Lens of Time: How Hummingbirds Hover

PBS Learning Media
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Keywords
california academy of sciences biographic hummingbirds flight bird flight dynamics wing wing shape lift drag time-lapse time-lapse video bird flight aerodynamics lift and drag lift force aerodynamic force
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Science
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Lens of Time: How Hummingbirds Hover

Armed with the latest technology, scientists are beginning to unlock the secrets of one of nature’s most acrobatic flyers.

Produced by Spine Films, this video appears in bioGraphic, a magazine powered by the California Academy of Sciences to showcase both the wonder of nature and the most promising approaches to sustaining life on Earth.
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PBS Learning Media

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