More than a decade after Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 mysteriously disappeared with 239 passengers on board, investigators have been unable to locate it. Now, Malaysia says an American robotics company called Ocean Infinity is resuming a hunt for the wreckage on the seabed of the Indian Ocean, where the jet is believed to have gone down. Read more from @ https://flip.it/eGOndu #MH370#Malaysia#Flight#Plane#Crash#Ocean#IndianOcean#Aviation
In a sky ablaze with fire and shadow, a formation of dark-winged figures glides with purpose—less predators than pilgrims of the wind. What appears ominous at first glance is, in truth, a flock of egrets tracing their path through a cloudy afternoon, their silhouettes cast in contrast against the storm-lit heavens.
Explore a curated collection of heron and egret images in my photo gallery. Take a look!
"A flock of silhouetted egrets carves a V-formation across a sky ablaze with drama. The clouds, thick and textured, hold court in deep charcoal and molten gold, as if the heavens themselves are mid-oration. Light breaks through in radiant streaks, casting the birds as mythic messengers—each wingbeat a syllable in a skybound poem. Their coordination evokes both instinct and ceremony, a choreography older than maps, older than names." - Copilot
Air Canada is gradually restarting flights after reaching an agreement with the flight attendants’ union to end a strike that disrupted travel plans for hundreds of thousands of passengers. Read more from @npr https://flip.it/jpRkcP #Travel#AirCanada#Flight#Union#Government#Strike
I took this photo on a Southwest Airlines flight! Perfect seat for capturing the wing! The long silver part of the wing stretches over rows of puffy clouds below. Where the tip of the red, blue, and orange curves upward the sky is bright blue. Photography by Debra Martz
New review: Taking Flight is an entertaining if somewhat uneven book that unapologetically marvels at the many variations of animal flight that have evolved.
A Sceliphron mud dauber wasp carries a glob of mud back to her mud nest, the weight of her load counterbalanced by her unusual petiolate abdomen. Texas. #sceliphron#sphecidae#wasp#insects#flight
Photo of a very slender black and yellow wasp in flight, her long legs dangling below her body. The wasp is holding a nearly spherical, shiny brown ball in her mouth and with her forelegs.