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One of the largest, fastest, and most widely distributed of the dragonflies, the Green Darner is also one of the select few dragonfly species that migrates. It is, like the Monarch Butterfly, a generational migrant: eggs are laid on the way south, hatch and migrate further south, where eggs are laid for the return journey. Given the lengthy developmental phases of each stage, the cycle is lengthy and random. As one source suggests, the dragonfly in this image may be the grandchild of a dragonfly that headed south - not last fall, but some previous autumn.
They can fly almost 60 kms/hr, and in migration can cover over 120 kilometres a day. They are aggressively territorial and will eat other dragonflies that ignore that territorial marking; the legend is that some birders saw one try to take down a Ruby-throated Hummingbird.
This species takes its pauses lower than others, often at or near ground level. This particular dragonfly let me photograph it through the emerging wild grasses, which are its resting habitat. I secured some other images on a low branch, but I liked the effect of the grasses more.
That blue is something else when they are whizzing around you, hunting.
A peregrine falcon, the fastest animal on the planet, was keeping watch. It was an amazing experience watching the pair of them on this early morning.
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Probably the fastest and most erratic animal I've photographed in years. Hummingbird Hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum) feeding on the last of the valerian in my garden. Hovers almost stationary to feed on nectar for less than a second then it's off again. Dronfield-Woodhouse, Derbyshre
Fastest spec diesel X3 with 322bhp. Can also get a M40i petrol with 355bhp. Not a bad looking car compared to the old shape.
The Cheetah .
The cheetah is the fastest land animal in the world, reaching speeds of up to 113km/h. They can accelerate from 0 to 100km/h in just 3 seconds. When running, cheetahs use their tail to steer, like a rudder for a boat. Cheetahs are the only big cat that can turn in mid-air while sprinting.
Amazing Facts about the Cheetah - OneKind
Male Pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) sauntering across a frozen field. Pronghorn are the fastest land mammals in the Western Hemisphere, and only the Cheetah is faster. Scientists speculate that the Pronghorn, being built for maximum predator evasion through running, evolved to escape from extinct predators such as the American cheetah. Its speed greatly exceeds that of any existing North American predators. The Pronghorn has a large windpipe, heart, and lungs to allow it to take in large amounts of air when running. Additionally, their hooves have two long, cushioned, pointed toes that absorb shock when running at high speeds. They also feature an extremely light bone structure and hollow hair. [Adapted from Wikipedia]
1216 050, mit 357 km/h schnellste Ellok der Welt und 183 001 (ALEX) bei Feldmoching
the ÖBB 1216 050, the fastest electric locomotive ever near Munich (November 2007)
I have no idea why these two are loafing on the kitchen floor, but they've both been just fed. Sunny is the bigger of the two but Cherie's the fastest growing cat that we've ever had. 🐱
Cherie's face is heavily camouflaged by her tortoiseshell fur pattern. I had to increase the shadows so that her nose and jawline could be seen. She has a very soft, medium length fur which makes it easy for us to groom.
I took this shot with the fastest lens I have in my vintage lens collection, an ultrafast f/0.7 X-ray lens, the Canon Lens X 60mm f/0.7. This lens was used in X-ray machines before the digital area. It is a tank, weighting 2.7 kg. The front diameter is 101 mm, back 55 mm. The flange focal distance is less than 10 mm, e.g. too short for Sony E-mount, which is 18 mm.
I simply used tape to attach the camera to the lens. This temporary solution works great, and is surprisingly sturdy. With this setup the focus distance is about 19.5 cm. So this lens has a fixed focus distance, can't focus to infinity, and is always fully open. The depth of field is around 2 mm, which makes it very hard to focus. This lens is so fast, I used ISO 100 and 1/350 sec for this shot.
See short video clip that demos the shallow depth of field, and photos of the lens at the X-Ray Lenses group on Facebook: bit.ly/3IaFZUh
This lens is as fast as the legendary Carl Zeiss Planar 50mm f/0.7, which was made for NASA, and was used by Stanley Kubrick to shoot his film Barry Lyndon: bit.ly/2LpV0WY
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"The Bus Buddies are part of the fastest-growing group of work travelers in the country, people who rarely see their houses in daylight, leave home when their kids are still asleep, and mainline Red Bull just to stay awake. They're known as extreme commuters. They spend at least a month of their lives each year traveling a minimum of an hour-and-a-half to work and back.
This is what economists call "the commuting paradox." Most people travel long distances with the idea that they'll accept the burden for something better, be it a house, salary, or school.
People usually overestimate the value of the things they'll obtain by commuting -- more money, more material goods, more prestige -- and underestimate the benefit of what they are losing: social connections, hobbies, and health... "
-excerpt from a February 25, 2005 BusinessWeek article; authors Michelle Conlin, Lauren Gard and Rob Doyle
Thrust SSC holds the world land speed record set on 15 October 1997, when it achieved a speed of 1,228 km/h (763 mph) and became the first land vehicle to officially break the sound barrier at Mach 1.03.
It was powered by two after burning Rolls-Royce Spey turbofan engines, as used in the British version of the F-4 Phantom II jet fighter.
