An owl gliding through a cloud of helium-filled soap bubbles reveals wingtip and tail vortices.

Video credit: Usherwood et al.
Source: https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/223/3/jeb214809/223686/High-aerodynamic-lift-from-the-tail-reduces-drag

Festivities kicked off today and "Call me Ishmael" starts at noon local tomorrow - it's time for the famed Moby-Dick Marathon at the Whaling Museum in New Bedford, Massachusetts. I wrote about it way back in 2009 but sadly have never attended in person. Someday!

https://perceptivetravel.com/blog/2009/12/31/in-january-you-can-call-me-ishmael/

#travel #Massachusetts #books #Melville #Bookstodon #museum #whales

“If you suddenly and unexpectedly feel joy,
don’t hesitate. Give in to it. There are plenty
of lives and whole towns destroyed or about
to be. We are not wise, and not very often
kind. And much can never be redeemed.
Still, life has some possibility left. Perhaps this
is its way of fighting back, that sometimes
something happens better than all the riches
or power in the world. It could be anything,
but very likely you notice it in the instant
when love begins. Anyway, that’s often the
case. Anyway, whatever it is, don’t be afraid
of its plenty. Joy is not made to be a crumb.”
-Mary Oliver

#poetry