Initially, it is a soft, foul-smelling matter that floats on the ocean but through exposure to the sun and the salt water over years it turns into a smooth lump of compact rock which feels waxy and has a sweet smell.
What we do is we get every quilting circle and church group in America to start making Mylar screens and sewing them together like quilt, and then we put them into the ocean, where they reflect the sun's rays and keep the water underneath cooler.
And I used to like being out in the sun with the water hose and the sprinklers.
Before Max was even tired, the moon had fallen through the water and the sun had risen to replace it.
Project manager Martin Quinger, from the German Federal Institute for Geoscience and Natural Resources (BGR), told the Namibia Sun that it was a substantial body of water and could supply 40% of the nation's population for as long as 400 years.
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There were bees, and the angle of the sun made the water of the shallows look dark.
These are the colors of nature, he elaborates, symbolizing the sun, trees, water and earth.
To use that excess electricity (obviously, only excess when the wind is blowing just right, or the Sun shining) to electrolyse water by passing it through a fuel cell and then store the resultant hydrogen.
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The sun is just as bright, the air just about as balmy, and the water as warm as it ever gets.
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The government is issuing warnings on radio and TV, reminding people to drink enough water and stay out of the sun, the BBC's Caroline Wyatt reports from Paris.
The website explains how a rainbow is made from light and water - with help from the sun.
But watching and waiting in the sun is no easy task, and snacks and water breaks are hard to come by.
Tide: periodic rising and falling of large bodies of water resulting from the gravitational attraction of the moon and sun acting on the rotating earth.
They need to guard against the wind, sun, and lack of water among other forces.
Deep into the autumn, every package or can I open takes me back to conversations around the cookhouse's huge stone fireplace, to wind rustling through alders, and sun-spangled blue-green water, to the promise of adventure every morning.
BrightSource generates electricity using an approach called concentrated solar power, in which computer-controlled mirrors, known as heliostats, focus the sun's heat to boil water and turn a steam turbine.
We began our slow ascent through the shallows of the first group of waterfalls, the cool water reaching up to our ankles and providing welcome relief against the heat of the morning sun.
It is then spread out evenly on mesh screens, dunked in water and left to bake in the hot sun for four hours.
Then there is one of the oldest ways of getting power out from the sun: solar "thermal" installations, which absorb the sun's energy, transforming it into heat so it can boil water and run a turbine.
Due to the intense desert sun, it is advisable to start early, take plenty of water and wear a hat.
They're urged to drink plenty of water, reschedule strenuous activities, stay in air-conditioned rooms, stay out of the sun and check in on relatives and neighbors.
The National Weather Service advises residents to wear lightweight and loose-fitting clothing, drink plenty of water, take frequent breaks in shaded or air-conditioned environments, stay out of the sun and check on relatives and neighbors.
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