New article in Smithsonian Magazine: "Engineers are racing to harness the dazzling magic of feathers. They haven't solved the mystery just yet."
New article in Smithsonian Magazine: "Engineers are racing to harness the dazzling magic of feathers. They haven't solved the mystery just yet."
Your friendly neighbourhood toucan making some instruments :>
kudos if you recognise the instrument!
A bit of a study of an old photo I did a week or two ago,but with the proper birb-ification!
Usually I haven't done B/W(or sepia,in this case) pieces so it was an interesting experiment.
This #Dinosaur Had #Feathers and Probably Flew Like a #Chicken
New insights into the flying capabilities of a nonbird dinosaur were drawn from an unusually well-preserved specimen known as the #ChicagoArchaeopteryx.
#Archaeopteryx specimens have, “maybe more than any other fossil, changed the way that we see the world,” said Jingmai O’Connor, a paleontologist at the Field Museum in Chicago.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/science/archaeopteryx-dinosaur-feathers-flight.html
https://archive.ph/8Kpql
deep within us all
a small piece of the divine
sacred energy
ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/sacred-energy-feather-sun-art-sharon-cummings.html
De wind is gedraaid.
Ingenieuze anatomie van vogelveren zorgt voor efficiëntie tijdens de vlucht. Deze molentjes werden gemaakt met geraapte ganzen-, scholekster- en wulpenveren voor het kunstfestival Het losse land, 2021 in de voortuin van de oude centrale, #Schiermonnikoog
De vink kwam even schuilen voor de regen.
#Vink #eurasian_chaffinch #chaffinch #featherverse #feathers