hi ...

it's very similar to the 4 shots on the cover of "Physics Today", October
2007 issue ... those images also look photoshoppped but they're not ...
there's an article inside which is enjoyable about flocking ... it's
online ...

here's the cover ---

http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-home/jrnls/images/pt-cover10_2007.pdf

if that doesn't come through here's the journal website and click on "past
issues" and then "2007" and then October ...

http://www.physicstoday.org/

Lyn




> hello tweeties,
>
> My "image of the day", posted two days ago, was sent
> to me by a reader and I shared it on my blog because
> it has been the focus of a fair amount of discussion
> on the internet this past week. It is a picture of a
> "bird tornado". I wanted to ask you what you think of
> it, as in; do you think it is photoshopped, otherwise
> enhanced/altered, or real?
>
> http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2008/01/bird_tornado.php
>
> I also wanted to draw your attention to a book that I
> reviewed that might be of interest to some of you,
> Speciation in Birds by Trevor Price. In short, I think
> this is a really good book that will appeal to a wide
> variety of "bird people", both academics and amateurs.
> My review;
>
> http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2008/01/speciation_in_birds.php
>
> As always, if you have images you'd like to share with
> a large and appreciative audience, feel free to
> contact me about this.
>
> GrrlScientist
> Devorah
> http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/
> High up a tree somewhere in the middle of Central
> Park, NYC
>
>
>
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