Rising Tide Images
Bank Right
Banking out to sea on high aspect ratio wings, this mōlī will wander for thousands of miles over the Pacific using its remarkable olfactory acuity to locate surface forage at upwelling sites. Expending very little energy on flight, albatross efficiently use dynamic soaring to skim the water, rising on the wind and descending forward by gravity acceleration. Bones lock into position requiring no muscle to keep the two meter wingspan extended. Interesting how their heads remain level with the horizon but the entire body rotates, sometimes almost 90 degrees, to turn using the horizontal component of lift.
Bank Right
Banking out to sea on high aspect ratio wings, this mōlī will wander for thousands of miles over the Pacific using its remarkable olfactory acuity to locate surface forage at upwelling sites. Expending very little energy on flight, albatross efficiently use dynamic soaring to skim the water, rising on the wind and descending forward by gravity acceleration. Bones lock into position requiring no muscle to keep the two meter wingspan extended. Interesting how their heads remain level with the horizon but the entire body rotates, sometimes almost 90 degrees, to turn using the horizontal component of lift.