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English: A trail of wake vortices generated by a hummingbird's flight. Discovered after training a bird to fly through a cloud of neutrally buoyant helium-filled soap bubbles and recording airflows in the wake with stereo photography. Ref: Rayner, J.M.V. 1995. Dynamics of vortex wakes of flying and swimming vertebrates. J. Exp. Biol. 49:131-155.
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  • Based on diagram seen in: Analysis of Vertebrate Structure, 5th Ed. (textbook) Milton Hildebrand, George Goslow. 2001. Figure 28.15. p537.
  • Torus created in Art of Illusion and re-vectorised in Inkscape (via PoTrace).
 
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Author Peter Halasz (Pengo at English Wikipedia=
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current01:59, 2 April 2007Thumbnail for version as of 01:59, 2 April 2007680 × 975 (32 KB)Pengo (talk | contribs)wings and fading vortexes
21:55, 29 March 2007Thumbnail for version as of 21:55, 29 March 2007630 × 985 (30 KB)Pengo (talk | contribs)flip H
21:49, 29 March 2007Thumbnail for version as of 21:49, 29 March 2007630 × 985 (30 KB)Pengo (talk | contribs){{Pengo2|Diagram}}

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