Capturing the wonders of hummingbird flight
Simulations illustrate swirling air currents around birds’ wings
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AIR SET ASWIRL Small pockets of air circulate around a hummingbird’s wings in this image from a computer simulation of flight.
Yan Ren, Haibo Dong, Xinyan Deng, B. Tobalske (CC BY-NC 4.0)