# Awesome pictures: flight tracks **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 24, 2017, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-pictures-flight-tracks/805223 "2017-12-24T19:25:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2017, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-pictures-flight-tracks/805223/1 "2017-12-24T19:25:48Z")
The latest National Geographic had an article on a guy named Xavi Bou, who does very usual nature photography: he puts together time-lapse pictures of bird in flight, so you can see the “tracks” they leave across the sky. It’s really, really cool. [Pictures here.](http://www.xavibou.com/index.php/project/ornitographies/) ---
**Author:** ![rbroome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/838e76/32.png) [@rbroome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rbroome)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2017, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-pictures-flight-tracks/805223/2 "2017-12-24T20:15:41Z")
thanks for sharing the link ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2017, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-pictures-flight-tracks/805223/3 "2017-12-24T21:02:30Z")
Holy [del]cow[/del] bird! Those are stunning! ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2017, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-pictures-flight-tracks/805223/4 "2017-12-25T01:36:45Z")
Neat! Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2017, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-pictures-flight-tracks/805223/5 "2017-12-25T01:38:47Z")
Very cool! Like strobe effects. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2017, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-pictures-flight-tracks/805223/6 "2017-12-25T03:13:17Z")
Very cool! A number of those pictures look like they’re of strange singular creatures, like you might imagine flying across the skies of distant planets. (“Ooh, it’s an Arcturian fringed skysnake!”) ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2017, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-pictures-flight-tracks/805223/7 "2017-12-25T03:55:02Z")
Now those are kewl! I wonder if these pics are going viral on all the world’s birdwatchers’ web sites? ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2017, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-pictures-flight-tracks/805223/8 "2017-12-25T11:56:04Z")
Amazing! ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2017, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-pictures-flight-tracks/805223/9 "2017-12-25T17:19:37Z")
They look just like the “flying rods” photos that UFO believers have taken to heart. Those are insects, but a similar effect. Dennis ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2017, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awesome-pictures-flight-tracks/805223/10 "2017-12-25T17:35:07Z")
Amazing! I love the “swarms”!