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Geese taking flight (at 300 frames per second)

My favorite parts are the 3D foot-splash prints left behind as the geese lift-off and the details of the wings.

This video is also available on YouTube and Vimeo


-- Edward Tufte


Response to Geese taking flight (in slow motion)

-- Edward Tufte


On lift off are the geese pumping with their legs and feet for acceleration--like a person on a swing?.

-- ellen/ (email)


On takeoff when close to the water, the downward stroke is carried through so that the wingtips almost come together but with the extreme ends flared out. It gives the appearance of pushing the air mass being displaced by the wings down against the water to take advantage of the ground effect at very low altitude. As the goose gains altitude, this effect would be diminished, and so it can be seen that the downward motion of the wings is much reduced once some altitude has been achieved.

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