Albatrosses

Albatross Fact File - BBC Earth

Follow this link to read more about albatrosses on the BBC Earth website. Look below for embedded videos about albatrosses showing dynamic soaring.

Albatross Dynamic Soaring Visualisation (by Colin G Taylor)

This is an animation of an albatross using dynamic soaring. In this way, an albatross can fly - by soaring - for hours on end with very little or no flapping of its wings, while remaining very close the the ocean surface.

Albatrosses Use Their Nostrils To Fly (by BBC Earth)

The wandering albatross can fly across vast distances using a technique known as dynamic soaring. This video shows dynamic soaring while also explaining that the nostrils of the albatross are used to sense changes in wind speed to help it fly.

Dynamic Soaring: How the Wandering Albatross Can Fly for Free (by IEEE Spectrum)

This video helps show how an albatross can fly almost indefinitely without flapping its wings. It also show how scientists have collected data and made measurements to try and understand bird flight. What's more, it shows how this understanding can be used in other areas of technology.

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Albatrosses

Albatross Fact File - BBC Earth

Follow this link to read more about albatrosses on the BBC Earth website. Look below for embedded videos about albatrosses showing dynamic soaring.

Albatross Dynamic Soaring Visualisation (by Colin G Taylor)

Albatrosses Use Their Nostrils To Fly (by BBC Earth)

Dynamic Soaring: How the Wandering Albatross Can Fly for Free (by IEEE Spectrum)

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Albatrosses

Albatross Fact File - BBC Earth

Follow this link to read more about albatrosses on the BBC Earth website. Look below for embedded videos about albatrosses showing dynamic soaring.

Albatross Dynamic Soaring Visualisation (by Colin G Taylor)

Albatrosses Use Their Nostrils To Fly (by BBC Earth)

Dynamic Soaring: How the Wandering Albatross Can Fly for Free (by IEEE Spectrum)

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