John Muir

No traveler, whether a tree lover or not, will ever forget his first walk in a sugar-pine forest. The majestic crowns approaching one another make a glorious canopy, through the feathery arches of which the sunbeams pour, silvering the needles and gilding the stately columns and the ground into a scene of enchantment.

American Environmentalist

Pritam Singh

Instead of considering the tremendous contributions people of faith, including Christians and Muslims have made on society and helping those in need and providing a sacred canopy for the faithful, some of respected religious figures and friends are singularly judged through their views on Section 377A.

Singaporean Author

Robson Green

It's essential I look after myself, because of what I put my body through in stunts as an actor, and even more through the fishing journeys. Trekking through jungles is tough. We don't escape to hotels and if I'm living with tribes on the bank of a river, I camp out under a canopy or kip in a canoe.

Sarah Parcak

There's even an aircraft sensor system that sends down hundreds of thousands of pulses of light measured at different return rates. It allows you to literally strip away vegetation and see entire cities beneath the rain forest canopy. This is the unbelievable future of archaeology.

American Scientist

Simon Sinek

Pilots have their names painted just beneath the canopy of their aircraft. This gives the pilot a sense of ownership for his or her jet. What's more, like cars, each aircraft has its own personality, so it's important for a pilot to get to know and love his aircraft.

English Author

Bari Weiss

Just as every Jewish couple gets married under a canopy open on all four sides - a replica of the tent modeled for us by Abraham and Sarah - so must Jewish communities keep our tents open. This is the true source of our longevity and resilience.

American Editor

Clare Rewcastle Brown

But I have this vivid memory of flying over Borneo down the coast to Singapore. It was a two-hour journey in those days, and I remember looking out the window for two hours at this amazing canopy of unbroken jungle beneath me.

British Journalist

Benjamin Clementine

The meaning of love is obviously huge - but for me, it means be nice to people, and people will be nice to you back. Love is a selfless place to be. There is no safer place to be than under the canopy of love.

English Artist

Gavin Newsom

San Francisco lags behind other communities in providing a vital, vibrant and ecologically sustainable urban canopy, as well as open space in the city.

American Politician

Frederick Douglass

There is not a man beneath the canopy of Heaven who does not know that slavery is wrong for him.

American Author

Indicates protection or decoration above a space, often presenting a cozy ambiance.

Shelter Significance

Often used in a context suggesting luxury, sophistication, or a special occasion.

Linked to Luxury

Commonly used for outdoor events to provide shelter or to enhance the setting.

Outdoor Events

Refers to an upper layer in a forest, implies a habitat for wildlife.

Natural Shelter

Highlights the ecological role in providing oxygen and housing biodiversity.

Environmental Importance

Can differ in density, some canopies allow sunlight to filter through.

Not Always Dense

In parachuting, it's a critical component ensuring the safe descent of the skydiver.

Safety Feature

Timing of canopy deployment is crucial for a safe jump.

Deployment Timing

In vehicles, it may refer to transparent sections for pilot or driver visibility.

Visibility Concerns

It protects the operator and may house control elements.

Protection and Control

 of rainforests and how they're a full sensory experience and if you're watching and you've been in the middle of a rainforest you know that your eyes are often drawn high up into the canopy of those trees it's a world that we know very little about it's full of mystery it's full of sounds you may see

Animal Life in the...

 orangutans have adapted to a life high in the rain forest canopies. Many of the skills they learn are transmitted through the special bond they have with their mothers, the most extended in the animal kingdom next to humans. Orangutan mothers usually give birth to one baby at a time,

How smart are...

 Stephen had discovered a new world hundreds of feet above the ground. His climb led to more excursions, with safety equipment, thank goodness, up other ancient redwoods as he mapped and measured the architecture of branches and additional trunks in the canopy of an entire grove.

What's hidden among the...

 due to its complex ecosystems, huge mix of species, and the genetic variety within those species. Here are tangled liana vines, which crawl up from the forest floor to the canopy, intertwining with treetops and growing thick wooden stems that support these towering trees.

Why is biodiversity so...

 the biodiversity they foster and their quiet beauty. I used to climb trees for fun all the time and now, as a grown-up, I have made my profession understanding trees and forests, through the medium of science. The most mysterious part of forests is the upper tree canopy.

Nalini Nadkarni explores...

 They descend from the canopy just once a week for a bathroom break. When sloths do move, it's not very fast. It would take a sloth about five minutes to cross an average neighborhood street. This unhurried approach to life means that sloths don't need very much muscle.

Why are sloths so slow?...

 looking for the canopy of the mangrove trees where it feeds. In fact, this may be one of the only creatures with a 360-degree view of its environment. The jellyfish's sting, which helps it capture prey and defend itself,

Jellyfish predate...

 Some canopy caterpillars are not killed, but farmed by the ants. They exude a sugary secretion that the ants collect. In return, the ants mount a guard to protect the caterpillar wherever it goes.

Ants Battle to Protect...

 what we try and do is fly from above the forest canopy down into the forest canopy to enter the world of plants just trying to plan the correct sort of route in and through the canopy which is

Filming the Impossible...

 forests are portals to places of peace both outside and within us I'm a forest ecologist I study rain forest canopies and I'm passionate about sharing my understanding of forests with others

Canopy