Aerodynamics of flight research. Mechanical bird flapping its wings in a wind tunnel. Stroboscopic lights are being used to help visualise the airflow

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Aerodynamics of flight research. Mechanical bird flapping its wings in a wind tunnel. Stroboscopic lights are being used to help visualise the airflow that occurs during flapping flight. Photographed at SUPAERO college (Ecole Nationael Superieure de L'aeronautique et de L'Espace), Toulouse, France.

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Photo credit: © HUBERT RAQUET/LOOK AT SCIENCES/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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