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Situated along the main scenic drive in Great Basin National Park, this viewpoint gazes out at a craggy alpine cirque, ancient bristlecone forests, and, of course, the summit proper.

Craning his neck, Gow noticed the creek flowed out of a high whitewashed cirque with enormous skiing possibility.

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But no matter where her career has taken her, or how big the Cirque has become, Vial keeps coming back.

Twenty-eight years ago, Veronique Vial was asked to photograph Cirque du Soleil.

When Vial got that first assignment, she was just beginning her photography career, and Cirque du Soleil was only a few years old.

The pride and admiration Vial has for the artists who put on Cirque du Soleil is evident.

Cirque du Soleil obviously sprang to startling success with a variety of shows since its 1987 founding.

Most of its mass is derived directly from the low hanging snow clouds, or is blown into the cirque by eddying winds.

What especially distinguishes the Puyallup Glacier from its neighbors to the north is the great elevation of its cirque.

The cirque is small and shallow, not as capacious even as either of the twin recesses in the Carbon Glacier's amphitheater.

A huge cirque extending up toward Liberty Cap on the western side of the mountain.

I will give you my opinion,” he uttered, “after I have investigated matters in the Rue du Cirque.

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On this page you'll find 77 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to cirque, such as: ring, sphere, amphitheater, aureole, band, and belt.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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