High Speed Movies - Animal Motion

This series on animal movements up to now contains films about the flight of birds. Important knowledge for all of us who want to fly high ...

Movie #1: A stork lifting off, 2008

Technical Data

Frame rate [fps]	1200
Resolution [px x px]	336 x 96
Viewing duration [mm:ss]	01:08
Realtime duration [s]	1.7
Filesize [kB]	3239

Download Quicktime Movie "CIMG1813_Stoerche_HS1200.mov"
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Story/Action

In a flat slope, a stork is lifting of from a meadow. Just compare the frequency of about 3 flaps per second with the flight of the insects !

Movie #2: A stork lifting off, 2009

Technical Data

Frame rate [fps]	300
Resolution [px x px]	512 x384
Viewing duration [mm:ss]	00:26
Realtime duration [s]	2.6
Filesize [kB]	5079

Download Quicktime Movie "CIMG6976_Stoerche_auf_Wiese_Abheben_Flug_trim_HS300.mov"
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Story/Action

This film shows the take-off of the stork right from the beginning. The stork is using it's feet to take a few "hops" before it actually lifts off by its wings.

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