Shanghai Natural Museum.

female Common Kingfisher also called Eurasian Kingfisher

Alcedo atthis

ijsvogel

martin-pêcheur d'Europe

Eisvogel

Martín Pescador Común

Martin pescatore

guarda-rios

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Preparing for take-off........

This looks like a launch platform with the control center overhead to monitor operations

this dandelions starting ramp in the garden

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Great Tit, Longridge Railway Wood, Fauldhouse.

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Strathcona County Alberta.

squirrel moving off

East River NYPD River Launch

30x40 in 76x101 cm

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This Snowy Egret caught sight of a small fish across the pond and started a vigorous chase.

Tomales Bay, California

Beautiful Ducks on Flooded Fields White Sp[rings Dike February 2023

RNLI Newbiggin By The Sea, Northumberland

I was able to anticipate the launch of this Purple Gallinule because I was taking pictures of him when he decided to go another Fireflag clump where he can feed on its flowers.

Canon EOS 7D Mark II, EF400mm f/5.6L USM, EF12.4x Converter II, Focal length 560mm, f/8, 1/2500, ISO 1000

fly on cape daisy launch pad :) Happy weekend ☀️

Olympus E-M1 Mark II + Olympus 60mm F2.8 Macro

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Right after I got this shot, this Red-lined Leafhopper launched himself into space--- (the space between the branches.... :)

(about 6mm--1/4 ")

family Cicadellidae

A hungry merlin launches off of an old snag to chase another dragonfly.

Seeing another chance the Eagle launches for another fishing attempt.

CAPTAINS LAUNCH

Texture made with care and revised in every detail.

This creation is complete with normal map to give the boat details a 3d effect.

Just a simple mouse movement and your new boat will be ready to sail in the Linden seas. ⛵⛵⛵

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Captured in: Callicoon, NY.

Pictured here is the launch and subsequent explosion of a fireworks rocket & shell during a fireworks show. The image was captured during an annual July 4th event held in upstate NY.

My brother-in-law was part of the pyrotechnics team that was running the show, so we were fortunate to get an up-close and personal view of the launch area.

I found this one while recently looking back through the archives. ;) Not sure why I never got around to posting it, especially as I happened to really like the shot.

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"Night Launch" is a non-HDR image that was processed in ACR and Photoshop. Processing also includes the use of Topaz Labs plugins: Adjust, Clarity, Clean, Denoise, Glow and Detail.

PAC

Lookup aus dem Keller der Pinakothek der Moderne an der Rotunde entlang.

I would have liked this a bit sharper

Tomales Bay, CA

Under the old and the newer launch slipways at Sennen Cove Life Boat Station

Hot air balloons launching at sunrise during the 2022 Adirondack Balloon Festival

Bug on a bud! A beetle resting on a peony flower bud looks ready to take off...

Roaring engines coming to life.

Trembling oscillations resonate. Acceleration G-forces locking you into your seat.

Information on the boat launch can be found at:

"Skylark IX" website

"Skylark IX" Recovery Trust on Facebook

The Eagle launched with such force, he broke the tip of the branch with his right wing!

Great blue heron takes off from Cottonwood Creek pond, at Cherry Creek State Park, Colorado

Early morning finds Balloonists and their crew in empty fields

and yards around Longview making ready for the days events.

A Gray Kingbird launches from a perch after a dragonfly.

An Osprey launches itself into the air from a dead palm tree.

Any springtime visit to Grasslands National Park is almost certain to be a lark. Oops, I mean any visitor. Well, any little brown and yellow, winged visitor. I've never seen more Meadowlarks in one place and certainly never more of these constantly moving, fast flying Horned Larks.

SpaceX launch of a satellite called JCSAT-16 into geostationary orbit.