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A chance encounter and shared moment with one of natures greatest and most fleeting phenomena.
thenewgreen · 4550 days ago · link ·
What an amazing "murmuration". Thank you for sharing this awesome video and for the new word. I've watched it twice and both times found myself wishing there was no music, not because it's unpleasant music but because I'd prefer to hear the actual sounds only.
When they gather and get dense they look as though they are about to take form in some collective entity. Such a striking image of the individuals collecting becoming a powerful one. I think it's this metaphor that moves me. Just knowing that this many individuals can act collectively is both encouraging and terrifying.
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Maybe you just needed the right music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ft37338Okc
ROFL
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thenewgreen · 4549 days ago · link ·
it instantly became the most "overrated" murmuration video ever. Nice.
I'd love to see what that looks like from the perspective of one of the birds. I wonder how much contact they have with each other. It seems that there should be collisions. It looks like schooling fish, but fish can't fall.
I have this bad feeling that future military weapons are going to look like a very unfriendly version of this.