Architect Will Blocks is proud of his new 1937 Cord 812 Supercharged. I’m the fastest man in the neighborhood! And state, not even the Police can catch up with the Cord. His two young sons are impressed…
Forced perspective, tabletop photo, with real background. The die-cast model car is in scale 1:18 and is made by Signature Models.
World speed record holder 43302 seen passing Sileby with the 1B38 1145 Nottingham - London St Pancras 7/11/20. The Powercar itself still holds the record for the fastest diesel train achieving 148.5mph, 33 years ago this month.
What I like about this shot is that it's easy to see that the front wheel is spinning slowest while the back wheel is spinning fastest, and the middle wheel is somewhere in between.
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Leatherback Sea Turtle: Fastest Reptile in the World: 21.92 mph
Man (Usain Bolt): 23.4 MPH
Sailfish: Fastest Animal in the Ocean: 68 MPH
Cheetah: Fastest Animal on Land: 70 MPH
And the winner.. The fastest animal on the planet is...
Peregrine Falcon: 242 MPH
(Fastest measured speed In a dive)
Enough said! ?
Well not quite... In level flight, the peregrine, with an average speed of 40 mph, is not even quick enough to catch a pigeon!
Luckily I photographed this one in 'Pigeon mode'!
Fastest wedding I ever saw, she took the seed and was gone in like 1 second I don't even know how how I got the photo ...blind luck?.
The fastest land animal in the world is also the most endangered big cat of Africa. Even stranger is the fact that the cheetah evolved from a mountain lion ancestor in North America and migrated across Beringia into Asia, Europe, and Africa. At least two large extinction events led to the eradication of North American and European species, leaving only those in Asia and Africa. Since then, habitat loss, climate change, and conflict with humans has led to the depletion of the African cheetah and an almost complete eradication of the Asian species. Several genetic
“bottleneck” event have led to extreme inbreeding and as a result, a severe lack of genetic variability. This presents its own inherent problems with regard to survival of the species. Overall, the worlds fastest runner may be racing towards an extinction with estimates showing less that 8000 animals left in the wild. Their disappearance would be a terrible thing. #Cheetah
Fastest upload ever for me to Flickr, just 5 minutes from snapping to publishing!
Was happily sat here in my study a few minutes ago, peered out of the window and saw this! Can't ever recall seeing a complete rainbow, even a little double rainbow action happening. Knowing it would last just seconds, in a panic I grabbed the wife's little Sony RX100, stuck it on auto mode, and did a 3 shot pano, hoping that the 3 exposures would be close enough to stitch, luckily it did!
From the corner of a temple, a dog observes the daily life of humans in an alley of Varanasi, India.
The peregrine falcon - the fastest hunter and a real beauty. This guy is member of the falconry at the bird park Walsrode, Lower Saxony, and made a short extra turn to catch a little animal. After meal, he returned to his falconer. What a bird!
Eastern Yacht Club Commodore William F. Weld´s schooner Gitana - one of the fastest of her time - photographed (prob.) in 1892. My colorization of an image in the Library of Congress archive (Detroit Publishing Co. collection).
Gitana was a keel schooner designed and built by D. J. Lawlor of Boston for William F. Weld II in 1882. LOA 114-6ft. LWL 97-4ft. (Lengthened forward and alterations made to her spars by W. B. Smith of Boston in 1886.)
Weld, the grandson of the famous Massachusetts shipowner and industrialist William F. Weld I, was not allowed to use his beautiful yacht for very long after this photograph was taken. Already on January 11, 1893 the Harvard Crimson wrote in its obituary:
"Commodore William F. Weld, '76 died, at his home in Brookline on Sunday evening at 8 o'clock. Mr. Weld died of heart failure, the direct result of a severe attack of diphtheria. He contracted a severe cold while skating, and it developed into diphtheria. It was confidently expected that he would recover but Sunday night he had a relapse from which he was unable to rally.
Mr. Weld received the title of Commodore from the Eastern Yacht Club. He was intensely interested in yachting owning the famous schooner yacht Gitana.Mr. Weld was a member of the Country Club, and also a member of leading social clubs in Boston, including the Algonquin, Union, Somerset, St. Botolph and Tavern clubs. He was also a member of prominent clubs in New York and Philadelphia.Mr.
Weld was 37 years old. He was born in Boston in 1856, and graduated from Harvard in 1876."
Practice for the Liqui Moly Australia 12 Hour Endurance at the great Mount Panorama Bathurst circuit.
On Mountain Straight about 100 metres uphill from the pit exit.
#999, Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing, Raffaele Marciello, Mercedes AMG GT3
Mount Panorama, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia.
Maker Faire today at Centre for Life, Newcastle. RuBot II - The Fastest Robotic Guinness World Record For Solving Rubik's Cube!
The robot holds the cube up to his eyes and then he rotates it. It appears that he's doing color recognition of each face and then it robotically solves the puzzle (no need to look anymore). So step 1, pick up the cube, step 2 get the status of the cube faces, step 3 figure a plan of action, step 4 rotate the cube back to normal, step 5 set it down and say thanks.