Girls with cheeks smeared with thanaka (sun block made from ground tree bark) balance two to a bicycle.
Exposure to the sun's rays normally generates Vitamin D in the skin, but applying sun block stops that process.
They suggested that "differences in sun protective behaviours, eg greater use of sun block" could explain why the younger group of women showed no benefit from living in sunnier climes.
Thick curtains block the sun from his office, which are lush quarters reminiscent of an Old West hotel.
The canopy created can block the sun and stunt or kill many of the younger trees, adding to the fire hazard.
The ravine has 400m-high walls of sheer limestone, which block out the sun and silence the world outside.
As thousands of bused-in police academy cadets gathered along the route to prepare for the procession, Olivero and his wife, Yelitza Acuna, hid from the sun while waiting in a block-long line to buy flour, coffee, butter and other food staples they said have been hard to come by for about two years.
Many kids aren't getting enough from their diet or the sun, especially since sunscreen can block vitamin D formation as well as blocking harmful rays, so take 'em outside!
Feng shui had to be considered: A new round window receives morning sun, and a wall was built to block the chi flowing in from the front door from going out the opposite windows.
This is the full-on, block-out-the-sun, Cormac-McCarthy business.
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The result is a material that is not only waterproof but is able to block out UV radiation from the sun to such an extent that it would rate a Ultraviolet Protection Factor (UPF) of 101.15 if the chart went that high.
"For the May eclipse, the moon will be at the furthest distance from Earth that it ever achieves -- meaning that it will block the smallest possible portion of the sun, and leave the largest possible bright ring around the outside, " the agency said on its website.
This eponymous theory is that large masses (such as the moon) partially block the gravitational force from more distant objects (such as the sun).
Kirrily Johnston exemplifies the laid-back Down Under aesthetic with her earthy-urban, feminine clothes (think billowy red skirts with high cinched waists), as does Josh Goot, whose block-printed tube and tunic dresses come in colors as bright as the Sydney sun.
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