins-wide hole in the canopy.
With fireflies flitting through the canopy layers and the night alive with the screeches and cries of unseen wildlife, the rainforest is a fairytale kingdom.
In one engagement, enemy fire shattered the canopy of his jet, cutting his face, and yet he continued to attack, the records show.
Its 17 period-style cottages are edged against the rainforest, providing treehouse-like views into the canopy of myrtle beech, sassafras, laurel and celery top pine trees.
The initial work will make safe certain sections of the canopy.
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It is no surprise that around a third of those who reach the base of the canopy walkway decide against climbing the metal ladders that loom overhead.
His team found support for this theory in work showing that autumnal anthocyanins were most abundant in leaves exposed to direct sunlight, and least so in those shaded by the canopy.
Those who turned up early to secure a spot against the railings at Old Trafford were greeted by thunder and lightning, with some running for cover beneath the canopy of the East Stand.
The Forest Timber Camping Decks comprise of raised platforms among the trees, making for great spots to scan the canopy for Knysna loeries while the boerewors (beef sausage) sizzles on your braai (barbecue).
Get lost on the roads that wind their way up and down the hills of the Black Forest, where the summer sun filters through the canopy of trees to dapple the road in front of you.
But despite the cacophony of animal sounds coming from below, the canopy is dense and the view stretches for such a distance that visitors may spend a couple of hours on the walkway and see very little.
GLAS's main job was measuring the height of ice sheets, but the data that came back from forested areas contain a lot of information about the height of the canopy and the density of the vegetation there.
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Winter's really not too bad and in the summer, there's nothing quite like putting all the windows down and catching a breeze as you roll under the canopy of giant, old oaks, passing the fabulous mansions of the Garden District.
Photos show the pilot is not visible in the canopy just two seconds into the accident sequence and is seen bent forward and leaning to the right in a later photo, Hersman said, indicating he lost consciousness early in the mishap.
The woodcutters and gold prospectors may be long gone, but travellers can still relive this fascinating historic era through a series of forest walking trails that evoke the vanished world of the woodcutters, winding beneath the canopy along rust-coloured streams dappled with sun and shadow.
Half-asleep, I shuffled to the canopy-level observation deck of my rustic wooden cabin, grabbing binoculars and Tito Narosky's "Birds of Argentina and Uruguay" just as a flurry of yellow plumage transformed into what locals term the "banana toucan, " a rare and striking saffron toucanet.
From here it is an 18km road journey to the tiny settlement of Batang Duri where the road ends, and then onto a traditional longboat for the final 30-minute ride along the fast-flowing Temburong River to the Ulu Ulu Temburong Resort, the closest hotel to the canopy trail.
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