Ever wonder how a dragonfly flies? Well, if you have this is how. A dragonfly flies by flapping its four large, thin and transparent wings. If you've ever felt them they feel like they are made from clear sandpaper.
Dragonflies are able to move each of their four wings independently. They can flap each wing up and down, and rotate their wings forward and back on an axis faster than any jet plane fighter pilot could even think to move the joystick. They can move straight up or down, fly backward, stop and hover, and make hairpin turns at full speed or in slow motion. And fast...? Oh, yeah! They can move forward at speeds of nearly thirty miles an hour. If you've ever watched them they can be gone in a flash. Their speed and agility gives them superiority in the air over their prey which they can catch in mid-flight.
So, how do they do this? Well, this is a magnified view of those individual muscles that work in unison or independently to beat or twitch the wing along with others attached to it and it happens faster than we can blink an eye. Pretty cool, isn't it?
Very cool. And the muscle area you are showing, is it of a Green Darner?
Fotoartist wrote:
Very cool. And the muscle area you are showing, is it of a Green Darner?
Thanks for dropping by and for the reply. It's an 'Eastern Pondhawk' that we found expired and dried out in our sunroom and when it comes to specimens, I believe in 'never let a crisis go to waste'.
Excellent narrative with an awesome image, sippy.
Yes, it is. Fascinating
Thanks
Fascinating - some seem to be always in the air while others go from one twig or leaf to another.
go dragon flies! get those mosquitoes ... kill them all - God will know his own!
kpmac wrote:
Excellent narrative with an awesome image, sippy.
Thanks, Kpmac. They've been around for some 300-million years so they've had a lot of time to do what they do. And here I thought that some of my socks and underwear were old..!
ecobin wrote:
Fascinating - some seem to be always in the air while others go from one twig or leaf to another.
Thanks, Elliott. I enjoy watching them and the way that they can turn their heads always brings a chuckle.
MSW wrote:
go dragon flies! get those mosquitoes ... kill them all - God will know his own!
Thanks, and I'm with you all the way on this.
fergmark wrote:
Good post sippy!
Thanks, I appreciate your viewing.
sippyjug104 wrote:
Ever wonder how a dragonfly flies? Well, if you have this is how. A dragonfly flies by flapping its four large, thin and transparent wings. If you've ever felt them they feel like they are made from clear sandpaper.
Dragonflies are able to move each of their four wings independently. They can flap each wing up and down, and rotate their wings forward and back on an axis faster than any jet plane fighter pilot could even think to move the joystick. They can move straight up or down, fly backward, stop and hover, and make hairpin turns at full speed or in slow motion. And fast...? Oh, yeah! They can move forward at speeds of nearly thirty miles an hour. If you've ever watched them they can be gone in a flash. Their speed and agility gives them superiority in the air over their prey which they can catch in mid-flight.
So, how do they do this? Well, this is a magnified view of those individual muscles that work in unison or independently to beat or twitch the wing along with others attached to it and it happens faster than we can blink an eye. Pretty cool, isn't it?
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Proof of Ancient Aliens....
Hard to say whether I enjoyed the photo or the narration the most, Gary!
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